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Paperback. This recently rediscovered classic, first published in 1897, is an anecdotal guide for the perplexed new scientific investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro. Translator(s): Swanson, Neely; Swanson, L. W. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262681506
ISBN
9780262681506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. To those interested in a life in science, Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel laureate, deflates the myths of invincibility, superiority, and genius; instead, he demonstrates it is common sense and an inquiring mind that are essential to the scientist's calling. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465000920
ISBN
9780465000920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.95

Hardback. Translator(s): Connor, Peter James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635941
ISBN
9780691635941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 326.54

hardcover. Affect and Artificial Intelligence is the first in-depth analysis of affect and intersubjectivity in the computational sciences. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990514
ISBN
9780295990514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.42

Paperback. Affect and Artificial Intelligence is the first in-depth analysis of affect and intersubjectivity in the computational sciences. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990477
ISBN
9780295990477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. Contemporary philosophy of science has paid close attention to the understanding of scientific practice, in contrast to the previous focus on scientific method. This work shows the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about the nature of knowledge. It argues that the only feasible explanation of any scientific success is a historical account. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Fourth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844674428
ISBN
9781844674428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.00

Paperback. Nicols Fox examines contemporary resistance to technology and places it in a surprising historical context. She illuminates the rich but oftentimes unrecognized literary and philosophical tradition that has existed for nearly two centuries, since the first Luddites lifted their sledgehammers in protest against the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 424 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Island Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559637190
ISBN
9781559637190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.26

Paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; PDK; UT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 5. Weight in Grams: 71.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038495
ISBN
9781594038495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.91

Hardback. A highly accomplished historian, Heyck relays this complicated story with unusual clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 recorded music items, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; J; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417103
ISBN
9781421417103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Dominguez-Rue, Emma; Nierling, Linda. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP31; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629576
ISBN
9783837629576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.49

hardcover. In Agents Under Fire, Menuge defends a robust notion of agency and intentionaility against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032626
ISBN
9780742534049
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Hardcover. Artificial Intelligence surrounds us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least - on the Internet. Margaret Boden considers the realistic and unrealistic expectations we have placed on AI, analyses its progress, and considers the value of its byproducts. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 black and white image. BIC Classification: PDZ; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198777984
ISBN
9780198777984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PDN; TD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 212 x 1. Weight in Grams: 97.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816904044
ISBN
9780816904044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.13

Hardcover. The author enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. In this title, she shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476698
ISBN
9780226476698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.42

Paperback. The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393345391
ISBN
9780393345391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328247
ISBN
9780822328247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.97

Paperback. Airflow examines and describes the many ways in which people exploit, harness or confront the physical properties of wind and air. This book will be of great interest to the increasing number of people who are interested in yachting, aeromodelling, ballooning, car racing, parachuting, kite flying, hang gliding, gliding and power flying. Num Pages: 144 pages, 54 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: PD; TGMF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9781854861696
ISBN
9781854861696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

paperback. Based on Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection, "Evolutionary Psychology" with its claim that 'it's all in our genes' has become the most popular scientific theory of the late 20th century. This book gathers together some of the most eminent and outspoken critics of this ideology. Editor(s): Rose, Hilary; Rose, Steven. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JM; JPA; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034164
ISBN
9780099283195
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Schilpp, Paul Arthur. Series: Library of Living Philosophers. Num Pages: 799 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
799
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875482866
ISBN
9780875482866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.12
€ 55.01

Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160238
ISBN
9780691160238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.80

Paperback. The Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332. 8vo.clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KEX0262419
ISBN
9781408809594
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. Born in Usk, Gwent, in 1823, Alfred Russel Wallace left school at fourteen and in his mid-twenties spent four years in the Amazon collecting for museums and wealthy patrons, only to lose all his finds in a shipboard fire in mid-Atlantic. This title reveals Wallace as a courageous and unconventional explorer. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PD; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712665773
ISBN
9780712665773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Offers an account of Indian work in diophantine equations during the 6th through 12th centuries and Italian work on solutions of cubic and biquadratic equations from the 11th through 16th centuries. The volume traces the historical development of algebra and the theory of equations from ancient times to the beginning of modern algebra. Editor(s): Varadarajan, Veeraualli Seshadri. Series: Mathematical World. Num Pages: 174 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; 3F; 3H; 3J; PBF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 10. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821809891
ISBN
9780821809891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Al-Khalili, Jim. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Unknown Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781256817
ISBN
9781781256817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.76

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