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Science: general issues
Paperback. What makes our species capable of thinking scientifically? Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, the author traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and shows how the science of plants and animals has emerged from common conceptions of folk-biology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521438711
- ISBN
- 9780521438711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.04
€ 52.04
Paperback. A textbook covering the theory and physical applications of linear algebra and the calculus of several variables. Num Pages: 424 pages, 408 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521406499
- ISBN
- 9780521406499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.37
€ 88.37
Paperback. Explores the nature of error and inference, drawing on exchanges on experimental reasoning, reliability, and the objectivity of science. Editor(s): Mayo, Deborah G.; Spanos, Aris. Num Pages: 440 pages, 12 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PBT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521180252
- ISBN
- 9780521180252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. Proceedings of the International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, London, 1965. 292 pages. Editor(s): Lakatos, Imre; Musgrave, Alan. This volume arose out of a symposium on Thomas Kuhn's work, with Karl Popper in the chair. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521096232
- ISBN
- 9780521096232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.69
€ 34.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. This book is about Elizabethan England's most famous 'scientist' or natural philosopher John Dee and his 'conversations with angels'. Num Pages: 268 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRQM2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521027489
- ISBN
- 9780521027489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.76
€ 35.99
€ 34.76
Paperback. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 72 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521008846
- ISBN
- 9780521008846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.93
€ 36.93
Paperback. Learn electricity at your own pace What makes a light bulb work? What overloads a fuse? How does a magnetic field differ from an electrical field? With Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more about this powerful, versatile force that everyone uses, yet most of us don't understand. Series: Wiley Self-Teaching Guides. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471264057
- ISBN
- 9780471264057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.18
€ 25.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH; PS; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753810927
- ISBN
- 9780753810927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.27
€ 13.99
€ 11.27
Paperback. A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393346619
- ISBN
- 9780393346619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.94
€ 18.94
Paperback. This Pulitzer Prize finalist is a fascinating, provocative work exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior. Pinker synthesizes the best of cognitive science and evolutionary biology to explain what the mind is, how it has evolved, and, ultimately, how it works. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393334777
- ISBN
- 9780393334777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.56
€ 24.56
Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026022
- ISBN
- 9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.36€ 54.72
€ 70.36
€ 54.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579511579
- ISBN
- 9781579511579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Hardcover. Offers an introduction to partial differential equations covering the traditional topics within a modern context. This book includes techniques of numerical computation with selected nonlinear topics, including nonlinear first order equations. It discusses the analytical aspects of solutions in an integrated fashion with examples and exercises. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 37. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- Corrected
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817639679
- ISBN
- 9780817639679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive history of the first six decades of space exploration, from the end of World War II to the modern era of routine international cooperation in space. Num Pages: 1472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JF; PDX; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 234 x 135. Weight in Grams: 5307.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 1472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313378690
- ISBN
- 9780313378690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 279.08€ 253.56
€ 279.08
€ 253.56
Paperback. This study applies the findings of the new non-linear sciences to understanding the processes of growing complexity and intensifying chaos in the modern world. It also identifies and reviews approaches for living and coping with these trends. Illustrator(s): Kassavin, Natali. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBWS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275951528
- ISBN
- 9780275951528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.70
€ 46.99
€ 38.70
Paperback. Traces the history of alchemy from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386. A History of Alchemy. 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. Traces the history of alchemy from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441132970
- ISBN
- 9781441132970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.73
€ 35.99
€ 32.73
Hardback. Provides an overview of the complex history of the interaction of science and religion. This book chronicles the long history of the battle between adherents of religious doctrines and the nonbelievers who adhere to the naturalism of modern science. It provides a nontechnical introduction to the leading questions that concern science and religion. Series: Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313330780
- ISBN
- 9780313330780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.05€ 68.16
€ 75.05
€ 68.16
Hardback. Infused with the most up-to-date scholarship, the volume is aimed at the non-specialist audience, explaining in clear language how inextricably linked science and religion have been during most of the last 500 years. Series: Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HRLP; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313326943
- ISBN
- 9780313326943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.56€ 71.21
€ 78.56
€ 71.21
Hardcover. This fascinating study looks at how the seemingly incompatible forces of science, magic, and religion came together in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries to form the foundations of modern culture. Series: Praeger Series on the Early Modern World. Num Pages: 287 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBTB; HRAM3; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275996734
- ISBN
- 9780275996734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 53.95
€ 58.63
€ 53.95
Hardback. A collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy - the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface - that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries. Series: Explorations in World Maritime History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM; PDX; RGR; RGY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780275988951
- ISBN
- 9780275988951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 53.95
€ 58.63
€ 53.95
Paperback. In his international bestseller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winner the author explained why we do what we do. In this book, he applies the same relentless curiosity and masterful analysis to the question: how can each of us achieve more. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: KJ; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847947437
- ISBN
- 9781847947437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.64
€ 19.99
€ 10.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316090995
- ISBN
- 9780316090995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Reveals how we can all develop better foresight in an uncertain world. From the stock market to the poker table, from earthquakes to the economy, the author takes us on an enthralling insider's tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting, showing how we can use information in a smarter way amid a noise of data - and make predictions in our lives. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141975658
- ISBN
- 9780141975658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.08
€ 18.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165806
- ISBN
- 9780691165806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.45
€ 24.99
€ 18.45