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Paperback. Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job - and indeed the truth of words - very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours - Roundworld - is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil). Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FZC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091949808
- ISBN
- 9780091949808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.51
€ 23.99
€ 16.51
Hardback. Describes the science of cheese making, from chemistry to biology, in a lively way that is readable for both the food scientist and the artisanal hobbyist. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 halftones, 5 line art. BIC Classification: PDZ; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199922307
- ISBN
- 9780199922307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.56
€ 88.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Grazier, Kevin R. Series: Psychology of Popular Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; FL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- BenBella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933771281
- ISBN
- 9781933771281
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.22
€ 27.99
€ 22.22
paperback. Simon Flynn's bestselling selection of enthralling facts, stories, poems and more from science's history Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848315990
- ISBN
- 9781848315990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.25
€ 14.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Centuries of scientific thought in one volume Num Pages: 432 pages, 2000 colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426208089
- ISBN
- 9781426208089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.54
€ 31.54
Hardback. Explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made. This book helps you discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Copernicus' ideas were contentious and what the discovery of DNA meant. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Publisher
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409350156
- ISBN
- 9781409350156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.88
€ 26.99
€ 18.88
Hardcover. In The Paradox of Progress, Nicholas Agar challenges the central claims of 'radical optimism': that technological progress will automatically make us happier and healthier. Using recent psychological studies about human well-being, he instead presents a more realistic approach to understand the positive and negative issues that progress brings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford New York
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198717058
- ISBN
- 9780198717058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.83
€ 34.99
€ 34.83
Paperback. How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illustrations; 4 maps. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393346244
- ISBN
- 9780393346244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.57
€ 27.99
€ 24.57
paperback. Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1672. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004563
- ISBN
- 9780099440680
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX; WSE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784291228
- ISBN
- 9781784291228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.58
€ 17.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813527833
- ISBN
- 9780813527833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.71
€ 40.99
€ 40.71
Paperback. Stephen Jay Gould's writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major books. Num Pages: 656 pages, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488675
- ISBN
- 9780099488675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover. In Resurrection of the Shroud , Mark Antonacci authoritatively and scientifically challenges radiocarbon testing and presents new evidence in determining the Shroud's true age. Num Pages: 340 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: HRCA; PDZ; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871318909
- ISBN
- 9780871318909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.81
€ 24.99
€ 23.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616146603
- ISBN
- 9781616146603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.04
€ 20.99
€ 20.04
Hardcover. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594. How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning. 352 pages, illustrations. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020478
- ISBN
- 9780465020478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.47
€ 30.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 97 colour photographs, 53 diagrams. BIC Classification: JFC; PDZ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 283 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271019772
- ISBN
- 9780271019772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.42
€ 52.99
€ 44.42
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€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. The laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an appealing account of quantum physics that will help the serious reader make sense of a science that, for all its successes, remains mysterious. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 halftones, 52 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018327
- ISBN
- 9780674018327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.70
€ 34.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. What is quantum physics? How does it help us understand our amazing world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good? This title gives us the real science behind the bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe, and reveal how everything that can happen, does happen. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952702
- ISBN
- 9780241952702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. 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. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 496 pages, Two 8pp black and white plate sectionn, 26 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784777
- ISBN
- 9780198784777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90