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Paperback. This very basic textbook aims to provide nursing students with the essential bioscience they will need to complete their Common Foundation Programme. The book will explore the relevant basic scientific principles, apply these principles to clinical situations and then ask review questions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200 illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: MQC; PD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780632057696
ISBN
9780632057696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.02

Paperback. "Uncommonly good .. makes a compelling case that .. intellectual curiosity not only changed Europe, but launched modernity." -Cleveland Plain Dealer Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349795
ISBN
9780393349795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Hardcover. An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239515
ISBN
9780393239515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: MJC; PD; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
BenBella Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942952961
ISBN
9781942952961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Writing Science is a much-needed guide to succeeding in modern science. It equips science students, scientists, and professionals across a wide range of scientific and technical fields with the tools needed to communicate effectively. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 b&w. BIC Classification: CBWT; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199760244
ISBN
9780199760244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.10

paperback. Can anyone get a perfect memory? The author used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying keys. Then he learnt art of memory training, discovering mnemonic ancient 'memory palace' technique first practiced by Simonides of Ceos over the years. This title offers a journey through mind, and secrets of how our memory really works. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMRM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032139
ISBN
9780141032139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681742809
ISBN
9781681742809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.90

Paperback. Sometime in the first half of the twentieth century, a coterie of fire ants came ashore from South American ships docked in Mobile, Alabama. They invaded the South, damaging crops, harassing game animals and hindering harvesting methods. The US Dept of Agriculture developed a campaign that failed to eradicate the ants . Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps, 1 port. BIC Classification: JPQB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226079820
ISBN
9780226079820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.49

Hardcover. While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This title offers contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of innovation and technological change. Editor(s): Lerner, Josh A.; Stern, Scott. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 632 pages, 1 halftone, 49 line drawings, 54 tables. BIC Classification: KCD; KCM; PDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226473031
ISBN
9780226473031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.32

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 582 pages, 98 halftones 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PBJ; PBK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
582
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632360
ISBN
9780691632360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 345.08

Hardcover. Tracing the roots of brutal 20th-century human experimentation and extermination to worldviews that dehumanize perpetrators and victims in distinctive ways, Vining finds a parallel between them and "total theory" - beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process that claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268043629
ISBN
9780268043629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. The media is full of advice about what we should eat and warnings about what we shouldn't. What should you believe-and how much of what you hear can you trust? In this title, the author dispels the confusion and applies his knowledge of food chemistry to the top food trends. It also looks at the real science behind losing weight. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687268
ISBN
9781851687268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293677
ISBN
9780226293677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482892
ISBN
9780801482892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 41.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293844
ISBN
9780226293844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Hardcover. Deals with all aspects of Imaging Science and Technology, from archeology to life sciences and engineering. With this encyclopedia, scientists, engineers and physicians can understand more about the science and technology behind the imaging techniques they are using and learn the technologies. Num Pages: 1584 pages, illustrations, phtographs, tables. BIC Classification: PDG; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 281 x 222 x 85. Weight in Grams: 4186.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
1584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471332763
ISBN
9780471332763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 1,674.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFR; JFHC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239443
ISBN
9781936239443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.98

Hardback. Why do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are 'hot' in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? This book takes a look at the mathematics, history, and psychology of gambling to reveal various misconceptions about luck. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138909
ISBN
9780691138909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173375
ISBN
9780691173375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.51

Paperback. Discover why the odds are better than you'd think in this mathematical tribute to the great coincidences of life Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780749006
ISBN
9781780749006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.30

Hardback. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? This book explains the history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154633
ISBN
9780691154633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.69

Paperback. First published in 1986, this unique reference to clinical experimentation remains just as relevant today. Focusing on the principles of design and analysis of studies on human subjects, this book utilizes and integrates both modern and classical designs. Series: Wiley Classics Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: MBGL; MBGR; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471349914
ISBN
9780471349914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 225.36

User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401928
ISBN
9781421401928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardback. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, this book contains an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy. Translator(s): Morrison, Robert G. Series: Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship. Num Pages: 410 pages, 79 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287990
ISBN
9780520287990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PHK; TBX; THR; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
I.E.E.E.Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780780311930
ISBN
9780780311930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.69

Paperback. A collection of writings - excerpts from scientific articles, letters, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, and magazines - that illustrates the origin of the scientific article in 1665 and its evolution over the next three and a half centuries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 27 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316567
ISBN
9780226316567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. The ability to communicate in print and person is essential to the life of a successful scientist. This title teaches science students and scientists how to improve the clarity, cogency, and communicative power of their words and images. It analyzes the examples of how the best scientists communicate. Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 halftones, 12 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: CBWT; PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316628
ISBN
9780226316628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AGN; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 268 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269563
ISBN
9780823269563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Based on interviews with physicists of all ages this text examines how their hopes, dreams and ambitions have evolved. The study reveals how greatness eludes nearly all people in their heroic quests for extraordinary achievment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327679
ISBN
9780226327679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Paperback. What can we learn when we study people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? In this title, the author asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing, 29 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005645
ISBN
9780226005645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardback. We all are aware that technology measures us, affects our lives and shapes our behaviour. This book explains how and why. It frames debates about information technology within world politic and provides a unique and timely look at the rise of digital power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JP; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044066
ISBN
9781849044066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.35

Hardcover. Editor(s): Eriksson, Ingrid V. Num Pages: 331 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 3JM; JN; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 15. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219511
ISBN
9781600219511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.51
€ 105.09

paperback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755443
ISBN
9780804755443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.74

Hardback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755436
ISBN
9780804755436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.39

Hardback. A critical assay of the rhetorical and cultural obstacles faced by women scientists Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 photographs; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780252034701
ISBN
9780252034701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Life of Bone brings into sharp relief, and interrogates, the abutting practices of the scientific and the artistic, practices which have co-existed since the beginning of our species. It's based on an exhibition, scheduled to open in May 2011 at the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. Editor(s): Brenner, Joni; Burroughs, Elizabeth; Nel, Karel. Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AGC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145393
ISBN
9781868145393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.31

Paperback. Describes the evolution happening among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle voyage. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; PD; PSAJ; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468714
ISBN
9780099468714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. A thrilling drama of man versus nature-detailing the fierce, ongoing fight against the mightiest and unlikeliest enemy: rust. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1x8pg 4-c insert. BIC Classification: PDZ; TGMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451691603
ISBN
9781451691603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.07

Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months. What accounts for these variations? This book takes you on a tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226757896
ISBN
9780226757896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

Rees shows that how we obtain and preserve perishable food is related to our changing relationship with the natural world. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCD; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411064
ISBN
9781421411064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.48