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Hardback. In various industrial applications, turbulence can be affected by density variations resulting from different origins acting simultaneously. This monograph is intended as a first attempt to address variable density fluid turbulence in a unifying manner. Series: Fluid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402006715
ISBN
9781402006715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.09

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

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

paperback. Focusing on gauge theory of elementary particle physics, this volume provides graduate students with problems and solutions, enabling them to learn the calculational techniques necessary to understand the research literature. All problems have been given a descriptive title, allowing the reader to select according to his preferences. Num Pages: 318 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: PDX; PHP; PHQ; PHR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198506218
ISBN
9780198506218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.69

Paperback. An examination ofhow female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920. It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations." Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFSJ; MMJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313686
ISBN
9781349313686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 154 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319063607
ISBN
9783319063607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.20

paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9783319356426
ISBN
9783319356426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Chinnici, Ileana. Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Num Pages: 135 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319414850
ISBN
9783319414850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.78

Paperback. Traces humanity's journey from the mythical origins of religion, through the struggles to make sense of Christianity in the fourth century, and the strangely similar struggles to make sense of quantum theory in the twentieth century, to modern quantum cosmology. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846943201
ISBN
9781846943201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245211
ISBN
9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230356160
ISBN
9780230356160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. A new and innovative account of British sociology's intellectual origins that uses previously unknown archival resources to show how the field's forgotten roots in a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century debate about biology can help us understand both its subsequent development and future potential. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHB; JHBA; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349347377
ISBN
9781349347377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 85 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; JMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319002415
ISBN
9783319002415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.16

Paperback. Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBWQ; JPA; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349346677
ISBN
9781349346677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. Num Pages: 446 pages, 38 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 329 x 2. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138101173
ISBN
9781138101173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.29

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 121 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 203.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319253442
ISBN
9783319253442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Astounding revelations about a hitherto unknown civilization which predates the ancient Egyptians, with far-reaching implications Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. port. BIC Classification: HBA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Watkins Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907486098
ISBN
9781907486098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. We have specific images of the kinds of bodies that house great minds. Focusing on the 17th century to the present, this book examines how intellectuals have sought to establish the value and authority of their ideas through public displays of their private life. Num Pages: 350 pages, 54 halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JH; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470146
ISBN
9780226470146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029883
ISBN
9780268029883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Editor(s): Skiadas, Christos. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 261 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, 54 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBWS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319296999
ISBN
9783319296999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.45

Hardcover. A major new volume which examines the significance of six iconic objects throughout American history and within American culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 b&w, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1904.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832973
ISBN
9781904832973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.71

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