Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by, amongst other influences: the Protestant Reformation; the development of science or natural philosophy; and an interest in witchcraft and demonology. These are evaluated alongside the influence of Montaigne's "Essays". Editor(s): Elmer, Peter. Series: Open University: The Renaissance in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300082203
- ISBN
- 9780300082203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): International Atomic Energy Agency. Num Pages: 1 pages, col. figs, tables. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 254 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- IAEA Austria
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 707
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789201310101
- ISBN
- 9789201310101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.75
€ 110.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Monkfish Book Publishing
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974935973
- ISBN
- 9780974935973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.95
€ 18.99
€ 16.95
Hardcover. An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works. Num Pages: 198 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HBLL; HBTP; JHM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802044
- ISBN
- 9780761802044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.22
€ 78.22
Paperback. Adazzling tour d'horizonof mankind's enduring fascination with, and reliance upon, the extraordinary star at the centre of our solar system. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16pp plates. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 196 x 40. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416526124
- ISBN
- 9781416526124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.05
€ 19.99
€ 14.05
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of the earth's climate, of how it has changed, how we have come to understand it, and of what that means for the future. This narrative takes the reader on a journey into the past and around the globe, bringing us closer to the science. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141026275
- ISBN
- 9780141026275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.40
€ 11.40
Paperback. Professor Bryan Sykes provides a first-hand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552152181
- ISBN
- 9780552152181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.28
€ 15.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. Tells a story that uses science to explain what life is and where it first came from, offering answers to the very grandest of questions before arriving at a fresh solution. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241954690
- ISBN
- 9780241954690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.71
€ 11.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. What is quantum physics? How does it help us understand our amazing world? Where does it leave Newton and Einstein? And why, above all, can we be sure that the theory is good? This title gives us the real science behind the bizarre behaviour of the atoms and energy that make up the universe, and reveal how everything that can happen, does happen. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241952702
- ISBN
- 9780241952702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.02
€ 15.99
€ 10.02
Hardcover. Defending scientific truths in an age of obscurantism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781687994
- ISBN
- 9781781687994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.80
€ 26.99
€ 22.80
Hardcover. Terrorism, poverty, ecological meltdown, climate change, pandemics - this is the background noise we have all learnt to live with. But what if all these things could be laid at our own feet? Our society is moving faster than ever, yet it's filled with risk. This book discusses about causes of these issues and what we can do about them. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KJWX; PDR; RNT; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 345. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges, but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0001884
- ISBN
- 9781840468014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338102
- ISBN
- 9780393338102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.04
€ 19.99
€ 19.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764238
- ISBN
- 9780226764238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.65
€ 49.99
€ 38.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024558
- ISBN
- 9780253024558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. This important and innovative collection of essays argues for a patchwork of laws of nature. Num Pages: 260 pages, 36 figures. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521644112
- ISBN
- 9780521644112
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.65
€ 33.99
€ 32.65
Paperback. We not only live in the air, we live because of it. At ground level air transforms miraculously; it wraps our planet in a blanket of warmth, while the outer layer of our atmosphere soaks up violent flares from the sun. This book traces a journey of scientific discovery from the first experiments in the Renaissance to findings in space. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0003460
- ISBN
- 9780747592907
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 b&w photographs, 97 colour photographs, 53 diagrams. BIC Classification: JFC; PDZ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 283 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271019772
- ISBN
- 9780271019772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.53
€ 50.99
€ 43.53
Hardcover. Deals with the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature, and science; known by many names: Golden Mean, Sacred Cut and Phi are only a few. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Evergreen
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2232782
- ISBN
- 9783836507110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.52
€ 19.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0004590
- ISBN
- 9780141010649
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Shows how the key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. This title traces how the recursive argument method was first developed by Buddhist scholars and was spread by them throughout ancient Central Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155319
- ISBN
- 9780691155319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588340
- ISBN
- 9781595588340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074639
- ISBN
- 9780252074639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.31
€ 24.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400076963
- ISBN
- 9781400076963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt; Harbsmeier, Michael; Ries, Christopher J. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GPS; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 248 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771240146
- ISBN
- 9788771240146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19