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Science: general issues
paperback. Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, with the very latest discoveries in paleontology integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science. 100 illustrations. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 color illus. 25 halftones. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691165530
- ISBN
- 9780691165530
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 13.48
€ 24.99
€ 13.48
paperback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138997745
- ISBN
- 9781138997745
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.96
€ 54.99
€ 54.96
hardcover. In this daring book, the author proposes that artistic and literary forms can be understood as modulations of wave forms in the physical world. By the phrase "natural syntax," he means that physical nature enters human communication literally by way of a transmitting wave frequency. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741781
- ISBN
- 9780804741781
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Condition: New
€ 175.48
€ 175.48
Paperback. Focuses on modern biology's innovators and iconoclasts: men and women who challenged prevailing notions in their fields. This title presents stories of these stubborn dissenters that provide insights into the role of dissent and controversy in science and especially the growth of biological thought over the years. Editor(s): Harman, Oren. Num Pages: 416 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158458
- ISBN
- 9780300158458
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.19
€ 29.99
€ 22.19
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- SKU
- 9780241974872
- ISBN
- 9780241974872
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.98
€ 14.99
€ 13.98
hardcover. This is a new account of mathematics-as-language that challenges the coherence of the accepted idea of infinity and suggests a startlingly new conception of counting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804721271
- ISBN
- 9780804721271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.58
€ 143.58
hardcover. A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780297609506
- ISBN
- 9780297609506
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.70
€ 19.99
€ 5.70
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244614
- ISBN
- 9780823244614
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.55
€ 49.99
€ 44.55
The Myth of Resource Efficiency. The Jevons Paradox.
Polimeni, John M.; Mayumi, Kozo; Giampietro, ...
Paperback. 'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This book provides a historical overview of the Jevons Paradox. Series: Earthscan Research Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, Figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: KCA; KNB; PDR; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844078134
- ISBN
- 9781844078134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.84
€ 58.84
hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226749457
- ISBN
- 9780226749457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.98€ 57.55
€ 68.98
€ 57.55
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605968
- ISBN
- 9780691605968
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Condition: New
€ 55.13€ 43.04
€ 55.13
€ 43.04
Paperback. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121246
- ISBN
- 9780691121246
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Condition: New
€ 71.22€ 54.68
€ 71.22
€ 54.68
Paperback. This book, Goldstein's magnum opus and widely regarded as a modern classic in psychology and biology, grew out of his dissatisfaction with traditional natural science techniques for analyzing living beings. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299977
- ISBN
- 9780942299977
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5499 x 3971 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347149
- ISBN
- 9780822347149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.21
€ 101.21
Hardback. Draws on developments in hermeneutic phenomenology and other programs in hermeneutic philosophy to inform an interpretative approach to scientific practices. This book offers a critique of postmodern tendencies in the philosophy of science, and sets out arguments for a feminist hermeneutics of scientific research. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419762
- ISBN
- 9780821419762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.71
€ 91.71
Paperback. This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 illustrations (8 colour). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GT; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745055
- ISBN
- 9780804745055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 254 x 181. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691616360
- ISBN
- 9780691616360
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.98
€ 50.99
€ 36.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 234 x 160. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606378
- ISBN
- 9780691606378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.19
€ 48.99
€ 35.19
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, 47 tables 26 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605500
- ISBN
- 9780691605500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.63€ 40.44
€ 51.63
€ 40.44
Paperback. Traditionally a scientific theory is viewed as based on universal laws of nature that serve as axioms for logical deduction. In analyzing the logical structure of evolutionary biology, this title argues that the semantic account is an appropriate. It is of interest to biologists and philosophers alike. Num Pages: 250 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000466
- ISBN
- 9780691000466
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Condition: New
€ 55.13€ 43.11
€ 55.13
€ 43.11
Hardcover. Brock traces the complex history of the second information revolution, from its roots in World War II through to the bursting bubble of the internet economy, explaining that it sprang from an interdependent series of technological advances, entrepreneurial innovations and changes to public policy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBT; KNTT; KNTX; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011786
- ISBN
- 9780674011786
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Condition: New
€ 74.60€ 67.04
€ 74.60
€ 67.04
Paperback. Provides an account of the knowledge that science provides. This title offers an absorbing discussion of how life works, of the nature of reproduction, aging, and death, and of the necessary fragility of the individual life compared to the resilience of life itself. Num Pages: 265 pages, 7 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239111
- ISBN
- 9780520239111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Discover the inventions that have made our world what it is today A great invention opens the door to a new era in human history. The stone axe, for example, invented some 2 million years ago in East Africa, enabled us to enter the human path of endless improvements through inventions. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470768174
- ISBN
- 9780470768174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.93€ 46.46
€ 53.93
€ 46.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271036250
- ISBN
- 9780271036250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.45
€ 42.99
€ 33.45