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Hardcover. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This title explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111810
- ISBN
- 9780226111810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 79.10
€ 94.73
€ 79.10
Paperback. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This book explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212050
- ISBN
- 9780226212050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172521
- ISBN
- 9780691172521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.65€ 47.93
€ 55.65
€ 47.93
paperback. In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PNN; TDCJ1; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460237
- ISBN
- 9780099460237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.95
€ 15.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A reissue of the classic work by John Horgan wherein he makes the powerful case that science is ending Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465065929
- ISBN
- 9780465065929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226060941
- ISBN
- 9780226060941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.25€ 107.95
€ 130.25
€ 107.95
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175621
- ISBN
- 9780691175621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.32
€ 30.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890-2000 offers an innovative study not only of the scientific landscape in turn-of-the-century America, but of current questions in ecological science. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890871
- ISBN
- 9780801890871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. Clear and concise explanations of the development of theories explaining physical phenomena. Num Pages: 1 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Edition
- 18th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671201562
- ISBN
- 9780671201562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.67
€ 26.99
€ 23.67
Paperback. Series: Perspectives on Global Health. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421734
- ISBN
- 9780821421734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Presents key documents from the pre-1915 history of the extraterrestrial life debate. This work also demonstrates that belief in extraterrestrial life has had major effects on science and society, and that metaphysical and religious views have permeated the debate throughout much of its history. Editor(s): Crowe, Michael J. Num Pages: 552 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268023683
- ISBN
- 9780268023683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.72
€ 42.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808482
- ISBN
- 9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth from the bestselling team of Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPC; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124784
- ISBN
- 9781472124784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Originally published as: Die Forme des Werdens (Geottingen: Wallstein Verlag, c2010). Num Pages: 432 pages, 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408765
- ISBN
- 9781935408765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.89
€ 46.99
€ 37.89
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
€ 192.14
€ 192.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074639
- ISBN
- 9780252074639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. Gives us an account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future. In this book, the story begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a "Unit of heredity". It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584575
- ISBN
- 9780099584575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Describes the activities of the explorers and map-makers of Renaissance and early modern Europe; the role of geography during the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Darwinian Revolution; and the interactions between geography and empire building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631185864
- ISBN
- 9780631185864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.08
€ 48.99
€ 48.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138247673
- ISBN
- 9781138247673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286146
- ISBN
- 9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.48
€ 53.99
€ 46.48
paperback. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312. What You Should Know About Science. Series: Canto Classics. 212 pages, Illustrations. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight: 302.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604650
- ISBN
- 9781107604650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.00
€ 21.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Hill, Carol. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825444210
- ISBN
- 9780825444210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.61
€ 32.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130538
- ISBN
- 9780691130538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10