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Hardback. The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. This title provides an introduction to the intuitive and often-surprising art of ancient Egyptian math. Num Pages: 256 pages, 301 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160122
- ISBN
- 9780691160122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198785033
- ISBN
- 9780198785033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.40
€ 16.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? This title offers a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. It also features an appendix that explains all physical concepts used in the book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 104 line illus. BIC Classification: PBW; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148540
- ISBN
- 9780691148540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: where did the universe come from and how will it end? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471112683
- ISBN
- 9781471112683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
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€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. In 2016 a team of hundreds of scientists at work on a billion-dollar experiment made history when they announced the first ever detection of a gravitational wave, confirming Einstein's prediction a century ago. Based on complete access to Ligo and the scientists who created it, this book offers a first-hand account of this achievement. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569589
- ISBN
- 9780099569589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340624
- ISBN
- 9780393340624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.16
€ 19.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712152
- ISBN
- 9780198712152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. The moving stories of ten remarkable women who transformed science, and changed the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 greyscale photos and illustrations, integrated. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472137432
- ISBN
- 9781472137432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Blue Mind is a fascinating account using compelling new research to understand our relationship to the planet's most omnipresent resource - water. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139579
- ISBN
- 9780349139579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. "Weird indeed, and not a little wonderful."-Nature Num Pages: 330 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348262
- ISBN
- 9780393348262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.14
€ 17.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous for his work on color theory, but he was also an accomplished all-round scientist, studying and writing on anatomy, geology, botany, zoology and meteorology. This book draws together, in Goethe's own words, his key ideas on nature, science and scientific method. Editor(s): Naydler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RNA; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863152375
- ISBN
- 9780863152375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Money doesn't grow on trees. Or does it? From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, nature provides 'natural services', 24/7. This book offers impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) and also the positive. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685606
- ISBN
- 9781846685606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.66
€ 15.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780563
- ISBN
- 9781783780563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.03
€ 17.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, this book provides an introduction to the basic science underlying the sport of sailing. It also explores how the spectrum, reflection, and polarization of light lead sailors to 'see' wind on the water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 143 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; WSSN3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781420073768
- ISBN
- 9781420073768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.61
€ 72.61
paperback. How can something as complex as a human body create itself from a single fertilized egg? Drawing on ideas from physics and network theory as well as genetics and embryology, Jamie Davies describes the fascinating picture emerging from the latest research, in which complexity builds up through 'adaptive self-organization'. Num Pages: 320 pages, Approximately 86 black and white line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199673544
- ISBN
- 9780199673544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture. Editor(s): Ott, Katherine; Serlin, David; Mihm, Stephen. Num Pages: 359 pages, halftones, 68 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MQWP; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814761984
- ISBN
- 9780814761984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Glendinning, Hugo. Editor(s): Turney, Jon. Num Pages: 144 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 418. Ten Scientists' Diaries. 144 pages, 60 b&w photographs. Illustrator(s): Glendinning, Hugo. Editor(s): Turney, Jon. In this volume a young generation of first-class scientists - most of them Royal Society Young Fellows - kept diaries over several months which reveal, with an unusual honesty, the frustrations, comic ironies and occasional breakthroughs in the charged and highly competitive world of science. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: BJ; PDZ. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 13. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- Central
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903319980
- ISBN
- 9780903319980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.90
€ 11.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Can anyone get a perfect memory? The author used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt art of memory training, discovering mnemonic ancient 'memory palace' technique first practiced by Simonides of Ceos over the years. This title offers a journey through mind, and secrets of how our memory really works. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMRM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032139
- ISBN
- 9780141032139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. In China, for the first time, the people who weigh too much now outnumber those who weigh too little. In Mexico, the obesity rate has tripled in the past three decades. This title exposes the practices of some of the recognisable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: KNDF; PDZ; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- WH Allen
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753541470
- ISBN
- 9780753541470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.62
€ 23.99
€ 16.62