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Paperback. Presents what you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven lessons. In this introduction to modern physics, the author explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 284 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141981727
- ISBN
- 9780141981727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Explores the advances in the discovery of neuroplasticity, showing that the brain has its own unique way of healing. This book discusses a series of recoveries: patients told they would never improve have years of chronic pain alleviated or damage from debilitating strokes undone, and symptoms of multiple sclerosis, and more. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980805
- ISBN
- 9780141980805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. This book brings together all the work in a new field of physics, the chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics. The author shows how computers have been able to help researchers, by mapping the whole plane of solutions of non-linear equations. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: PBWS; PDA; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386061
- ISBN
- 9780749386061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.43
€ 16.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Presents a collection of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. This title helps you find out: how to organise chaos; how matter balances anti-matter; how to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it); why you can't comb a hairy ball; and, how to calculate pi by observing the stars. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683466
- ISBN
- 9781846683466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
€ 11.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal, but to become the most-launched astronaut in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire US Space Shuttle program. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: B; PDZ; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537850
- ISBN
- 9781557537850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 8
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780500225
- ISBN
- 9781780500225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.01
€ 5.01
Paperback. At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848313477
- ISBN
- 9781848313477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.02
€ 15.99
€ 12.02
Paperback. First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others drop dead. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the trainer dies. This title tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 38. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099522850
- ISBN
- 9780099522850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.33
€ 16.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. A unique and fascinating look at the relationship between magic, the brain, and everyday life. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683909
- ISBN
- 9781846683909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.34
€ 14.99
€ 11.34
Hardback. Zirker is that rare animal who can both communicate the most demanding technical detail and make it accessible."-New Scientist Num Pages: 264 pages, 49, 49 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBKC; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410784
- ISBN
- 9781421410784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.84
€ 53.84
Paperback. The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDZ; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028355
- ISBN
- 9781857028355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.84
€ 16.99
€ 12.84
Paperback. Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. This book discusses these elegant and mysterious patterns and the ingenious techniques mathematicians use to uncover them. It addresses representation theory and reciprocity laws. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PBH; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition with a New preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138718
- ISBN
- 9780691138718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 29.08
€ 38.99
€ 29.08
Hardback. Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. The pursuit of its implications has been the driving motivation of physicists for 100 years. Jim Baggott traces the story, the personalities and the rivalries, through 40 turning-point moments. Num Pages: 496 pages, Two 8pp black and white plate sectionn, approx 35 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 46. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199566846
- ISBN
- 9780199566846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.17
€ 25.99
€ 20.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 240 colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 257 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publisher
- MACROmedia Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888138092
- ISBN
- 9781888138092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.60
€ 44.99
€ 32.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935251743
- ISBN
- 9781935251743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.27
€ 16.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400082148
- ISBN
- 9781400082148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
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.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 23rd Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161859
- ISBN
- 9781784161859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.03
€ 16.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275524
- ISBN
- 9781846275524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Hardcover. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Num Pages: 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1130. Experiments You Can Do at Home (But Probably Shouldn't). 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight: 1120.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579127916
- ISBN
- 9781579127916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.56
€ 29.99
€ 20.56
Hardback. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? This book explains the history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154633
- ISBN
- 9780691154633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.29
€ 51.29