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Science: general issues
paperback. Series: Springer Series in Synergetics. Num Pages: 162 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWR; PDE; PHU; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493954230
- ISBN
- 9781493954230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardcover. This book assesses China's ambitions to become an innovative society by 2050 and a techno-superpower by the middle of the century. The authors, who are all experts in their own fields, describe the strengths and weaknesses of research being done in four key areas: IT, energy, nano- and biotechnology. Editor(s): Jakobson, Linda. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJMV6; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006928
- ISBN
- 9780230006928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Fleming, James Rodger; DeVorkin, David H. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 399 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105324
- ISBN
- 9780230105324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.78
€ 68.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105331
- ISBN
- 9780230105331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. This volume breaks new ground by asking how our understandings of gender can be informed by exploring the socio-technical relations of ICTs in health care, and how far an appreciation of the ways in which gender works can inform and improve our understanding of how ICTs are being developed, implemented, and used in health care contexts. Editor(s): Balka, Ellen; Green, Eileen; Henwood, Flis. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 237 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216341
- ISBN
- 9780230216341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. New Waves in Philosophy of Science captures the diverse array of issues in the rapidly developing area of philosophy of science by bringing together a pool of talented young philosophers from across the globe to debate the field and show where it's heading. Editor(s): Magnus, P. D.; Busch, Jacob. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222632
- ISBN
- 9780230222632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning. It is within the context of simultaneous excitement and anxiety that we discuss Virtual Social Networks. Editor(s): Panteli, Niki. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229280
- ISBN
- 9780230229280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This book explores the relationships between European integration and material infrastructures. Taking transnational infrastructures as the focal point of study, the book focuses on the various forms of mediation between the material, institutional and discursive levels of European integration and fragmentation in a truly transnational perspective. Editor(s): Badenoch, Alexander; Fickers, Andreas. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; KCZ; PDR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232891
- ISBN
- 9780230232891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252288
- ISBN
- 9780230252288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardcover. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges. Editor(s): Van Lente, Dick. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBG; HBLW3; PDR; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340909
- ISBN
- 9780230340909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Hardcover. Ernst Cassirer's thought-provoking essay Form and Technology (1930) ascribes to technology a new dignity as a genuine tool of the mind in equal company with language and art. Translated here into English it is accompanied by critical essays that explore its current relevance. Editor(s): Hoel, Aud Sissel; Folkvord, Ingvild. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; HPCF; HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230365476
- ISBN
- 9780230365476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. This book explores the impact of biblical reading practices on scientific thought in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. It addresses the idea that the natural philosophers of the era forged their new sciences despite, rather than because of, the pervasive bible-centeredness of early modern thought. Editor(s): Killeen, Kevin; Forshaw, Peter J. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRCG3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507074
- ISBN
- 9780230507074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.97
€ 138.97
Paperback. In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young women across a variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and national backgrounds are incorporating and making sense of digital technology in their everyday lives. Editor(s): Weber, Sandra; Dixon, Shanly. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. Young People and Digital Technologies. 292 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Weber, Sandra; Dixon, Shanly. In this cutting-edge anthology, contributors examine the diverse ways in which girls and young women across a variety of ethnic, socio-economic, and national backgrounds are incorporating and making sense of digital technology in their everyday lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PDR; UYZ. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620018
- ISBN
- 9780230620018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 47.15
€ 52.70
€ 47.15
Hardcover. Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 8--20, 1997 Editor(s): Lerner, Igor V.; Keating, Jonathan P. (University of Bristol and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories); Khmelnitskii, David E. Series: NATO Science Series B. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306459337
- ISBN
- 9780306459337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.91
€ 205.91
Hardcover. An inter-disciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The text is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. Editor(s): Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646328
- ISBN
- 9780333646328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23
Paperback. An inter-disciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The text is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. Editor(s): Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646335
- ISBN
- 9780333646335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Hardcover. In the 1990s the ownership and control of information generated in the UK science was transformed by a combination of regulatory changes designed to promote "the creation of wealth". This text provides a set of perspectives on the different regulatory mechanisms set out to achieve this. Editor(s): Lawton Smith, Helen. Series: Studies in Regulation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; KCP; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333790458
- ISBN
- 9780333790458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. The emergence of firm level data such as the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), has led to a surge of studies on innovation and firm behaviour. Written by an international group of contributors, the studies in this book document progress in four inter-related fields. Editor(s): Kleinknecht, Alfred; Mohnen, Pierre A. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; KCH; KJMV6; KN; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333961094
- ISBN
- 9780333961094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.89
€ 194.89
Hardcover. Consists of 104 biographical articles on eminent contributors to statistical and probabilistic ideas born prior to the 20th Century. This title covers statisticians such as Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, Neumann, Bernoulli, Bayes, Laplace, Legendre, Gauss, Poisson, Pareto, Markov, Bachelier, Borel, and many more. Editor(s): Heyde, C. C.; Seneta, Eugene. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387953298
- ISBN
- 9780387953298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.84
€ 137.84
Hardcover. This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. Editor(s): Barbour, Julian B.; Pfister, Herbert. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817638238
- ISBN
- 9780817638238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 326.56
€ 326.56