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Science: general issues
Paperback. A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196864
- ISBN
- 9781405196864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.36
€ 38.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFD; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Hay House UK Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781808139
- ISBN
- 9781781808139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.84
€ 17.99
€ 13.84
Paperback. Why monsters came to be and what made them so terrifying. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276. 256 pages. Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but terrifying, no. Yet, present them with a story about a virus that can kill a healthy adult in hours and they will have nightmares for weeks. This title explores monsters that have haunted humanity throughout the ages, from Medusa to sea serpents, giants. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQM. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight: 284.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472101150
- ISBN
- 9781472101150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226416472
- ISBN
- 9780226416472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.69
€ 41.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MFK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165792
- ISBN
- 9780552165792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.34
€ 23.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. A humorous, original guide to the waves that surround us and through which we experience the world, by the bestselling author of The Cloudspotter's Guide. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). A humorous, original guide to the waves that surround us and through which we experience the world, by the bestselling author of The Cloudspotter's Guide. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Paperback Edit
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809761
- ISBN
- 9781408809761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.37
€ 23.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561017
- ISBN
- 9781937561017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
€ 22.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KLN0017641
- ISBN
- 9781408702215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If humans are to understand and discover ways of addressing complex social and ecological problems, we first need to find intimacy with our particular places and communities. This title argues for the need for ecology to engage with philosophical values and economic motivations in a political process of negotiation. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b/w illustrations, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PSAF; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285200
- ISBN
- 9780520285200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are. In this book, the author explains how the distant past underpins our current behaviour, through the experiments that have changed the thinking of evolutionary biologists forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571253432
- ISBN
- 9780571253432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.30
€ 17.99
€ 12.30
Paperback. An engaging and layman's guide through the cutting edge science that reveals a relationship between consciousness and the external world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media Limited
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780285719
- ISBN
- 9781780285719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.00
€ 19.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. Newton's contributions to an understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered to be unparalleled. This very short introduction explains his scientific theories, and uses Newton's unpublished writings to paint a picture of an extremely complex man whose beliefs had a huge impact on Europe's political, intellectual, and religious landscape. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, numerous line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199298037
- ISBN
- 9780199298037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. From one of the best writers on science, a remarkable portrait of Isaac Newton. The man who changed our understanding of the universe, of science, and of faith. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007163182
- ISBN
- 9780007163182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Hardback. An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe. Num Pages: 388 pages, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107156616
- ISBN
- 9781107156616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Hardback. Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments in molecular biology validate Lysenko's claims. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PDX; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674089051
- ISBN
- 9780674089051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78
Paperback. From crime figures to health scares, election polls to stock market forecasts, numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate? This title travels through the pages of an average newspaper, revealing how mathematics is at the heart of the articles we read everyday - even horoscopes and the sports pages - and how often they mislead us. Series: Penguin science. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140251814
- ISBN
- 9780140251814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Revelatory story of how all modern non-Africans sprang from a single exodus out of Africa just 85,000 years ago Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 colour photos. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841198941
- ISBN
- 9781841198941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Introduces an area of scientific research: materials science. This book describes how scientists are inventing materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves and adapt to their environment, that swell and flex like muscles, that repel any ink or paint, and that capture and store the energy of the Sun. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 color illus. 61 halftones 83 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PD; PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009759
- ISBN
- 9780691009759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.83
€ 54.99
€ 39.83
paperback. Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604667
- ISBN
- 9781107604667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. "From one of the world's most influential and cited sociologists, Everything is Obvious reveals how variable is human common sense and how, as individuals, societies and businesses, we delude ourselves into thinking we can know the future." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330. Why Common Sense is Nonsense. 320 pages. "From one of the world's most influential and cited sociologists, Everything is Obvious reveals how variable is human common sense and how, as individuals, societies and businesses, we delude ourselves into thinking we can know the future.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight: 262.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848872165
- ISBN
- 9781848872165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. This book explores central philosophical concepts, issues, and debates in the philosophy of science, both historical and contemporary. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 297 pages, 8 b/w illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521129992
- ISBN
- 9780521129992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
Paperback. However much we want certainty in our lives, it feels as if we live in an uncertain and dangerous world. But are we guilty of exaggerating the chances of some unwanted event happening to us? Are we misled by our ignorance of the reality of risk? This title illustrates how we can learn to make sense of statistics and turn ignorance into insight. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 diagrams, glossary, notes, index. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140297867
- ISBN
- 9780140297867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. aeo Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential social thinkers of the late twentieth century. aeo This book provides an excellent and in--depth introduction to his work and to the principles and assumptions which underlie it. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616254
- ISBN
- 9780745616254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Paperback. We are born with the instinct to create and invent. Indeed, our ability to do so is what separates us from the rest of the animal world. But have our creative ideas always produced desirable results? And have they always served us well? This title traces the history of our attempts at self-improvement but also questions their value. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819557
- ISBN
- 9780553819557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.05
€ 27.99
€ 21.05