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Hardback. Mars has captured the human imagination for decades. Since NASA's establishment in 1958, the space agency has looked to Mars as a compelling prize, the one place, beyond the Moon, where robotic and human exploration could converge. This book analyzes the history of the robotic Mars exploration program from its origins to today. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDK; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412795
- ISBN
- 9781421412795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.54
€ 64.54
Paperback. Investigates the governance structures and mechanisms of knowledge and technology transfer in the context of innovation and production systems in six regions of Europe. With analyses of strengths and weaknesses, barriers, and shortcomings, this book identifies best practice models and policy recommendations for the investigated regions. Series: Actors and Structures. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JPQB; PDG; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Campus Verlag
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783593398983
- ISBN
- 9783593398983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.79€ 52.85
€ 61.79
€ 52.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Rosser, Daniel S. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 139
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624179167
- ISBN
- 9781624179167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.80€ 137.74
€ 200.80
€ 137.74
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
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
Paperback. A compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economics Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, 9 tables, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCZ; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333227
- ISBN
- 9780822333227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
paperback. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HPS; PDA; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780190603816
- ISBN
- 9780190603816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.51
€ 70.51
Hardback. Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: 1DB; PDK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191746
- ISBN
- 9781405191746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; PDK; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191739
- ISBN
- 9781405191739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Hardback. Successive Conservative governments sought to reform research laboratories by applying the market based solution of "New Public Management". This volume explores and critiques that reform process. Series: Transforming Government. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749692
- ISBN
- 9780333749692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Curtis, Timothy. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634631266
- ISBN
- 9781634631266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.86€ 133.76
€ 194.86
€ 133.76
Paperback. Each year Congress appropriates billions of dollars for scientific research. Reporter Daniel S. Greenberg reveals here who gets the money and why. The revelations show an overlooked world of false claims where science, money and politics all manipulate each other. Num Pages: 528 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; KCP; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306353
- ISBN
- 9780226306353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Turchetti, Simone. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; JFCX; PDK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578167
- ISBN
- 9781137578167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.40
€ 161.40
hardcover. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; PDK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- American First
- SKU
- V9780742514799
- ISBN
- 9780742514799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Hardcover. Aims to reveal that campus capitalism is more complicated and less profitable than media reports would suggest. This book includes interviews with scientists and administrators. It is useful for those who care about scientific research. It shows that industry dollars are dwarfed by government support and other funds. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN; PDG; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306254
- ISBN
- 9780226306254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.25
€ 30.99
€ 24.25
Hardcover. Editor(s): Barrios, Alfred T. Num Pages: 184 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606924396
- ISBN
- 9781606924396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.99€ 70.85
€ 100.99
€ 70.85
Responsibility in Science and Technology: Elements of a Social Theory
Arnaldi, Simone; Bianchi, Luca
paperback. Series: Technikzukunfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society. Num Pages: 109 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer VS Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658110130
- ISBN
- 9783658110130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.29
€ 85.29
paperback. Offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history - the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing - this title offers a critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach. Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; KNBN; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849711616
- ISBN
- 9781849711616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Hardcover. Written by two EPA scientists, this guide for chemical manufacturers to obtaining approval to synthesize and manufacture a chemical compound covers the chemical information needed for risk assessment to satisfy the requirements of the pre-manufacture notification (PMN) review process and comply with the Toxic Substance Control Act. Num Pages: 138 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDK; PN; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471191513
- ISBN
- 9780471191513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.18
€ 152.18
Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implicati...
. Ed(S): Melkas, Helina; Harmaakorpi, Vesa
Paperback. This book analyses the new innovation environment, particularly in order to investigate the 'black holes' of practice-based innovation, and puts forward guidelines for innovation policy suited to the demands of the new paradigm. Editor(s): Melkas, Helina; Harmaakorpi, Vesa. Num Pages: 454 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; PDK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642434389
- ISBN
- 9783642434389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.49
€ 129.49