Science: general issues Books

History of science
Impact of science and technology on society
Industrial applications of scientific research and
Maths for scientists
Nanosciences
Philosophy of science
Popular science
Regulation of science and experimentation
Science funding and policy
Scientific equipment, experiments and techniques
Scientific nomenclature and classification
Scientific research
Scientific standards, measurement etc
Sidebar Sidebar Sidebar
  • The Behaviour of Teleost Fishes The Behaviour of Teleost Fishes
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Behaviour of Teleost Fishes

    Tony J. Pitcher

    This book is about the behaviour of teleosts, a well-defined, highly successful, taxonomic group of vertebrate animals sharing a common body plan and forming the vast majority of living bony fishes...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Cargo Access Equipment for Merchant Ships Cargo Access Equipment for Merchant Ships
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Cargo Access Equipment for Merchant Ships

    Ian Lyon Buxton

    As President of International MacGregor I am deeply indebted to the authors of this excellent book for the very considerable amount of work and scholarship it contains. It is the first authoritative...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences

    Charles Wesley Shilling

    This volume follows and updates AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON DIVING AND SUBMARINE MEDICINE published by Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, Inc., in 1971. The time period covered is primarily the...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Sensory Coding in the mammalian nervous system Sensory Coding in the mammalian nervous system
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Sensory Coding in the mammalian nervous system

    George Somjen

    Great advances have been made in the area of sensory physiology during the last few decades, and these developments seem to be asking for a comprehensive review that is manageable in size and...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Biology of Computer Life The Biology of Computer Life
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Biology of Computer Life

    Simons

    The doctrine of computer life is not congenial to many people. Often they have not thought in any depth about the idea, and it necessarily disturbs their psychological and intellectual frame of...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Advances in Fine Particles Processing Advances in Fine Particles Processing
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Advances in Fine Particles Processing

    John Hanna

    Processing of fine particles has presented numerous challenges to scientists and engineers for many years. Considerable progress has al ready been made in meeting these challenges across various...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Successful ASIC Design the First Time Through Successful ASIC Design the First Time Through
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Successful ASIC Design the First Time Through

    John Huber

    he very name application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, con­ T notes an ability to provide a dense package for a highly complex design targeted at a focused, often complex solution. The...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Blood Cells as a Tissue Blood Cells as a Tissue
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Blood Cells as a Tissue

    William L. Holmes

    This volume is a collection of the presentations given at the sixth international research conference, Blood Cells as a Tissue, at The Lankenau Hospital, October 30 and 31, 1969. The conference was...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Schulerduden Bedeutungsworterbuch Schulerduden Bedeutungsworterbuch
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Schulerduden Bedeutungsworterbuch

    Paul Grebe

    Die Dudenredaktion hat sich mit diesem Bedeutungsworterbuch die Aufgabe gestellt, ein handliches und in sich geschlossenes Nachschlage­ werk fUr SchUler zu schaffen. Es ging darum, die Worter des...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Tourmaline Group The Tourmaline Group
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Tourmaline Group

    Richard Dietrich

    Tourmaline group minerals have graced the cabinets of mineral collectors and museums for untold generations. Their colors and color patterns, along with their diverse shapes and associations, have...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Evolution of Mammalian Characters The Evolution of Mammalian Characters
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Evolution of Mammalian Characters

    D. M. Kermack

    This book is not intended to give a full and comprehensive account of the Mesozoic mammals, and nor is it intended as a handbook for research workers studying pre-Tertiary mammals. Our intention is...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Physiology of Parasites Physiology of Parasites
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Physiology of Parasites

    Leslie H. Chappell

    THIS BOOK HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FROM A SHORT LECTURE COURSE GIVEN to advanced undergraduate students as part of a general introduction to the subject of parasitology for zoologists. The book is written...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Map and Top Map and Top
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Map and Top

    E. J. Brandas

    Advances in technology are making the business and manufacturing environment increasingly complex. Standards can help us cope with this complexity. Given the strategic importance of computers in the...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Quality Control in Automation Quality Control in Automation
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Quality Control in Automation

    Ken. Stout

    The changing role of industry, the trend towards automation, the in­ creased cost of raw materials and labour rates all emphasize the need for improved quality of manufacture which will lead to...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Principles of Optimal Control Theory Principles of Optimal Control Theory
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Principles of Optimal Control Theory

    R. Gamkrelidze

    In the late 1950's, the group of Soviet mathematicians consisting of L. S. Pontryagin, V. G. Boltyanskii, R. V. Gamkrelidze, and E. F. Mishchenko made fundamental contributions to optimal control...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Ecology and Management of Wetlands The Ecology and Management of Wetlands
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Ecology and Management of Wetlands

    D. D. Hook

    This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists,...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Schulerduden Schulerduden
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Schulerduden

    Wolfgang Muller

    Die deutsche Sprache ist reich an bedeutungsähnlichen Wörtern und Wendungen. und es ist oft nicht leicht. das inhaltlich treffende. das sachlich richtige und das stilistisch angemessene Wort zu...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Differentialgleichungen Differentialgleichungen
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Differentialgleichungen

    Wolfgang Grobner

    Dieses Buch beruht auf 40 lahren intensiven Studiums der Differentialglei­ chungen, sowohl yom theoretischen als auch yom praktischen Gesichtspunkt aus, eines Studiums, das mit meiner Tatigkeit im...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Physiology of Hemostasis The Physiology of Hemostasis
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Physiology of Hemostasis

