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Paperback. Offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; and Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies. Editor(s): Pitici, Mircea. Series: The Best Writing on Mathematics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: PB; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160412
- ISBN
- 9780691160412
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
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Paperback. Discusses the features that distinguish mathematics from other disciplines of the mind. This title identifies some of the mathematical inspirations of M C Escher's art. It describes compressed sensing, a mathematical field that reshapes the way people use large sets of data. It reports on the use of algorithms in the job market for doctors. Editor(s): Pitici, Mircea. Series: The Best Writing on Mathematics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 68 halftones. 12 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153155
- ISBN
- 9780691153155
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Condition: New
€ 27.85
€ 27.85
Paperback. The Believing Brain is a tour de force integrating neuroscience and the social sciences to explain how irrational beliefs are formed and reinforced. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780335292
- ISBN
- 9781780335292
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In our search for truth, how far have we advanced? This book explores the furthest reaches of our understanding, taking in the Infinity Hotel, supernovae and the nature of optimism, to instill in us a wonder at what we have achieved - and the fact that this is only the beginning of humanity's infinite possibility. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140278163
- ISBN
- 9780140278163
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Useful for those interested in a career in science, the author recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an interest in immunology and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138970
- ISBN
- 9780231138970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 1. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344. Science of the Shore. 192 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 22 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 1. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNW. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 12. Weight: 344.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160551
- ISBN
- 9780231160551
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
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€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616149130
- ISBN
- 9781616149130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.13
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849901154
- ISBN
- 9781849901154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. A collection of mathematical problems chosen to illustrate the mathematician's art. Num Pages: 386 pages, 85 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521693950
- ISBN
- 9780521693950
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Condition: New
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of the architecture of matter. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Phoenix Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808406
- ISBN
- 9780226808406
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17
Hardback. Editor(s): Gann, Alexander; Witkowski, Jan. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Atria Books United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476715490
- ISBN
- 9781476715490
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.19
€ 41.99
€ 35.19
Hardback. In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This work traces the history of this debate from Darwin. It aims to bring to life the people, the issues, and the passions that have surrounded the altruism debate. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125909
- ISBN
- 9780691125909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.64
€ 37.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. What is the secret meaning of alchemical symbolism? Could ancient images really turn molten lead into gold with a mere pinch of the Philosopher's Stone? Alchemy is perhaps the last magical art to survive the ravages of the modern world. This book initiates the reader into some of the key concepts and practices of this extraordinary field of study. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; HRQX2; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263524
- ISBN
- 9781904263524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.38
€ 9.38
Paperback. As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously. Num Pages: 280 pages, 47, 8 black & white halftones, 39 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403311
- ISBN
- 9781421403311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously. Num Pages: 280 pages, 47, 8 black & white halftones, 39 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403304
- ISBN
- 9781421403304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
Paperback. Taking advantage of advances throughout the sciences, this title shows how scientists have determined the age of everything from the colonization of the New World over 13,000 years ago to the origin of the universe nearly fourteen billion years ago. Num Pages: 256 pages, 58 halftones, 41 line drawings. BIC Classification: HDW; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226322933
- ISBN
- 9780226322933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution - the age of em. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: KCY; PDR; PDZ; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754626
- ISBN
- 9780198754626
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.30
€ 42.99
€ 38.30
Hardcover. Presents a robust and stark challenge to our tendency to see ourselves as the acme of creation. Human exceptionalism, this book argues, is an error that can infect scientific thought. It aims to overturn popular thinking on human evolution - the key is not what's missing, but how we're linked. Editor(s): Gee, Henry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284880
- ISBN
- 9780226284880
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
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€ 25.14
Hardcover. The Accidental Scientist explores the role of chance and error in scientific, medical and commercial innovation, outlining exactly how some of the most well-known products, gadgets and useful gizmos came to be. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782430155
- ISBN
- 9781782430155
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.71
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Hardback. Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780460390
- ISBN
- 9781780460390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. Meet the players in the most fundamental scientific revolution since Copernicus Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851688968
- ISBN
- 9781851688968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardback. A NASA space scientist maps out the coming solar cycle-and its catastrophic potential to disrupt worldwide power and communications systems. He includes a history of the record of auroral sightings, accounts of communications blackouts from the 20th century, industries sensitive to solar storms, and radiation and health issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones / 15 color photos. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120784
- ISBN
- 9780231120784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.45€ 83.75
€ 109.45
€ 83.75