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Nanotechnology is one of the most important growth areas of this century. Nanoscience, the science underpinning nanotechnology, is a multidisciplinary subject covering atomic, molecular and solid state physics, and much of chemistry. Nanostructures are...

What is Europe? This question is ever more pressing, as present day Europe wallows in crisis - its deepest since the process of European integration took off in the 1950s. The current state of affairs sets the stage for this book. It brings together...

contacts, circum-Baltic, archaeology, history, mythology,Book InformationISBN 9789462982635Author Kendra WillsonFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Amsterdam University PressPublisher Amsterdam University PressWeight(grams) 0g

This book provides a broad understanding of the main computational techniques used for water hammer research in water systems. The theoretical background to a number of techniques is introduced, and general data analysis techniques and examining the...

Control and automation of water systems in one of the branches of fluid mechanics and hydraulics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the millions of calculations...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness, smoking trends among certain...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Social Work in Public Health and Hospitals explores a variety of issues related to social work in hospital settings as well as the public policy concerns that guide them. Topics discussed include...

The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science...

Fandom, Fan production, enterprise, European cult cinema, entrepreneurshipBook InformationISBN 9789089649935Author Oliver CarterFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Amsterdam University PressPublisher Amsterdam University PressWeight(grams) 0g

Written as the Lombard kingdom was on the cusp of downfall at the hands of the Carolingian empire, the works of Paul the Deacon (c. 720-799) are vital to understanding the history of Italy and Western Europe in the Middle Ages. But until now, scholars...

Why did the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York, and art collectors and curators such as Katherine Dreier and Alfred Barr, collect modern German art in the first half of the twentieth century? And why did certain works of art belong to...

Naturalistic inquiry is about studying people in everyday circumstances by ordinary means. It strives to blend in, to respect people in their daily lives, to take their actions and experiences seriously, and to build on these carefully. 'Doing...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Social Work & Geriatric Services examines many facets concerning the care of the elderly. Topics discussed include chronic disease prevalence, conducting research with older people, cognitive...

This collection brings together an exciting group of established and emerging scholars to consider the history of feminist film theory and new developments in the field and in film culture itself. Opening the field up to urgent questions and covering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2018 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780262537049Author Allison B. KaufmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint...

Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page...

By the 1960s, IBM had beaten all rivals and dominated the world computer market. But IBM came late to the race. From the 1930s to the 1960s, small independent teams on four continents worked on the development of the first modern computers. From...

Science fascinates us by its power to surprise. Occasionally, unexpected results that appear to violate accepted laws of nature can herald revolutionary advances in human knowledge. Many 'revolutionary' discoveries, turn out to be wrong, however, and...

In Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics, Teller returns to the fundamentals of physics to share with readers his unbridled enthusiasm for the world of physical reality- from the nature of molecules to quantum mechanics and superconductors, from...

Is the universe around us a figment of our imagination? Or are our minds figments of reality? In this refreshing new look at the evolution of mind and culture, bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen eloquently argue that our minds necessarily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408542Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society's relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038399Author Charles SeifeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615968605Author Paul BrackenFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Paul BrackenPublisher Paul BrackenWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816630561Author Isabelle StengersFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942401629Author Erik KwakkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press

This bold and brilliant book asks the ultimate question of the life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? In seeking the answer, Merlin Donald traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to...

With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it a gem of a collection" while New Scientist magazine notes the thrill of reading Einstein's own words." From the...

THE SINGLE HELIX is a miscellany of a hundred easy pieces about science. It brings to life a vast diversity of subjects, united under the banner of scientific truth - the universal solvent that brings clarity to almost all the mysteries of the world we...

THE SINGLE HELIX is a miscellany of a hundred easy pieces about science. It brings to life a vast diversity of subjects, united under the banner of scientific truth - the universal solvent that brings clarity to almost all the mysteries of the world we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152085667Author Louis HaberFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone conclusion. In a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordin...

In this marvellous book, the reader is introduced to the bizarre concepts of modern physics as the only way to solve a casebook of otherwise impossibly paradoxical crimes. Murder on a royal train. Divers dead of heatstroke at the bottom of an icy sea. An...

Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956128812Author Cristina KoppelFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint Cavaye PublishingPublisher Cavaye PublishingWeight(grams) 384g

The history of medicine is as old as the history of human civilization. In The Medical Book, popular science writer Clifford A. Pickover explores 250 milestone discoveries in medicine that span more than 12,000 years. Whether writing on 'hard science'...

As well as following the QCA Scheme of Work order, Catalyst Pupil Books provide you with a stimulating way to teach the five key scientific ideas from the Framework: cells, forces, particles, energy and interdependence. Red Pupil Books challenge and...

part of the Heinemann Explore Science New International Edition - a comprehensive, easy-to-use, six-level science programme, designed specially for teachers and students at International schools studying the Cambridge International Examinations Primary...

Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today. Melinda Cooper demonstrates that the...