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Science: general issues
hardcover. Proceedings of the Second Symposium held in Natick, Massachusetts, June7-9, 1994 Editor(s): Cohen, S.H.; Lightbody, Marcia L. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDND; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- V9780306455964
- ISBN
- 9780306455964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.74
€ 201.74
paperback. Since humans have initiative and can sometimes change the natural course of events, how can we find a system to understand our own actions and the workings of society at large? This book explains the mechanics of change and provides a concept that accounts for the growth and decline of all systems. Num Pages: 433 pages, glossary, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- SKU
- V9780306455711
- ISBN
- 9780306455711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
Hardback. BIC Classification: PD. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Da Capo Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306445071
- ISBN
- 9780306445071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306444609
- ISBN
- 9780306444609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: PD. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Da Capo Books
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306443312
- ISBN
- 9780306443312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
The Woman Scientist. Meeting the Challenges for a Successful Career.
Yentsch, Clarice M.; Sindermann, Carl J.
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306441318
- ISBN
- 9780306441318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306420351
- ISBN
- 9780306420351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon. Num Pages: 248 pages, 77 color illus., 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JNB; JNM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515849
- ISBN
- 9780262515849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTP; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 123 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614468
- ISBN
- 9780230614468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.03
€ 31.99
€ 27.03
Hardcover. The first volume of its kind to analyze the impact that theories and practices of imaging have had on a variety of fields. It draws on an impressive range of philosophical approaches, from analytic, to pragmatic, to phenomenological - concluding that imaging is developing a social and cultural impact comparable to language. Editor(s): Selinger, Evan. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JMM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580657
- ISBN
- 9780230580657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.75
€ 129.75
Hardcover. This book is the first critical genealogy of Jacques Derrida's philosophy of technology. It traces the evolution of what Derrida calls 'originary technicity' via an appraisal of his own philosophy of technology together with that of key interlocutors including Marx, Freud, Lacan, Heidegger and Bernard Stiegler. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576926
- ISBN
- 9780230576926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Hardcover. We are living in a world of transformation, and the world tomorrow will be very different from the world today, or the world of yesterday. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573215
- ISBN
- 9780230573215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, says Chris Turney, time is of the essence. And understanding how we pinpoint the past, he cautions, is crucial to putting the present in perspective and planning for the future. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDW; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551947
- ISBN
- 9780230551947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.03
€ 31.99
€ 27.03
Paperback. Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from the past are viruses that kill bacteria, but not us. Award-winning science journalist Thomas Hausler investigates how these long-forgotten cures may help sick people today. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551930
- ISBN
- 9780230551930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.95
€ 55.95
Paperback. This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel Shurkin gives an unflinching account of how such promise ended in such ignominy. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHK; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551923
- ISBN
- 9780230551923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.92€ 47.31
€ 53.92
€ 47.31
Hardcover. This book examines connections between personal, relational and material matters in everyday life in the context of broader and long standing social problems. It explores the connections between mundane practices in the reproduction of our bodies and our relations with those we live with, and the technological practices that inform daily life. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK; JHMC; PDR; TB; YXF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545489
- ISBN
- 9780230545489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527256
- ISBN
- 9780230527256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Hardcover. Scientific concepts, laws, theories and models are representations but are uniquely different. This book explores each within an original, philosophical framework rooted in the Kantian tradition. Through a revisionist historical approach, it shows how this tradition helps us rethink contemporary issues in epistemology and the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522084
- ISBN
- 9780230522084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical Theory, the author tackles and explores how democratic participation in scientific research and technological innovation could be possible, as a deliberative means of improving the rational basis for the development of modern society. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230522060
- ISBN
- 9780230522060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517585
- ISBN
- 9780230517585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95