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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 688 pages, 20 tables 87 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606439
- ISBN
- 9780691606439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.00
€ 137.00
Paperback. In this concisely argued short book, philosopher Naomi Zack explores the scientific and philosophical problems in applying a biological conception of race to human beings. She provides a comprehensive conceptual account of how "race" in the ordinary sense has no basis in science. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415941648
- ISBN
- 9780415941648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.33
€ 54.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: GT; PD; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527328956
- ISBN
- 9783527328956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.32
€ 33.32
Hardback. * Explores numerous issues and positions in the three most basic areas of Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Value, and Metaphysics. * Identifies and explains the Socratic Method, Running out the Permutations, and Rational Dialogue. * Teaches readers to think through philosophical problems. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219347
- ISBN
- 9780631219347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 448 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MFG; MJN; PDX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482354
- ISBN
- 9780226482354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.47
€ 36.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Includes developments in DNA and protein synthesis, cell regulation, and their social and medical implications. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b&w inset, diagrams. BIC Classification: PD; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140272734
- ISBN
- 9780140272734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.27
€ 14.99
€ 11.27
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634357
- ISBN
- 9780691634357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 283.09
€ 283.09
Paperback. Evolution is the most creative force in the universe. It has propelled the development of our world from the moment of the Big Bang through the various wonders of human achievement. This title presents a picture of how evolution is being perceived in the spiritual, philosophical, and scientific circles at the leading edge of contemporary culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061916137
- ISBN
- 9780061916137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.74
€ 17.99
€ 15.74
Paperback. Presents a historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology. The author shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. It offers insight on data-driven approaches in recent science. Num Pages: 440 pages, 42 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272948
- ISBN
- 9780226272948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. This work examines how the big-bang theory drew inspiration from and eventually triumphed over rival views. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 tables 23 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005461
- ISBN
- 9780691005461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.73€ 46.37
€ 59.73
€ 46.37
Paperback. Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Num Pages: 428 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733623
- ISBN
- 9780226733623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 95 color illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHVB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691157245
- ISBN
- 9780691157245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.47
€ 36.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. A collection of The Conversation's 'Monday's Medical Myths' and 'The Explainer' articles, answering the questions on everyone's mind. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781486300501
- ISBN
- 9781486300501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. The IgNobel Prize-winner and author of Rock, Paper, Scissors applies science-based solutions to seemingly complex problems in life. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: PBWS; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020249
- ISBN
- 9780465020249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.03
€ 16.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. Re-examines the assumptions and experimental evidence behind Boyle's Law. The author argues that even good science is sometimes influenced by gender and class politics, and she shows that this work leading to the Gas Law, while certainly based on the experimental evidence, was also based on class and gendered considerations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PD; PHFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253214553
- ISBN
- 9780253214553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.18
€ 23.99
€ 22.18
Hardback. Offers a different approach to introductory scientific computing. This title aims to make students comfortable using computers to do science, to provide them with the computational tools and knowledge they need throughout their college careers and into their professional careers, and to show how all the pieces can work together. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: PDN; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121833
- ISBN
- 9780691121833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.12€ 82.22
€ 109.12
€ 82.22
Paperback. A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural procedure and taxonomic writing serves as a Strunk & White of species description, covering both botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDC; PSAB; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231068253
- ISBN
- 9780231068253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.43€ 44.71
€ 57.43
€ 44.71
Paperback. Concentrates on thirty highlights of pure and applied mathematics. This book opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the nineteenth century and ends by describing the four important open mathematical problems of the twenty-first century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128054
- ISBN
- 9780691128054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.36
€ 36.99
€ 26.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Practical Action Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853399046
- ISBN
- 9781853399046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.86
€ 106.86
Hardcover. Those new to bioscience research as well as experienced practitioners will find that Mouton's explanations are the perfect companion for stereology courses and workshops. Num Pages: 200 pages, 68, 14 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white line drawings, 14 graphs. BIC Classification: PBW; PDND; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899843
- ISBN
- 9780801899843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.97
€ 99.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; RGC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634654
- ISBN
- 9780691634654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.35€ 96.18
€ 126.35
€ 96.18
Paperback. Argues that superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture. This title asks why people persist in superstitious convictions long after science has shown them to be ill-founded. It examines the controversies and concludes that science is the only way we have of understanding the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145976
- ISBN
- 9780691145976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.27
€ 21.99
€ 17.27
Hardcover. This collection of essays examines the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Galileo. This volume gives an account of Galileo and his turbulent relationship with the Roman Catholic Church. Contributors provide careful analyses of the interactions of the Church and Galileo between 1612 and 1642. Editor(s): McMullin, Ernan. Series: Studies in Science & the Humanities from the Reilly Centre for Science, Technology & Values. Num Pages: 472 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HRC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268034832
- ISBN
- 9780268034832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.12
€ 165.12
Paperback. Covering a vast array of scientific fields and recent discoveries, this book tracks a remarkable substance in its liquid, solid, and gaseous states as it cycles through the seas, the atmosphere, land, icecaps and under the earth. Robert Kandel describes what we humans are doing to the water cycle and the climate and explains where we are heading. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122450
- ISBN
- 9780231122450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47