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Science: general issues
Hardback. The author was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution. His writing career started with a much-quoted article in "Science" titled "More is Different" in 1971. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814350129
- ISBN
- 9789814350129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.80
€ 161.80
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808482
- ISBN
- 9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.72
€ 30.99
€ 24.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944492
- ISBN
- 9780822944492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.63
€ 54.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489181
- ISBN
- 9780801489181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Paperback. Seeking to break the deadlock in the ongoing wars between philosophers of science and sociologists of science, this text argues that social interaction actually assists us in securing firm, rationally-based knowledge, clarifying the philosophical points at issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088761
- ISBN
- 9780691088761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
Paperback. Living in the Labyrinth of Technology argues that the twenty-first century will be dominated by a pattern of re-creating human life in the image of technology unless society intervenes on human (as opposed to technical) terms. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802048790
- ISBN
- 9780802048790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.82
€ 54.99
€ 48.82
Paperback. Focuses on chessboard problems. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination to their many variations, this work surveys the well-known problems in this surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics. Using visual language of graph theory, it guides the reader to the forefront of research in mathematics. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 204 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154985
- ISBN
- 9780691154985
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. This revision brings the reader completely up to date on the evolving methods associated with increasingly more complex sample types analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography, or HPLC. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PNFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471007036
- ISBN
- 9780471007036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.54
€ 221.54
Paperback. Building on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation of factishes. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780822348252
- ISBN
- 9780822348252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 13.87
€ 24.99
€ 13.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691177809
- ISBN
- 9780691177809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.82€ 103.94
€ 137.82
€ 103.94
Multiple-component retail product. This text covers classical field theory, quantum mechanics and all major theoretical aspects of quantum field theory, and shows how they are related. Unlike any other book on the subject, fields are viewed as global entities in spacetime rather than as systems evolving from one instant of time to the next. Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics. Num Pages: 1136 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHFC; PHQ; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 68. Weight in Grams: 2757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 1136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198510932
- ISBN
- 9780198510932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 427.30
€ 427.30
Paperback. This book provides an easily accessible introduction to the roles that values play in scientific research. It examines case studies from a wide variety of research areas, and it highlights multiple strategies for fostering engagement between stakeholders so that value influences can be identified and subjected to critical scrutiny. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190260811
- ISBN
- 9780190260811
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Condition: New
€ 65.85
€ 65.85
Hardcover. Series: Acting with Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262017367
- ISBN
- 9780262017367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 43.53
€ 49.99
€ 43.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801487859
- ISBN
- 9780801487859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.86
€ 37.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. An exciting new edition of a classic text Series: Frontiers in Physics. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PDE; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738202334
- ISBN
- 9780738202334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.66
€ 99.66
Paperback. The author argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Num Pages: 160 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006628
- ISBN
- 9780226006628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.01
€ 25.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034164
- ISBN
- 9780226034164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Keegan, Brendan F.; O'Connor, Brendan D.S. Num Pages: 662 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1474. Signed by the editors. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine. Previous owner's name to FFEP, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- A.A. Balkema Publishers Rotterdam
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000124
- ISBN
- 9789061915966
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 120.00
€ 120.00
Hardcover. In January 1998 a great ice storm crushed power grids in New York, New England and eastern Canada. In this insider's account of these events, the author describes the destruction of the electric network in his own village and illuminates the relationship between electronic and human connections. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott; Taubman, Prof. William. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 1KLC; JFD; PDR; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. DW has minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012782
- ISBN
- 9780300089776
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. David Ehrenfeld ranges far and wide in this book to provide a coherent vision of our relationship with Nature - its many aspects and implications - as our century opens into the next millenium. He warns of our heedless destruction of our environment and proposes solutions for a new era. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012683
- ISBN
- 9780195096378
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Fragile Environment explores the impact of the human species on its environment. Editor(s): Friday, L. E.; Laskey, R. A. Series: Darwin College Lectures. Num Pages: 212 pages, 120 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 466. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012621
- ISBN
- 9780521422666
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence in the peasant and the scientist. This title presents the history of man's use and misuse of soil and water. It combines a description of the inner processes that form soil with an assertion of its powers and significance. Num Pages: 352 pages, photographs, maps. BIC Classification: PDA; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 512. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012596
- ISBN
- 9780520080805
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention of the quantum theory of the atom. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PHM; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680283
- ISBN
- 9780199680283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.94
€ 103.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PN; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 48. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877289289
- ISBN
- 9780877289289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.92€ 65.61
€ 71.92
€ 65.61