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Paperback. Part-history of the cosmos, part-intellectual adventure, this book travels from the Big Bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, across every possible scale - from the sub-atomic to the intergalactic - showing how mathematics provides the answers to our questions about the world. Where do we come from? What makes the universe the way it is? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954638
- ISBN
- 9780241954638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A collection of practical lessons that demonstrates how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies, tackle problems from unusual angles, and extract information from the data. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140124996
- ISBN
- 9780140124996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. An engrossing examination of the science behind the little-known world of sleep. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345865
- ISBN
- 9780393345865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardback. Through lively prose and photos, this revised edition of Uncorked unlocks the door to what champagne is all about. Num Pages: 216 pages, 32 halftones. 13 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised edition with a New foreword by Hervé This
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158723
- ISBN
- 9780691158723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.99
€ 30.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. "Covers all of algebra's essentials-- including rational and real numbers, the number line, variables, expressions, laws of combination, linear and quadratic equations, rates, proportion, and graphing-- with clear, funny, and easy-to-understand illustrations"--Page 4 of cover. Series: Cartoon Guide Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062202697
- ISBN
- 9780062202697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
€ 19.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. This title dispels the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. It shows how old myths, dressed up in the scientific finery, help perpetuate the status quo. It reveals the mind's plasticity, and shows the influence of culture on identity. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JMG; PDZ; PSAN; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848312203
- ISBN
- 9781848312203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.40
€ 15.99
€ 11.40
Hardcover. Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, (Over 200 illustrations and photographs), Index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; PDZ; PSXE; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 155. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008150334
- ISBN
- 9780008150334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 48.55
€ 71.34
€ 48.55
Paperback. What really makes us who we are? This book shows that our identity does not lie in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells - our own particular wiring, or 'connectomes'. It reveals the secrets of the brain, showing how our connectome makes each of us uniquely ourselves. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951873
- ISBN
- 9780241951873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? This title includes tales that follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the mad scientists who discovered them. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777506
- ISBN
- 9780552777506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MFN; MJCL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472910523
- ISBN
- 9781472910523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.50
€ 16.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. What key knowledge would you need to start rebuilding civilisation from scratch? Once you've scavenged what you can, how do you begin producing the essentials? How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines, or get metal out of rocks? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575832
- ISBN
- 9780099575832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In this fully revised and updated edition of British Paleozoic Fossils 443 species from this time are described and classified and illustrated with accurate black-and-white line drawings. Reflecting advances in our understanding of the fossil record, it features those animal and plant species that are most commonly found in Britain. Series: British Fossils. Num Pages: 203 pages, Over 400 accurate black-and-white drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; PDZ; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Fully revised and updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780565093037
- ISBN
- 9780565093037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.31
€ 19.99
€ 15.31
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€ 24.89
€ 27.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, 19 halftones. 19 line illus. 5 tables. 7 maps. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173214
- ISBN
- 9780691173214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 halftones. 41 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176000
- ISBN
- 9780691176000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Brian Clegg takes readers on an incredible trip around our random universe and the chaos that underpins it. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0006592
- ISBN
- 9781848316522
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume focused on the study of early humans and their environment. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, (Over 200 illustrations and photographs), Index. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAN; PDZ; PSXE; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008150358
- ISBN
- 9780008150358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 29.65
€ 46.99
€ 29.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b/w throughout. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842812
- ISBN
- 9781408842812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Demonstrates how odd and unusual math problems can be solved by bringing together basic physics ideas and powerful computers. This title looks at how the art of number-crunching has changed since the advent of computers, and how high-speed technology helps to solve conundrums such as the three-body, Monte Carlo, and gambler's ruin problems. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 halftones. 98 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM; UM; UYA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144252
- ISBN
- 9780691144252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 133 color illus. 14 halftones. 56 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169774
- ISBN
- 9780691169774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.64
€ 24.99
€ 22.64