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Pentagonien, Andromeda Und Die Gek mmte Kugel: 50 Mathematische Kurzgeschichten

Pentagonien, Andromeda Und Die Gek mmte Kugel: 50 Mathematische...

Author: Ian Stewart (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9783827415486
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Wie kein anderer versteht es Ian Stewart, der als Sachbuchautor und Kommentator der internationalen Ausgaben des...  Read More >>

Astrology, Science and Culture: Pulling down the Moon

Astrology, Science and Culture: Pulling down the Moon...

Author: Roy Willis ,  Patrick Curry
ISBN: 9781859736821
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Emotionale Kompetenz: Gehirnforschung Und Lebenskunst

Emotionale Kompetenz: Gehirnforschung Und Lebenskunst...

Author: Wolfgang Seidel
ISBN: 9783827415417
Format: Hardback
$131.87

(Autor) Wolfgang Seidel (Titel) Emotionale Kompetenz (Untertitel) Gehirnforschung und Lebenskunst (HL) Der Gehirn...  Read More >>

Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy

Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy

Author: Jed Z. Buchwald (Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, California Institute of Technology) ,  I. Bernard Cohen
ISBN: 9780262524254
Format: Paperback
$58.08

Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development...  Read More >>

Protobiotica: Chemical Automata and the Origin of Life

Protobiotica: Chemical Automata and the Origin of Life...

Author: Stephen Sowerby
ISBN: 9780521810197
Format: Hardback
$234.83

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Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine

Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine

Author: Dylan Evans
ISBN: 9780007126132
Format: Paperback
$26.99

An explanation of how the body's natural healing mechanisms work -- and how they can be triggered in non-chemical...  Read More >>

The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions

The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition...

Author: Clifford A. Pickover
ISBN: 9780691115979
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of...  Read More >>

A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

Author: Prof Richard Dawkins
ISBN: 9780753817506
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The selected writings of this evolutionary biologist.  Read More >>

Bridge Not Attacked, A: Chemical Warfare Civilian Research During World War Ii

Bridge Not Attacked, A: Chemical Warfare Civilian Research...

Author: Harold Johnston (Univ Of California, Berkeley, Usa)
ISBN: 9789812381538
Format: Paperback
$100.32

The purpose of this work is to present an almost forgotten history of secret war research in universities. It tells...  Read More >>

Life Sciences for the 21st Century

Life Sciences for the 21st Century

Author: E. Keinan ,  Israel Schechter
ISBN: 9783527305889
Format: Hardback
$211.20

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Bridge Not Attacked, A: Chemical Warfare Civilian Research During World War Ii

Bridge Not Attacked, A: Chemical Warfare Civilian Research...

Author: Harold Johnston (Univ Of California, Berkeley, Usa)
ISBN: 9789812381521
Format: Hardback
$182.16

The purpose of this work is to present an almost forgotten history of secret war research in universities. It tells...  Read More >>

Serendipity Machine: A Voyage of Discovery Through the Unexpected World of Computers

Serendipity Machine: A Voyage of Discovery Through the...

Author: David Green
ISBN: 9781865086552
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The incredible advances in information technology during the second part of the 20th century have created a new...  Read More >>

Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation

Faster Than The Speed Of Light: The Story of a Scientific...

Author: Joao Magueijo ,  Ravi Mirchandani
ISBN: 9780099428084
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The idea that the speed of light is a constant - at 186,000 miles per second - is one of the few scientific facts...  Read More >>

The Third Man of the Double Helix

The Third Man of the Double Helix

Author: Maurice Wilkins
ISBN: 9780198606659
Format: Hardback
$52.95

Maurice Wilkins gives his side of the story behind the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA. He reveals...  Read More >>

Darwin's Legacy

Darwin's Legacy

Author: John Dupre
ISBN: 9780192803375
Format: Hardback
$52.95

Shows that although there are particular aspects of the theory of evolution which remain controversial, there can...  Read More >>

The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane

The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress...

Author: James R. Hansen
ISBN: 9781585442430
Format: Paperback
$50.60

Providing an easily understandable introduction to the role of aerodynamics in the design of such historic American...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Air

Encyclopedia of Air

Author: David E. Newton
ISBN: 9781573565646
Format: Hardback
$140.00

This title explores air, wind and atmosphere in all their natural and human aspects. Its 162 entries are alphabetically...  Read More >>

Energy: Heat, Light, and Food

Energy: Heat, Light, and Food

Author: Darlene R Stille ,  Sheree Boyd
ISBN: 9781404802490
Format: Mixed media product
$68.61

Describes what energy is, where it can be found, and how it is used in everyday life.  Read More >>

Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Stroboscopic Light and the Dream Machine

Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Stroboscopic...

Author: John Geiger
ISBN: 9781932360011
Format: Paperback
$24.95

How a 200 year old visual phenomenon has become the basis of scientific studies into how the brain works, and its...  Read More >>

When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible

When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many...

Author: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9780691070780
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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The Universe

The Universe

Author: Richard Osborne
ISBN: 9781904048251
Format: Hardback
$44.75

Where did the Universe come from? This is the single biggest and most difficult question that there is. From early...  Read More >>

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World

Author: Nick Lane (Reader in Evolutionary Biochemistry, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College of London)
ISBN: 9780198607830
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This volume unravels the unexpected ways in which oxygen spurred the evolution of life and death, showing how it...  Read More >>

Gonzo Gizmos: Projects & Devices to Channel Your Inner Geek

Gonzo Gizmos: Projects & Devices to Channel Your Inner...

Author: Simon Quellen Field
ISBN: 9781556525209
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Presents step-by-step instructions on building more than thirty science devices, including a magnetic heat machine,...  Read More >>

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