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Paperback. The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDZ; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028355
- ISBN
- 9781857028355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Whenever a volcano threatens to erupt, scientists and adventurers from around the world flock to the site in response to the irresistible allure of one of nature's most dangerous and unpredictable phenomena. This book covers the variety of volcanoes, the subtle to conspicuous signs preceding their eruptions, and their atmospheric consequences. Num Pages: 336 pages, 85 halftones 46 line illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: PD; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002491
- ISBN
- 9780691002491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. This book discusses these elegant and mysterious patterns and the ingenious techniques mathematicians use to uncover them. It addresses representation theory and reciprocity laws. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PBH; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition with a New preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138718
- ISBN
- 9780691138718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. The Manchester Physics Series General Editors: D.J. Sandiford; F. Mandl; A.C. Phillips Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester Properties of Matter B.H. Flowers and E. Mendoza Optics Second Edition F.G. Smith and J.H. Thomson Statistical Physics Second Edition F. Mandl Electromagnetism Second Edition I.S. Grant and W.R. Series: Manchester Physics Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, 30 line drawings, 8 tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471922957
- ISBN
- 9780471922957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.27
€ 54.99
€ 54.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, diagrams,. BIC Classification: PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 219 x 40. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 10th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118621516
- ISBN
- 9781118621516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 233.46
€ 233.46
Paperback. A Different Universe is a truly mind-bending book that shows us why everything we think about fundamental physical laws needs to change. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320. Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down. 272 pages, Illustrations. Takes us into a universe where the vacuum of space has to be considered a kind of solid matter, where sound has quantized particles just like those of light, where there are many phases of matter, and where metal resembles a liquid while superfluid helium is more like a solid. This book shows readers a mysterious world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight: 264.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465038299
- ISBN
- 9780465038299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.64
€ 28.64
Hardback. Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. The pursuit of its implications has been the driving motivation of physicists for 100 years. Jim Baggott traces the story, the personalities and the rivalries, through 40 turning-point moments. Num Pages: 496 pages, Two 8pp black and white plate sectionn, approx 35 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 46. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199566846
- ISBN
- 9780199566846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400082148
- ISBN
- 9781400082148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 185 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 23rd Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161859
- ISBN
- 9781784161859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176345
- ISBN
- 9780691176345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275524
- ISBN
- 9781846275524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Hardcover. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Num Pages: 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1130. Experiments You Can Do at Home (But Probably Shouldn't). 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight: 1120.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579127916
- ISBN
- 9781579127916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426. Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth. 272 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight: 442.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520037212
- ISBN
- 9780520037212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Hardback. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? This book explains the history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154633
- ISBN
- 9780691154633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
paperback. Explores the nature and scope of scientific knowledge, the increased power of nature that science affords and the changes in the lives of human beings that result from different forms of science. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415474627
- ISBN
- 9780415474627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.95
€ 20.95
paperback. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 640 pages, 145 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDZ; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 39. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784920
- ISBN
- 9780198784920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. The Solar Revolution reveals for the first time how cutting-edge science can use the sun to provide sustainable food and energy for a global population of 10 billion people. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNU; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848316553
- ISBN
- 9781848316553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.87
€ 11.99
€ 9.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472915092
- ISBN
- 9781472915092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.38
€ 25.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Contends that our continuing faith in science in the face of its actual history is best understood as the secular residue of a religiously inspired belief in divine providence. Series: The Art of Living. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844652044
- ISBN
- 9781844652044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 27.96
€ 46.99
€ 27.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBT; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488498
- ISBN
- 9780801488498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 halftones. 22 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155371
- ISBN
- 9780691155371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Provides a glimpse into the mind of one of the world's intellectual giants - Charles Darwin . Honest and illuminating, these memoirs reveal a man who was isolated by his controversial beliefs and whose towering achievements were attained by a life-long passion for the discoveries of science. Editor(s): Neve, Michael. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433906
- ISBN
- 9780140433906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. This book employs a philosophical approach to the "new wounded" (brain lesion patients) to stage a confrontation between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology, focused on the issue of trauma and psychic wounds. It thereby reevaluates the brain as an organ that is not separated from psychic life but rather at its center. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Forms of Living (FUP). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JM; MJN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239689
- ISBN
- 9780823239689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books. This book tells the story of the men and women who changed the way we see the world, and the turbulent times they lived in. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140297416
- ISBN
- 9780140297416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54