Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. This account of the foundations of quantum mechanics is an introduction accessible to anyone with high school mathematics, and provides a rigorous discussion of important recent advances in the understanding of quantum physics, including theories put forward by the author himself. Num Pages: 222 pages, 38 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674741133
- ISBN
- 9780674741133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.20
€ 38.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; WSDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007350544
- ISBN
- 9780007350544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.24
€ 14.99
€ 11.24
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307907219
- ISBN
- 9780307907219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 27.93
€ 43.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 250 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474282994
- ISBN
- 9781474282994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.30
€ 35.99
€ 30.30
Hardcover. Classical electrodynamics is one of the most beautiful and productive theories in physics. This book differs from the many others on the subject, approaching the theory from an axiomatic perspective and providing well over 100 solved and proposed problems. Num Pages: 686 pages, 140 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHJ; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642173806
- ISBN
- 9783642173806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.25
€ 115.25
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 halftones. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173269
- ISBN
- 9780691173269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.16
€ 25.99
€ 19.16
Hardback. This engaging contribution to popular science explores hot-button topics in mathematics that up to now have been largely absent from the genre. Real-world examples and visual aids help unlock the numerical principles of topics such as wavelets and encryption. Num Pages: 382 pages, 121 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 19 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461489382
- ISBN
- 9781461489382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.42€ 57.07
€ 60.42
€ 57.07
Hardback. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410883
- ISBN
- 9781421410883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.86
€ 69.86
paperback. Describes an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. It features the journeys of renowned adventurers with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, and is intended to assist navigation and trade. Editor(s): Beeching, Jack. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430738
- ISBN
- 9780140430738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.55
€ 19.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. A guide to the next great wave of technology--an era of objects so programmable that they can be regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Series: Mediawork Pamphlet S. Num Pages: 152 pages, 62 illus. BIC Classification: AKP; JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262693264
- ISBN
- 9780262693264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.81
€ 36.99
€ 27.81
Paperback. A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX; WSE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784291228
- ISBN
- 9781784291228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.50
€ 17.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Examines the next step in the evolutionary process of the union of human and machine. This title offers a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny. Num Pages: 683 pages, 67 tables and graphs. BIC Classification: PDR; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- DUCKWORTH G
- Number of pages
- 683
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715635612
- ISBN
- 9780715635612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.32
€ 25.99
€ 18.32
Hardcover. In its updated second edition, this book explores computational methods for problems arising in the areas of classical analysis, approximation theory, and ordinary differential equations, among others. Includes new exercises, and a complete solutions manual. Num Pages: 588 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PBW; PDE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1084. 616 pages, black & white illustrations. In its updated second edition, this book explores computational methods for problems arising in the areas of classical analysis, approximation theory, and ordinary differential equations, among others. Includes new exercises, and a complete solutions manual. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PBW; PDE. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 38. Weight: 1050.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817682583
- ISBN
- 9780817682583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24€ 125.71
€ 128.24
€ 125.71
Hardcover. Introducing the finite element method as a general computational method for solving partial differential equations approximately, this book goes on to cover important applications including diffusion and transport phenomena, solid and fluid mechanics and more. Num Pages: 395 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PDE; TGMD; UGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642332869
- ISBN
- 9783642332869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.14
€ 114.14
Paperback.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Flamingo London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006552024
- ISBN
- 9780006552024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.61
€ 17.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? In this book, the author takes you on a journey from atoms to animals, pollination to paranoia, and the big bang to the bigger picture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated throughout with 4 colour integrated artwork. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 247 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857531940
- ISBN
- 9780857531940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. There are not many calculus books that are very accessible to students without a strong mathematical background and the large majority of financial derivatives students do not have a strong quantitative background. This book provides a short introduction to the subject with examples of its use in mathematical finance e. g pricing of derivatives. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470021705
- ISBN
- 9780470021705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.80
€ 48.99
€ 46.80
This concise, easy-to-follow book introduces key topics in the history of computing from 3000 B.C. to the present. Profiles major figures in computing, covers programming, software and hardware and reviews innovations including the internet and worldwide web. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UB; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447123583
- ISBN
- 9781447123583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.24
€ 65.24
Paperback. In less than a human lifetime, computers are transforming economies and societies like no other human invention. This book looks past technology to introduce comuputing pioneers: Babbage, Turing, Wozniak and Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Zuckerberg. Num Pages: 367 pages, 109 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642281013
- ISBN
- 9783642281013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.73
€ 30.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 98
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845928
- ISBN
- 9780907845928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.18
€ 18.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 117 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Transworld GB
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778909
- ISBN
- 9780552778909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Hardcover. This magical book is a totally original collection that features gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in the periodic table - plus facts, figures and fascinating stories about each one! Num Pages: 240 pages, 400 full colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 257 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579128142
- ISBN
- 9781579128142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.35
€ 33.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. The 'extended phenotype' is Dawkins' key contribution to the gene's eye view of evolution given in The Selfish Gene. He shows that the influence of genes can extend far beyond the bodies in which they reside, manipulating the environment and the behaviour of other individuals. A worldwide bestseller and a classic work of scientific exposition. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; PSAJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788911
- ISBN
- 9780198788911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. Who are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. Are our technologies going to enable and empower us, or constrain us? Num Pages: 272 pages, Approx 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198743934
- ISBN
- 9780198743934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08