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Science: general issues

Hardcover. This is the fourteenth volume in the "Reviews in Computational Chemistry" series. The chapters are presented in the form of a tutorial and written in a non-mathmatical style, allowing students and researchers to access computational methods outside their immediate area of expertise. Editor(s): Lipkowitz, Kenny B.; Boyd, Donald B. Series: Reviews in Computational Chemistry. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 903.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
Volume 14
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471354956
ISBN
9780471354956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 342.75

Hardcover. In Denmark, the natural sciences (as also applies to other sciences, and culture in general) have developed mainly through the reception of and adaptation to science from abroad. This work describes the high points of the Danish contributions. Editor(s): Nielsen, Henry; Kragh, Helge; Kjaergaard, Peter C.; Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfeldt. Num Pages: 607 pages, colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
607
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343177
ISBN
9788779343177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.10

hardcover. This book uses philosophy, science and probability to analyse why simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. Num Pages: 322 pages, 42 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107068490
ISBN
9781107068490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.22

Paperback. Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Num Pages: 203 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDE; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319356716
ISBN
9783319356716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. aeo Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers of the 20th Century. aeo This book brings together his reflections on health, illness and the art of healing. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615943
ISBN
9780745615943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.44

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402012594
ISBN
9781402012594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

Hardcover. This guide is divided into two sections. The first covers theoretical and practical aspects, including the best preparative technique. The second part offers technical hints, including twenty-two detailed protocols for preparing thin slices for TEM analysis. Num Pages: 250 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387981819
ISBN
9780387981819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 73.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806682
ISBN
9781609806682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.47

Hardcover. This book provides the theoretical framework needed to build, analyze and interpret various statistical models. It helps readers choose the correct model, distinguish among various choices that best captures the data, or solve the problem at hand. This is an introductory textbook on probability and statistics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118228968
ISBN
9781118228968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.13

Paperback. A revised and updated edition of a textbook which contains techniques and examples for a variety of fields using experimental design. It discusses methods for increasing the accuracy of experiments, and analyses of the results of a series of experiments. Series: Wiley Classics Library. Num Pages: 640 pages, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PBW; PDN; PH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 851.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471545675
ISBN
9780471545675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 236.72
€ 221.94

Paperback. Presents a short history of the scientific visual, and then formulate a theory about the interaction between the visual and textual. This title argues that scientific meaning itself comes from the complex interplay between the verbal and the visual in the form of graphs, diagrams, maps, drawings, and photographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 92 halftones, 46 line drawings. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068480
ISBN
9780226068480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Alai, Mario; Buzzoni, Marco; Tarozzi, Gino. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319364674
ISBN
9783319364674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realize just how "unnatural" science is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the book argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and contrary to common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 0. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003131
ISBN
9780571169726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402030949
ISBN
9781402030949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.39

Paperback. Jabir ibn Hayyan, for a long time the reigning alchemical authority both in Islam and Latin West, has exercised numerous generations of scholars. The author begins by critically reexamining the historical foundations of the prevalent view that the Jabirian corpus is the work not of an 8th-century individual, but that of Shi'i authors. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1993rd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792332541
ISBN
9780792332541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 231.13
€ 59.34

Hardcover. While Marco Polo's writings would go on to inspire the likes of Christopher Columbus, scholars have long debated their veracity. Now, there's new evidence: a collection of fourteen little-known maps and related documents said to have belonged to the family of Marco Polo himself. The author offers an analysis of these artifacts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 colour plates, 23 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226149820
ISBN
9780226149820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.65

Paperback. With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403632
ISBN
9781421403632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.93

Hardcover. Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces II W.J. Feast, University of Durham, Durham, UK H.S. Munro, Courtaulds Research, Coventry, UK R.W. Editor(s): Munro, H.S. (Courtaulds Research, Coventry); Richards, R.W. (University of Durham). Num Pages: 314 pages, index. BIC Classification: PDND; PNFS; PNNP; TDCP; TTBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471934561
ISBN
9780471934561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 532.71

Hardcover. Offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620). The author uses as wide a variety of sources as possible - paintings, ornamental woodcuts, epistolary hoaxes, intercepted letters, murder case files, and others - to challenge the picture of early modern science as pious, serious, and ecumenical. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 colour plates, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226166971
ISBN
9780226166971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.37

Paperback. This book offers a detailed introduction to the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment. It outlines how to measure the fundamental neutrino mass scale by means of high-precision ss-spectroscopy. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 212 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 108 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHP; PHU; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319376646
ISBN
9783319376646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Apart from the rainbows, lightning and northern lights in the title, the author discusses the blue of the sky, the colours of twilight and the dewdrop, and halos and other light phenomena. Num Pages: 88 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRQC5; PDA; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781906999803
ISBN
9781906999803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402051500
ISBN
9781402051500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 231.13

Hardcover. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; HBTB; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286055
ISBN
9781137286055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.84

hardcover. One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time-including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 36 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756426
ISBN
9780804756426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99

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