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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern W...
Assoc. Prof. Amir Alexander
Paperback. The epic story of the origin of calculus Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 black & white halftones, 12 diagrames. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780746425
- ISBN
- 9781780746425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.07
€ 17.99
€ 14.07
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241974872
- ISBN
- 9780241974872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.65
€ 14.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DB; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540280
- ISBN
- 9780199540280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 700 pages, 149 black & white illustrations, 397 colour illustrations, 348 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PNFS; PS; TGMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th ed. 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493966745
- ISBN
- 9781493966745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.29€ 117.04
€ 118.29
€ 117.04
Paperback. An eminent teacher and writer explores an idea both simple and complex, both multidisciplinary and unifying-the story of symmetry Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298. The History of Symmetry. 304 pages, illustrations. There is no more important concept in the history of mathematics and physics than symmetry. It lies at the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory and much of modern cosmology. This title narrates the history of the emergence of this area of study, from its roots in tenth-century BC Babylon to its role in 21st century physics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZM. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight: 328.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465082377
- ISBN
- 9780465082377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.11
€ 25.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the nature of reality and the place of life in the universe. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571220564
- ISBN
- 9780571220564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. The author of this text offers a theory of consciousness. He proposes that conscious experience must be understood as an irreducible entity similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. Series: Philosophy of Mind Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 line illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR; PD; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195117899
- ISBN
- 9780195117899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Paperback. This study examines the role of technological innovation during the rise of social groups in the Middle Ages Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, plates. BIC Classification: PDG; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195002669
- ISBN
- 9780195002669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.45
€ 26.45
Paperback. Alan Sokal, best-known for his role in the 'Sokal Hoax', here turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. He argues that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFHX; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561834
- ISBN
- 9780199561834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Connecting laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, Intolerant Bodies reveals how doctors and patients have come to terms, often reluctantly, with this novel and puzzling mechanism of disease causation. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415338
- ISBN
- 9781421415338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.42
€ 31.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. When he was twenty-seven, Henry Molaison underwent surgery for his epilepsy. He awoke with part of his brain destroyed, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment, unable to remember anything for more than a few seconds. For nearly five decades, distinguished neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin studied Molaison and oversaw his care. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGT; MJN; PDX; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044316
- ISBN
- 9780141044316
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, this book examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AMA; HPX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107521
- ISBN
- 9780143107521
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. The much-acclaimed biography of Ada Lovelace, reissued to tie-in with the bicentenary of her birth in 2015. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; UM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447272540
- ISBN
- 9781447272540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. A multi-faceted story of heroes and villains, mystics and sceptics, earnest seekers of truth and charlatans, a narrative that bristles with the names of remarkable scholars, many famous, some now obscure. Num Pages: 320 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; PDR; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472135926
- ISBN
- 9781472135926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. 'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845294823
- ISBN
- 9781845294823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. The pursuit of its implications has been the driving motivation of physicists for 100 years. Jim Baggott traces the story, the personalities and the rivalries, through 40 turning-point moments. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 496 pages, Two 8pp black and white plate sectionn, 26 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784777
- ISBN
- 9780198784777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAL; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199586967
- ISBN
- 9780199586967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
Paperback. Reveals the simple techniques needed to estimate virtually anything and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. This title shows how to estimate everything from how closely you can orbit a neutron star without being pulled apart by gravity, to the fuel used to transport your food from the farm to the store. Illustrator(s): Edwards, Patricia. Num Pages: 384 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150802
- ISBN
- 9780691150802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.58
€ 23.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 39. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553446791
- ISBN
- 9780553446791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.15
€ 18.99
€ 15.15