Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRA0005211
- ISBN
- 9780393334197
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Daniel W. Series: Theory out of bounds. BIC Classification: 1D; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816630561
- ISBN
- 9780816630561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
paperback. A collection of lectures given by Chandrasekhar, the astrophysicist. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 halftones, 8 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100876
- ISBN
- 9780226100876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.67
€ 35.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. This book gives concise, accurate and illuminating accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science. It aids understanding of current debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. Editor(s): Leaman, Oliver. Series: Philosophy A-Z. Num Pages: 296 pages, None. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620333
- ISBN
- 9780748620333
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Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078277
- ISBN
- 9780520078277
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardback. This book gives concise, accurate and illuminating accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science. It aids understanding of current debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. Editor(s): Leaman, Oliver. Series: Philosophy A-Z. Num Pages: 296 pages, None. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622146
- ISBN
- 9780748622146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.97
€ 117.97
Hardback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289871
- ISBN
- 9780230289871
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Condition: New
€ 103.56€ 64.57
€ 103.56
€ 64.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBW; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 283 x 23. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118749920
- ISBN
- 9781118749920
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Condition: New
€ 137.27
€ 137.27
Paperback. Born in Usk, Gwent, in 1823, Alfred Russel Wallace left school at fourteen and in his mid-twenties spent four years in the Amazon collecting for museums and wealthy patrons, only to lose all his finds in a shipboard fire in mid-Atlantic. This title reveals Wallace as a courageous and unconventional explorer. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PD; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665773
- ISBN
- 9780712665773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.22
€ 20.99
€ 16.22
Hardcover. Robison did much to educate the broader public in the natural sciences through his many contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (3rd edition). David Brewster collected Robison's contributions to the Britannica and publishing them under the title, "A System of Mechanical Philosophy". Num Pages: 3000 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 269. Weight in Grams: 5216.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes
- Number of pages
- 3000
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843710745
- ISBN
- 9781843710745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 2,610.87
€ 2,610.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- WTM Publishing & Communications Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 203
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780646039947
- ISBN
- 9780646039947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84
Hardcover. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TVK; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437040
- ISBN
- 9780226437040
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.37
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Paperback. This work is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinking. It is also an account of what makes the science of probalitity daunting in our own day. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674107465
- ISBN
- 9780674107465
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.55
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Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Editor(s): Darwin, Sir Francis. Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Volume 10
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720530
- ISBN
- 9780814720530
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
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Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226053899
- ISBN
- 9780226053899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06€ 75.68
€ 92.06
€ 75.68
Hardback. From the dawn of European civilization to the twentieth century, the robot - has captured the Western imagination and provided a vital lens into the nature of humanity. This title offers a historical exploration and attempts to elucidate the varied ways we have utilized our most uncanny creations to explore essential questions about ourselves. Num Pages: 386 pages, 20 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049352
- ISBN
- 9780674049352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.18€ 50.11
€ 55.18
€ 50.11
Hardcover. This collection of essays takes up the question of the cultural meaning of the information and communications technology that makes these new ways of engaging with art and history possible. Editor(s): Legene, Susan; Van Den Akker, Chiel. Num Pages: 142 pages, 6 black and white; 4 full color. BIC Classification: AB; GM; PD; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089646613
- ISBN
- 9789089646613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.94
€ 111.94
Paperback. The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings. This anthology presents a selection of the moral thought of this man. Editor(s): Jacobi, Jolande. Translator(s): Guterman, Norbert. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 368 pages, 148 woodcuts. BIC Classification: HPCB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691018768
- ISBN
- 9780691018768
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1960
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642862434
- ISBN
- 9783642862434
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 30.35
€ 50.99
€ 30.35
The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and...
Emirates Center For Strategic Studies & Resea...
Paperback. An exploration of the information and communication revolution and its effect on Arab states and societies. The book covers such fields as the implications for national development of global telecommunications trends and policies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTC; KNT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642098
- ISBN
- 9781860642098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.53
€ 30.99
€ 30.53