    Derek Ogston

    The current widespread interest in the hemostatic mechanism stems largely from the probability that its inappropriate function may lead to thrombosis, but also for its relevance to the causation and...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Optical Switching in Low-Dimensional Systems Optical Switching in Low-Dimensional Systems
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Optical Switching in Low-Dimensional Systems

    Hartmut Haug

    This book contains all the papers presented at the NATO workshop on "Optical Switching in Low Dimensional Systems" held in Marbella, Spain from October 6th to 8th, 1988. Optical switching is a basic...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Effects of Constant Light on Visual Processes The Effects of Constant Light on Visual Processes
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Effects of Constant Light on Visual Processes

    Theodore P. Williams

    " ... And the evening and the morning were the third day ... And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night ... And the evening and the...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Hibernation and the Hypothalamus Hibernation and the Hypothalamus
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Hibernation and the Hypothalamus

    Nicholas Mrosovsky

    Mammalian hibernation is commonly thought of as something completely out of the ordinary, a "unique and unorthodox state." The present book takes the opposite view. It argues that the physiological...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Current Trends in Geomathematics Current Trends in Geomathematics
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Current Trends in Geomathematics

    Daniel Merriam

    Since founding at the 23rd International Geological Congress in Prague in 1968, the International Association for Mathematical Geology has organized sessions in conjunction with the Congress. The...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Human Physical Growth and Maturation Human Physical Growth and Maturation
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Human Physical Growth and Maturation

    F. E. Johnston

    The present volume grew out of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Sogesta, Ita1y, during the summer of 1979. We are most gratefu1 for the generous financia1 support of NATO and for the provision...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • How to Obtain Abundant Clean Energy How to Obtain Abundant Clean Energy
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    How to Obtain Abundant Clean Energy

    Linda McGown

    The Three Mile Island accident, the periodic occurrence of long gas lines until sufficient price increases are achieved, our dependence on foreign powers for a large fraction of our energy supply,...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • The Brain and Regulation of Eye Movement The Brain and Regulation of Eye Movement
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    The Brain and Regulation of Eye Movement

    A. Shakhnovich

    Dr. Shakhnovich brought out the original Russian edition of this work in 1974. Fully half of that book was concerned with his own studies of eye movements. These included observations on patients...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Computer-Aided Engineering for Manufacture Computer-Aided Engineering for Manufacture
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Computer-Aided Engineering for Manufacture

    Douglas A. Milner

    The development of the 'factory of the future' by major international corporations such as General Motors, IBM, Westinghouse, etc now involves many practising engineers. This book is an attempt to...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Tractor-Implement Systems Tractor-Implement Systems
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Tractor-Implement Systems

    Ralph Alcock

    Agriculture has benefited considerably from the wide-scale use of tractors and associated implements. Tractors have developed along two, at times contradictory, design paths. The first of these has...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Computing Techniques for Robots Computing Techniques for Robots
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Computing Techniques for Robots

    Igor Aleksander

    I. ALEKSANDER Kobler Unit for Information Technology Management, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England It is now over half a decade since Joseph Engelberger wrote: 'Given a...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Walking Machines Walking Machines
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Walking Machines

    D. J. Todd

    The first chapter of this book traces the history of the development of walking machines from the original ideas of man-amplifiers and military rough-ground transport to today's diverse academic and...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Artificial Vision for Robots Artificial Vision for Robots
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Artificial Vision for Robots

    I. Aleksander

    I. ALEKSANDER Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics BruneI University, England The three key words that appear in the title of this book need some clarification. First, how far does...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Performance and Computer-Aided Design Performance and Computer-Aided Design
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Performance and Computer-Aided Design

    Alain Liegeois

    What are the design or selection criteria for robots that will be capable of carrying out particular functions? How can robots and machines be installed in work locations to obtain maximum...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Modelling and Control Modelling and Control
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Modelling and Control

    P. Coiffet

    This first volume in the series is based on part of a course that I taught in various state and private institutions during 1979 and 1980. It was concerned with the design and control of stationary,...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • International Directory of Psychology International Directory of Psychology
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    International Directory of Psychology

    Benjamin B. Wolman

    In the past several decades, psychology has grown so rapidly in many countries that no one has been able to keep up-to-date on more than a handful of countries. To be sure, the highly developed...
    $115.93

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Tree Fruit Production Tree Fruit Production
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Tree Fruit Production

    Benjamin J. Teskey

    This is a revised and updated edition of the book Tree Fruit Production, first published in 1959 and extensively revised in the second edition in 1972. Considerable advances have been made in recent...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Circadian Rhythmicity Electromagnetic Fields and Circadian Rhythmicity
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Electromagnetic Fields and Circadian Rhythmicity

    Patrick Moore

    This book is the first in a new series entitled ''Advances in Circadian Physiology." Our aim in this and subsequent volumes is to document and critically analyze the state of knowledge on biological...
    RRP: $93.49
    $91.62

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • Emerging Strategies in Neuroprotection Emerging Strategies in Neuroprotection
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    Emerging Strategies in Neuroprotection

    Manangos

    SOLOMON H. SNYDER Receptor Research Reaches Neurology: Relevance to Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stroke President George Bush has heralded the 1990s as the decade of the brain, based largely on the...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
  • From the Retina to the Neocortex From the Retina to the Neocortex
    Add to Cart The item has been added

    From the Retina to the Neocortex

    VAINA

    David Courtnay Marr was born on January 19, 1945 in Essex, England. He went to the English public school, Rugby, on scholarship and between 1963 and 1966 studied mathematics at Trinity College,...
    $121.54

    Add to Cart The item has been added
Science: general issues