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Science: general issues

Hardcover. The book describes experimental techniques used to study surfaces and interfaces, offering descriptions of real experimental setups to illustrate the strength and the limits of the techniques. Reviews new developments and possible extensions of the techniques. Editor(s): Bracco, Gianangelo; Holst, Bodil. Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences. Num Pages: 686 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHFC; PHP; TBN; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 177 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
733
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642342424
ISBN
9783642342424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Suzuki, Yasuhiro; Hagiya, Masami. Series: Mathematics for Industry. Num Pages: 118 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PDE; PSA; UFM; UGK; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431554288
ISBN
9784431554288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.68

Hardcover. Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective Editor(s): Padmanabhan, Thanu. Num Pages: 162 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; PDX; PGC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9788184899979
ISBN
9788184899979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.56

Hardcover. Contains 20-25 original articles, contributed by the most important names in quantum physics, in honor of the author's 80-th birthday. Editor(s): Struppa, Daniele Carlo; Tollaksen, Jeffrey M. Num Pages: 406 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Verlag Italy
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847052161
ISBN
9788847052161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.82

Hardcover. This book offers core essays by Kenneth Tobin, Paul Grobstein and Wesley Shumar, keynote presenters at the 2010 Springer Forum, with essays exploring other perspectives on sociocultural studies. Covers the use of the multiuser virtual environment, Second Life. Editor(s): Milne, Catherine T.; Tobin, Kenneth; DeGennaro, Donna. Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education. Num Pages: 330 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400742390
ISBN
9789400742390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardcover. Fully revised and expanded in a third edition boasting hundreds of new entries, this Springer encyclopedia offers exceptional scientific and geographical scope, with detailed articles on non-Western achievements in science, technology, and healthcare. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Num Pages: 4259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Edition
3rd ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400777460
ISBN
9789400777460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 3,389.25

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9789812565990
ISBN
9789812565990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.44

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.67

Hardcover. New York city is a world center of science and the memorabilia presented introduce the reader to a culture of learning and of creating new knowledge, venues of great medicine, and a number of exceptional schools graduating world leaders in science. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198769873
ISBN
9780198769873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319156507
ISBN
9783319156507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.88

Hardback. Combining conceptual, formal, and engineering approaches in an unusual way, the core of this book is the relation between ways of learning and knowing, and different modes of time. Partial Boolean logic and the associated notion of complementarity express this relation, and mathematical tools of fundamental physics are used to formalize it. Editor(s): Atmanspacher, Harald. Num Pages: 483 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JMR; PBT; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319473697
ISBN
9783319473697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.77

paperback. Collects the lecture notes of the course "An introduction to computational physics" held in the academic year 2000/01 for students of the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore at the level of the last two-year undergraduates in physics and chemistry. Series: Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore / Crm Series. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edizioni della Normale Italy
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9788876422645
ISBN
9788876422645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.95

hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRAB1; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190241025
ISBN
9780190241025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

hardcover. Aspall's commentary on Physics poses questions that discuss crucial issues of Aristotle's natural philosophy: matter, form, nature, change, time, the infinite and the continuum, eternity of the world. This major source for studying the introduction of Aristotelianism to Oxford in the mid-13th century is edited in Latin with English translation. Editor(s): Donati, Sylvia. Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265994
ISBN
9780197265994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.22

hardcover. Aspall's commentary on Physics poses questions that discuss crucial issues of Aristotle's natural philosophy: matter, form, nature, change, time, the infinite and the continuum, eternity of the world. This major source for studying the introduction of Aristotelianism to Oxford in the mid-13th century is edited in Latin with English translation. Editor(s): Donati, Sylvia. Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
Translation
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197266007
ISBN
9780197266007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.64

Hardcover. In The Paradox of Progress, Nicholas Agar challenges the central claims of 'radical optimism': that technological progress will automatically make us happier and healthier. Using recent psychological studies about human well-being, he instead presents a more realistic approach to understand the positive and negative issues that progress brings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
OUP Oxford New York
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198717058
ISBN
9780198717058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.27

hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198796572
ISBN
9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.19

Paperback. Devices of Curiosity excavates a largely unknown genre of early cinema, the popular-science film. Primarily a work of cinema history, it also draws on the insights of the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 114 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJC; APF; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199860708
ISBN
9780199860708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardcover. In 1969, Jon Beckwith and his colleagues isolated a gene from the chromosome of a living organism. Announcing this achievement, Beckwith issued a public warning about the dangers of genetic engineering. This text traces his commitment to scientific research and social responsibility. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009288
ISBN
9780674009288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

Paperback. Identifying the Mayan World Tree with the central axis of the cosmos, the author shows how evolution is not random. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594. How Quantum Theory and Mayan Cosmology Explain the Origin and Evolution of Life. 368 pages, illustrations. Calleman shows how the central axis of the universe correlates with the ancient Tree of Life. He presents an alternative to Darwin's theory of biological evolution and suggests that life arises as part of a hierarchy of interrelated systems evolving in a synchronized way. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bear & Company
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431046
ISBN
9781591431046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.11

paperback. Editor(s): Selvin, Paul R.; Ha, Taekjip. Num Pages: 507 pages, ill. BIC Classification: PDN; PSD; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Press United States
Edition
1 Lab
Number of pages
507
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879697754
ISBN
9780879697754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Ryder W. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
ibooks United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596871434
ISBN
9781596871434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

paperback. * Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology * Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" * Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780745630441
ISBN
9780745630441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.28

paperback. Traces the history of alchemy from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781441132970
ISBN
9781441132970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

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