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Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848317505
ISBN
9781848317505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic. Illustrator(s): Pugh, Oliver. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, B/w throughout. BIC Classification: PBCD; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 119 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848314061
ISBN
9781848314061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. An incredible illustrated tour through the cutting-edge of physics Illustrator(s): Pugh, Oliver. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848315891
ISBN
9781848315891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralysed. This guide explores Hawking's life, and the evolution of his work from his days as a student. Illustrator(s): Zarate, Oscar. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 120 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Fourth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848310940
ISBN
9781848310940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311206
ISBN
9781848311206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. A book about art, literature, science -- and meteorology Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330391955
ISBN
9780330391955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590439
ISBN
9780099590439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? This work addresses these questions. It describes how the interplay between familiar phenomena, winds and clouds, light and air, maintains climates that permit a diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables, 85 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050348
ISBN
9780691050348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; JHM; PDZ; PSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330526104
ISBN
9780330526104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JF; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252666
ISBN
9781781252666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061358432
ISBN
9780061358432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.72

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782430674
ISBN
9781782430674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.25

Paperback. Reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 halftones. 43 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141275
ISBN
9780691141275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.73

Paperback. * An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545005
ISBN
9780751545005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Hardback. James Watt: Making the World Anew is a craft history of Britain's early industrial transformation as well as a prehistory of the engineering profession itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black & white. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780233758
ISBN
9781780233758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.81

Hardcover. While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX; PDZ; PG; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110106
ISBN
9780230110106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591027713
ISBN
9781591027713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848319158
ISBN
9781848319158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.80

Paperback. This text presents the biological and political horror story of the algae in the Mediterranean. This work - part detective story and part bureaucratic object lesson - presents a classic case of a devastating ecological invasion and how "not" to deal with it. Translator(s): Simberloff, Daniel. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 colour plates, 5 line drawings, 7 maps. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAF; PSTV; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226519234
ISBN
9780226519234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 98 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141710
ISBN
9780231141710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Guides you through the ideas, and charts the progress we have made in understanding the universe - from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the Higgs boson. This title explains how we decide what questions to ask; and how risk, beauty, creativity and truth play a role in scientific thinking. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532088
ISBN
9780099532088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Hardback. A reflection on architectural approaches in a rapidly changing field of work. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300. BIC Classification: AMC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037784976
ISBN
9783037784976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 110 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 7. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604560268
ISBN
9781604560268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.28
€ 50.07

Hardback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895807
ISBN
9780801895807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.76

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