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Paperback. A bold exploration of the human brain's potential by the internationally bestselling author of The Singularity is Near Num Pages: 352 pages, 55. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715647332
ISBN
9780715647332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A tale of maverick science sleuths on an exhilarating hunt for a strange, elusive and all-important particle Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780746470
ISBN
9781780746470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Filled with compelling mathematical explanations, Math Geek sheds light on the incredible world of numbers hidden deep within your day-to-day life. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Adams Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440583810
ISBN
9781440583810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.41

Paperback. Science's most intriguing questions answered by the web's favourite writer, the genius behind xkcd.com. Munroe's hilarious and compelling answers explain everything from the odds of meeting your one true soulmate to how many humans a rampaging T-Rex would need to eat a day. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848549562
ISBN
9781848549562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

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
€ 19.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 39. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553446791
ISBN
9780553446791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845430
ISBN
9780907845430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.98

Paperback. The last 100 years has seen science deal with issues outside itself, communicate with the public and try to answer questions long considered the province of religion. A collection of accessible essays exploring the big questions of contemporary science. Editor(s): Appignanesi, Richard. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001111
ISBN
9781840463514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A deep yet accessible analysis of the physics of light and sound, and how our eyes and ears detect them, is useful to understand the world in which we live, all the phenomena that take place around us, and how we perceive them. This title offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Series: Complementary Science. Num Pages: 328 pages, Approx. 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHDS; PHJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 616. Series: Complementary Science. 328 pages, Approx. 300 illustrations. A deep yet accessible analysis of the physics of light and sound, and how our eyes and ears detect them, is useful to understand the world in which we live, all the phenomena that take place around us, and how we perceive them. This title offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDZ; PHDS; PHJ. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight: 620.
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780123918789
ISBN
9780123918789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.42

Paperback. * The acclaimed book on Darwin's life and work, from one of our best-known and loved scientists Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 10, chapter heads. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Abacus London
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121413
ISBN
9780349121413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408705964
ISBN
9781408705964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated photos - on chapter openers. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTV2; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408705940
ISBN
9781408705940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223039
ISBN
9780571223039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. We are the product of our evolutionary history and this history colours our everyday lives - from why we kiss to how religious we are. In this book, the author explains how the distant past underpins our current behaviour, through the experiments that have changed the thinking of evolutionary biologists forever. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571253432
ISBN
9780571253432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. A user's guide to the solar revolution - and why we must all get on board before it is too late. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225333
ISBN
9781780225333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how changes in biological diversity affect the planet's ecological balance. The author explores these and whole range of pertinent issues. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Serpents Tail
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846682056
ISBN
9781846682056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for "consilience": the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. The author shows how our rise in intellectual mastery is rooted in an ancient Greek concept at its zenith during the Enlightenment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349111124
ISBN
9780349111124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Hardcover. Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. Num Pages: 288 pages, (colour photographs throughout), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1490.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007488803
ISBN
9780007488803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: CFA; JMR; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810255
ISBN
9780753810255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. The No.1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A fascinating explanation of how evolution works, from bestselling author of THE GOD DELUSION, Richard Dawkins. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226897
ISBN
9781780226897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Concentrates on thirty highlights of pure and applied mathematics. This book opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the nineteenth century and ends by describing the four important open mathematical problems of the twenty-first century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128054
ISBN
9780691128054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Paperback. The statistics in this book cover 48 minerals and provide information on world reserves, world mine production, reserve/production ratios, world smelter production, world capacity, consumption by country/region, end use patterns, substitutes, technical possibilities, prices, marketing arrangements. Editor(s): Crowson, Phillip. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KN; PDZ; PNR; RBGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349125661
ISBN
9781349125661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.24

Paperback. The Black Death Num Pages: 296 pages, 73 illustrations, (9 colour ). BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLC; JFFC; PDZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750932028
ISBN
9780750932028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.98

Hardcover. Prion diseases have plagued humans and animals for 3 centuries, and researchers have linked them to diseases like Mad Cow. This tale of medical sleuthing tells the story. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Copernicus
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387955087
ISBN
9780387955087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 45.37

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