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Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KT00001251
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
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Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KT00001176
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
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Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0047637
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
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Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0216232
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0216175
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0047276
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
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Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken, and we can already see the signs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678754
- ISBN
- 9780199678754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.16
€ 18.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061358432
- ISBN
- 9780061358432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.64
€ 20.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 185 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Edition
- 23rd Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784161859
- ISBN
- 9781784161859
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
€ 16.99
€ 12.58
CD-Audio. This title is Bill Bryson's quest to find out everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. On his travels through time and space, Bill Bryson takes us with him on the ultimate eye-opening journey, and reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Edition
- Abridged
- Publisher
- Corgi Audio
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552150729
- ISBN
- 9780552150729
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.45
€ 27.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. Series: Comstock Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 194. BIC Classification: GBC; PDZ; PSGD; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488542
- ISBN
- 9780801488542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 color illus. 2 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157054
- ISBN
- 9780691157054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Flamingo London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006552024
- ISBN
- 9780006552024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. The much-acclaimed biography of Ada Lovelace, reissued to tie-in with the bicentenary of her birth in 2015. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; UM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447272540
- ISBN
- 9781447272540
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, it includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; and, more. Editor(s): Wardhaugh, Dr. Benjamin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 39 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147758
- ISBN
- 9780691147758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 46.96
€ 59.48
€ 46.96
Hardback. James Watt: Making the World Anew is a craft history of Britain's early industrial transformation as well as a prehistory of the engineering profession itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black & white. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233758
- ISBN
- 9781780233758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
€ 40.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. * An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751545005
- ISBN
- 9780751545005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. In A World From Dust, Ben McFarland brings together the latest genetic, chemical, mathematic, and geological evidence to tell the story of how life has evolved on this planet over billions of years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190275013
- ISBN
- 9780190275013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.49
€ 59.49
Paperback. Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 270. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019482
- ISBN
- 9780007284870
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A collection of mathematical problems chosen to illustrate the mathematician's art. Num Pages: 386 pages, 85 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521693950
- ISBN
- 9780521693950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00