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Hardback. Here is an interview with the eminent oceanographer and geophysicist Walter Munk, one of the "grand old men" of oceanography, whose career spans 70 years, beginning in 1940. Coverage includes such key issues as ocean-wave prediction and acoustic thermography. Num Pages: 137 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHVG; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642120862
- ISBN
- 9783642120862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.96
€ 182.96
Hardcover. What Socrates Couldn't Know provides a comprehensive historic view on the foundations of contemporary technologies. Avoiding misleading metaphors and analogies, the text revisits mathematical and other abstract scientific concepts in an surprisingly easy-to-understand, but exact, manner. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642120619
- ISBN
- 9783642120619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.03
€ 203.03
Hardback. This volume offers an extensive analysis of the development of switching theory as mathematical foundations for modern design. The text serves as a pictorial history book of applications of Boolean logic in engineering. Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PDX; TBJ; TJFC; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642116810
- ISBN
- 9783642116810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.89
€ 227.89
Paperback. This book presents the complete philosophy of Fuzzy Set Theory. It offers a collection of views from scholars involved in various research projects concerning fuzziness in science, technology, economic systems, social sciences, logics and philosophy. Editor(s): Seising, Rudolf. Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Num Pages: 580 pages, 34 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PBF; PBW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 937.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642100994
- ISBN
- 9783642100994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 252.52
€ 252.52
Paperback. A Nobel Laureate presents his view of developments in the field of superconductivity, superfluidity and related theory. The book contains Ginzburg's amended version of the Nobel lecture in Physics 2003, as well as his expanded autobiography. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF; PHH; TJFD5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642087615
- ISBN
- 9783642087615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This is a fascinating popular science book on gravity and black holes written by a celebrated relativist. The black hole story is an adventure through physics, philosophy, history, fiction and fantasy. This book is an attempt to blend all these elements together. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PG; PHDV; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642069734
- ISBN
- 9783642069734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.48
€ 35.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JPFC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 459
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642065071
- ISBN
- 9783642065071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.55
€ 48.99
€ 41.55
Hardback. This book presents the complete philosophy of Fuzzy Set Theory. It offers a collection of views from scholars involved in various research projects concerning fuzziness in science, technology, economic systems, social sciences, logics and philosophy. Editor(s): Seising, Rudolf. Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Num Pages: 580 pages, 34 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDX; UGC; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540938019
- ISBN
- 9783540938019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.34
€ 253.34
Das Vogelbuch Von Conrad Gessner (1516-1565). Ein Archiv Fur Avifaunis...
Springer, Katharina B; Kinzelbach, Ragnar K
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC; PDX; PSAF; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540852841
- ISBN
- 9783540852841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.99
€ 267.99
Hardback. Translator(s): Stern, Manfred. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 461.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540724094
- ISBN
- 9783540724094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
hardcover. This is the life of a Norwegian mathematical genius: Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). The author is himself both a historian and a mathematician. Translator(s): Daly, R.H. Num Pages: 580 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; BG; PB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 245 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540668343
- ISBN
- 9783540668343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.55€ 59.22
€ 62.55
€ 59.22
Paperback. Describes the formative years of nuclear physics and its influence on both the public view of physics and the political landscape of the 20th century. The book specifically analyzes the role of German immigrants, assessing the history of German nuclear research before and during World War II. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; PDX; PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540564805
- ISBN
- 9783540564805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Book. Editor(s): Eversheim, Walter; Pfeifer, Tilo; Weck, Manfred. Num Pages: 814 pages, X, 813 S. 420 Abb., 1 Ausschlagtafel. BIC Classification: KJM; PDX; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 814
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540333159
- ISBN
- 9783540333159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 233.05
€ 233.05
Hardback. Outlines Einstein's image in politics and German science policy. This book covers the period from his appointment as a researcher in Berlin to his fight abroad against the "boycott of German science" after World War I and his struggle at home against attacks on "Jewish physics" of which he was made a prime target. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann. Num Pages: 480 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; JPFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540256618
- ISBN
- 9783540256618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 42.51
€ 48.99
€ 42.51
Paperback. How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? This work explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. It concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined. Num Pages: 355 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540213741
- ISBN
- 9783540213741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.38
€ 139.38
Hardback. Translator(s): Deninger, B. Num Pages: 562 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 961.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540209386
- ISBN
- 9783540209386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.52
€ 83.52
Hardback. The present volume, published at the occasion of his 100th birthday anniversary, is a collection of articles that reviews the impact of Kolomogorov's work in the physical sciences and provides an introduction to the modern developments that have been triggered in this way to encompass recent applications in biology, chemistry,. Editor(s): Vulpiani, A.; Livi, Roberto. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540203070
- ISBN
- 9783540203070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.86
€ 132.86
The Forgotten Revolution. How Science Was Born in 300BC and Why it Had...
Russo, Lucio (University Of Rome, Italy)
Hardback. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known today, even among scientists, classicists and historians? How do they relate to the post-1500 science that we are familiar with from school? This book discusses these questions. Translator(s): Levy, Silvio. Num Pages: 487 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 487
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540200680
- ISBN
- 9783540200680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.71
€ 186.71
Paperback. Translator(s): Lemeshko, S. F.; Yanuta, V. G. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; RBP; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540172352
- ISBN
- 9783540172352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Hardback. Continued fractions and Pade approximants have played an important role in the development of many branches of mathematics, such as spectral theory of operator the transcendence of +. This book presents a chronological history of continued fractions and Pade approximants. Series: Springer Series in Computational Mathematics. Num Pages: 559 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1075.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 559
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540152866
- ISBN
- 9783540152866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 286.58
€ 286.58