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Paperback. Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552170192
- ISBN
- 9780552170192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
hardcover. Features over one hundred and fifty colour illustrations that have been specially commissioned to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780593077184
- ISBN
- 9780593077184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.83
€ 29.99
€ 20.83
Hardback. 8vo. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- SKU
- KEX0265183
- ISBN
- 9780520233690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. There was little in it, and things could have turned out quite differently. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black and white illustrations and 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239191
- ISBN
- 9780199239191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. What would the universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our tininess to give it scale? This work is written by the author of novels such as "Spies", plays ("Copenhagen" and "Noises Off") and films ("Clockwise"). Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232185
- ISBN
- 9780571232185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.50
€ 13.00
€ 11.50
Paperback. Susan Greenfield, one of the world's pre-eminent scientists, takes the reader on a guided tour of the final frontier in human understanding: the brain. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780226910
- ISBN
- 9781780226910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The structures and workings of our bodies explained in 200 illustrations Series: In Minutes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 B&W. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786481238
- ISBN
- 9781786481238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755365012
- ISBN
- 9780755365012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842466254
- ISBN
- 9781842466254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous b/w line illustrations and halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804990
- ISBN
- 9780192804990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Weaving together intellectual history, philosophy, and social studies, this book offers an appraisal of the history of science and the nature of this discipline. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686810
- ISBN
- 9781851686810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.52
€ 13.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct and accessible guide to the key episodes in the story of life on earth - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199226320
- ISBN
- 9780199226320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402204
- ISBN
- 9781845402204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.48
€ 14.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Visible Ink Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578593743
- ISBN
- 9781578593743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.06
€ 42.99
€ 36.06
Paperback. The stories behind scientific peculiarities Num Pages: 304 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540897
- ISBN
- 9781848540897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Hardback. New book by the bestselling author of A Universe From Nothing, award-winning physicist and public intellectual, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the scientific discoveries that see through the visible world and create our grand vision of the universe and our place within it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471158377
- ISBN
- 9781471158377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.40
€ 26.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. This title takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. Num Pages: 480 pages, 32-pages colour picture sections, plus 100 B&Wur picture sections, plus B&W line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775243
- ISBN
- 9780552775243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture. This book explains why these problems exist, why they matter, what drives mathematicians to incredible lengths to solve them and where they stand in the context of mathematics and science as a whole. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683374
- ISBN
- 9781846683374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.23
€ 17.99
€ 13.23
Paperback. A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the Himalayas and the mapping of the Indian subcontinent: William Lambton and George Everest. Num Pages: 226 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp), (+ maps & diagrams). BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; PDZ; TNCB; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001852
- ISBN
- 9780006531234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408840214
- ISBN
- 9781408840214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. Presents scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe. This title reveals the Model dependent realism, the multi verse, the top-down theory of cosmology, and the unified M-theory. It also includes discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 colour illustrations integrated throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553819229
- ISBN
- 9780553819229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683505
- ISBN
- 9780199683505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.50
€ 21.50
Paperback. Shows how everything from the humble carbon atom to the speed of light and the laws of physics themselves interact. In this book, the author asks questions such as: Is there a theory of everything within our grasp? If there was a big bang, what happened before it? Is there on universe or many? Could we exist within an endless time loop? Num Pages: 368 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023267
- ISBN
- 9780141023267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 41 halftones. 41 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175782
- ISBN
- 9780691175782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94