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Science: general issues

Hardcover. Offers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, the authors compile a toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039657
ISBN
9780226039657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034027
ISBN
9780226034027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Hardcover. Examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. In this title, the author tracks the development of Bowlby's work and the research that he used to support his theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020556
ISBN
9780226020556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 79.37

Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226017297
ISBN
9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 51.18

Hardcover. By the late nineteenth century, engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, and by 1901 scientists were able to manipulate them to transmit messages across long distances. This title documents this monumental discovery and the advances in radio ionospheric propagation research that occurred in its aftermath. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 halftones, 68 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHK; TJKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015194
ISBN
9780226015194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. What can we learn when we study people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? In this title, the author asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing, 29 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005645
ISBN
9780226005645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001302
ISBN
9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Second edition of Freeman Dyson's fascinating examination of the origins of life on earth. Num Pages: 112 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521626682
ISBN
9780521626682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.10

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

€ 52.30

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

€ 51.03

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

€ 36.99
€ 35.12

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

€ 37.43

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
€ 19.45

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

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

€ 19.99
€ 19.18

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

€ 24.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591027713
ISBN
9781591027713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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

€ 71.30
€ 55.55

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

€ 107.42

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

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