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Paperback. From artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to painted mountains in Peru, electrified reefs in the Maldives to garbage islands in the Caribbean, the author found people doing the most extraordinary things to solve the problems that we ourselves have created. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572497
- ISBN
- 9780099572497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. We not only live in the air, we live because of it. At ground level air transforms miraculously; it wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth, while the outer layer of our atmosphere soaks up violent flares from the sun. This book traces a journey of scientific discovery from the first experiments in the Renaissance to findings in space. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0003460
- ISBN
- 9780747592907
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM; WHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Robert D. Reed Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934759486
- ISBN
- 9781934759486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.58
€ 13.99
€ 12.58
Hardback. Could Einstein have possibly anticipated directly testing the most captivating prediction of general relativity, that there exist isolated pockets of spacetime shielded completely from our own? This book presents evidence that just such an entity, with a mass of about three million suns, is indeed lurking at the center of our galaxy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 color illus. 2 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095059
- ISBN
- 9780691095059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.14
€ 53.29
€ 42.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill.d. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006544890
- ISBN
- 9780006544890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172940
- ISBN
- 9781590172940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.45
€ 27.99
€ 19.45
Paperback. Second edition of Freeman Dyson's fascinating examination of the origins of life on earth. Num Pages: 112 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521626682
- ISBN
- 9780521626682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HPX; PDZ; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980317
- ISBN
- 9780141980317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Moment Point Press Inc,US United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966132762
- ISBN
- 9780966132762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.34
€ 18.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen; Ober, Josiah. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169163
- ISBN
- 9780691169163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.14
€ 19.99
€ 16.14
Hardcover. In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Norton Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393073775
- ISBN
- 9780393073775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.66
€ 30.99
€ 25.66
Paperback. In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347791
- ISBN
- 9780393347791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
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Paperback. A super-duper rollicking investigation of the social myth and scientific reality of zombies, from the ingredients of Haitian zombie poison to raising decapitated dogs from the dead, and from behavioural control using brain-implanted electrodes to parasitic wasps and nefarious viruses that take over others' bodies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- oneworld
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689446
- ISBN
- 9781851689446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.71
€ 11.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 b/w illus, 32 b/w plates, With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007315123
- ISBN
- 9780007315123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
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Paperback. An utterly new view of life and evolution. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689132
- ISBN
- 9781851689132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 77, 69 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 4 black & white ta. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702440
- ISBN
- 9781501702440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.31
€ 32.99
€ 30.31
Paperback. What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 B&W halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199225866
- ISBN
- 9780199225866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198795490
- ISBN
- 9780198795490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 103 color illus. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBKJ; PBM; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 264 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161730
- ISBN
- 9780691161730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. This book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; BG; PDZ; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571214976
- ISBN
- 9780571214976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780563
- ISBN
- 9781783780563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
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€ 13.03
Paperback. Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFXC1; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007448319
- ISBN
- 9780007448319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
€ 19.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. From before birth to the last breath we draw, from consciousness to sexual attraction, fighting infection to the beating of our hearts, electricity is essential to everything we think and do. This title reveals the secrets of ion channels, which produce the electrical signals in our cells. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046532
- ISBN
- 9780141046532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
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Paperback. The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: MFG; MMR; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551256
- ISBN
- 9780006551256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58