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Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, Suspicious Minds decodes the psychology of why we all believe in conspiracy theories--some of us just hide it better than others. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC; JMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472915634
ISBN
9781472915634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.38

Paperback. Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199230853
ISBN
9780199230853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744928
ISBN
9780804744928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525952
ISBN
9783319525952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.33
€ 45.06

Paperback. An introduction to the field of mathematical biology. It covers a range of topics, including: Population dynamics, Infectious diseases, Population genetics and evolution, Dispersal, Molecular and cellular biology, Pattern formation, and Cancer modelling. Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDE; PS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st ed. 2003. Corr. 2nd printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852335366
ISBN
9781852335366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199671939
ISBN
9780199671939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.36

Hardback. Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America's white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement. Num Pages: 262 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971561
ISBN
9780674971561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Paperback. First published in English in 1959, Karl Popper's "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge and is one of the most widely read books about science written in the 20th century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HPL; PDA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278447
ISBN
9780415278447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 335 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473642645
ISBN
9781473642645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Is there a 'physics of society'? Ranging from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, and across economics, sociology and psychology, this title shows how much we can understand of human behaviour when we cease to try to predict and analyse the behaviour of individuals. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JMH; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
13th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457862
ISBN
9780099457862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English, this book is intended as a do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. It guides them through the process of writing science research and also helps with writing a Master's or Doctoral thesis in English. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CBW; CJCW; GPS; PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Imperial College Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848163102
ISBN
9781848163102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226276526
ISBN
9780226276526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; JMP; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173848
ISBN
9781590173848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979243
ISBN
9780141979243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. New in paperback by Laurence Gardner, the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt, to the laboratories of modern science, comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance and teleportation in the ancient world, and amazing revelations about the past power and future significance of the sacred Ark. Num Pages: 480 pages, (16 page plate section (24 colour photos, 21 b/w line illustrations)). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; PDZ; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007142965
ISBN
9780007142965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472930330
ISBN
9781472930330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken, and we can already see the signs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199678754
ISBN
9780199678754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292175782
ISBN
9781292175782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.50

Paperback. Challenging a purely mechanistic view of human existence, Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631491146
ISBN
9781631491146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141980874
ISBN
9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. The emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences, as revealed through images in scientific atlases--a story of how lofty epistemic ideals fuse with workaday practices. Num Pages: 501 pages, 32 color illus., 108 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
501
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951795
ISBN
9781890951795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. The greatest mass extinction in Earths history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90 per cent of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a halt. What caused destruction on such an unimaginable scale? Was it the impact of a huge meteorite, or prolonged volcanic eruption in Siberia? Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500291931
ISBN
9780500291931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Newby Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872686226
ISBN
9781872686226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.80

Paperback. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving? This title tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037202
ISBN
9780141037202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Num Pages: 390 pages, black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198739838
ISBN
9780198739838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Bowker, Geoffrey C.; Timmermans, Stefan; Clarke, Adele E.; Balka, Ellen. Series: Infrastructures. Num Pages: 560 pages, 26 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GP; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262528085
ISBN
9780262528085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 43.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GPH; PBT; PDZ; UN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472920072
ISBN
9781472920072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. This book uses scores of examples to show the differences between scientific writing that informs and persuades and scientific writing that does not. It identifies five key elements of style that distinguish the best scientific documents. Num Pages: 40 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
4th ed. 2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441982872
ISBN
9781441982872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.31

Paperback. This bestselling dictionary contains more than 9,500 entries on all aspects of chemistry, physics, biology (including human biology), earth sciences, computer science, and astronomy. With clear and concise definitions and recommended web links for many entries, this A-Z is a reliable reference work for science students as well as non-scientists. Editor(s): Law, Jonathan. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 1024 pages, More than 200. BIC Classification: G; GBC; PD; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198738374
ISBN
9780198738374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552170192
ISBN
9780552170192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. Where did our search to understand life come from? And where will it take us? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0008550
ISBN
9780349139906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This established text provides a rigorous account of the principles and practice of experimental organic chemistry, taking students from their first day in the laboratory right through to research work. A microscale approach is integrated into the entire text, alongside conventional manipulations, in line with current laboratory practice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: PDN; PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119952381
ISBN
9781119952381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Lenoir, Timothy. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226471839
ISBN
9780226471839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.04

Paperback. A brand new science title in the renowned graphic novel-style of the Introducing Graphic Guide series. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 168 x 2. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848318625
ISBN
9781848318625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.92

Paperback. A practical guide to the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear equations, differential equations, optimization problems, and eigenvalue problems. Num Pages: 395 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK; PBKS; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S. United States
Number of pages
395
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780898716665
ISBN
9780898716665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

Paperback. Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20, 15 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420332
ISBN
9781421420332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.17

Hardback. Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. Num Pages: 446 pages, 38 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 329 x 2. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138101173
ISBN
9781138101173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.36

Paperback. Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 33 black and white images. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; PB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198755234
ISBN
9780198755234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Racial and ethnic categories have appeared in recent scientific work in novel ways and in relation to a variety of disciplines: medicine, forensics, population genetics and also developments in popular genealogy. Once again, biology is foregrounded in the discussion of human identity. Editor(s): Schramm, Katharina; Skinner, David; Rottenburg, Richard. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, 4 tables and figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDR; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386827
ISBN
9781782386827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Welcome to the magical world of mathematics! This title features quirky tales, each of which presents a mathematical puzzle - challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 specially commissioned B&W cartoons, plus some simple mathematical diagrams. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199205905
ISBN
9780199205905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.84