The almanac of science fiction
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Oxfam shop queen's road this four-disc bbc box-set features the episodes of the classic science fiction series - the mysterious planet, mind warp, terror of the vervoids and the ultimate foe - that make up the trial of a time lord storylinethe tardis is drawn to a space station where the doctor (colin baker) is subjected to a time lord inquiry into his behaviour, presided over by an inquisitorthe prosecuting counsel, the valeyard, presents the first piece of evidence, which consists of a recording played back on a screen linked to the matrixsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit concerns a visit by the doctor and peri to the desolate planet ravolox
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Oxfam bookshop ealing the science fiction classic for a time i believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that i stood there alone, the last man left alive" when an alien capsule lands on horsell common, woking, crowds of astonished onlookers gathervery good condition: yellowing of pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morearmed with deadly heat rays, the aliens begin their conquest of earthconfronted by powers beyond our control, a technology far in advance of our own, and a race of alien invaders which regard us as no more than ants, humankind faces extinctionbut wonder soon turns to terror when the martians emergewhile the world crumbles under the shadow of the martian menace, one man sets out alone across the desolate wasteland to find his wife
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Oxfam bookshop skipton "science fiction adventure" (amazon review) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe music creates a haunting atmosphere and adds momentum to the filmthe film might seem a bit long drawn out for the first 40 minutes, but when the expedition gets going it becomes a marvel of adventures with dark mysterious caverns, mushroom forests and underground seasrival scientists are on his back trying to steel his glorythe plot follows a mad scientist who sets out to find the centre of the earth
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This is available for cash on collection or p&p ÂŁ3this is a great anthology of golden age sf published between and coupled with a informative and interesting history of the magazines of that decade
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a glorious celebration of the very best of the art of the fantastic over the past two decades, this glorious full-colour collection features over 300 illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencemoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encountered"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madeoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donei share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativismit contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical changebowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding wasthe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being accepted"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedhe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideasit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself edits"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read morehull takes an unusual approach to his subject
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His only real companions are those from the science fiction stories he lovesroy has a secret - a secret so terrible that colin can hardly imagine itthere's only one problembut his life changes when roy borden, the most popular kid in town, becomes his 'blood brother'please check shipping costs before ordering synopsis the voice of the night can transform childhood fantasy into terrifying realityhis own life is in danger - and no one will believe himby the time he comes to face the truth, it's almost too latecolin jacobs is a shy, awkward, bookish fourteen-year-oldif you listen to the voice, you may never see the dawn again
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At the studios he met text writer lo hartog van banda, with whom he would create his first comic series, the now legendary science fiction series arman & ilvaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteduring the inking, khing decided to change the composition and did not finish the strip any furtherkhing’s archives are kept in the literature museum in the hague; as a result, originals from arman & ilva are rarely offeredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis lot concerns a rejected strip from this special serieswill be packaged with care and shipped by registered mailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenowadays thé tjong-khing is best known as an illustrator, but he started his drawing career at toonder studios as an assistant to jan wesseling working on marionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A must for fans of palladium books or john zeleznik, budding artists and anyone who enjoys science fiction and fantasy artauthor: john zeleznika great x-mas gift and a perfect end to palladium’s 25 year anniversary celebration
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These include the nature of science, science and religion, evolution, curriculum and pedagogy, context-based teaching and learning, science and national development, socially-responsible science education, equitable access for women and girls in science and technology education, and the benefits of science education researchoxfam bookshop reading science education: a global perspective is global' both in content and authorshipits 17 chapters by an assemblage of seasoned and knowledgeable science educators from many parts of the world seek to bring to the fore current developments in science education and their implicationsthe book thus covers a wide range of topics in science education from various national and international perspectivesit ends on an optimistic note by looking at science education in 50 years' time with a recommendation, among others, for stakeholders to take the responsibility of preparing children towards a blossoming science education sector in an anticipated future worldthis book is suitable for use by discerning researchers, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students in science education, and policy makers at all levels of educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Axevictime edited by roxbrough introducing yet more new writers to the genre of science fiction pppl england ÂŁ3:33 read more
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We are ceasing to trust science in its institutional forms, formulated by an anointed class of science priests, and instead we are witnessing the emergence of what fuller calls 'protscience' - all sorts of people, from the new age movement to anti-evolutionists, claiming scientific authority as their ownoxfam shop macclesfield in this challenging and provocative book, steve fuller ranges widely over the history of science and religion - from aristotle and the atomists to dawkins and the neo-darwinists - and takes a close look at what science is, how its purpose has changed over the years, and what role religion and in more recent years atheism have played in its progressionfuller shows that these groups are no more anti-scientific than protestant sects were atheisticscience, argues fuller, is now undergoing its own version of secularizationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonwhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurytake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corewerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangeyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfquantum theory is weirdin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experiments'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannbut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatesee oxfam website for delivery information read morequantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heart
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Taking you month by month through the coming year, the almanac combines compelling stories with practical guidance that will inspire anyone to start exploringhardcover: 384 pagespublisher: bbc books (20 sept
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Children's construction of sciencewhy we teach sciencei know what science is! part i the nature of scienceappendix b safety in your science classroompart iii the nature of science teachingare you scientifically literate?
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford this handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of quantitative science and technology researchthe 34 chapters are arranged into 5 parts: disciplinary approaches; general methodology; the science system; the technology system; and the science-technology interfacethis handbook aims at four distinct groups of readers: - practitioners in the field of science and technology studies; - research students in this field; - scientists, scholars and technicians who are interested in a systematic, thorough analysis of their activities; - policy makers and administrators who wish to be informed about the potentialities and limitations of the various approaches and about their resultssmall folds on lower corners of final three (blank) pages and pages andit comprises 34 chapters written by leading specialists in the various sub-domainsthe editor's introduction provides a further specification of the handbook's scope and of the main topics addressed in its chaptersotherwise pages are immaculatecloth cover has very minor signs of wearit focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific or scholarly publications and patentshard back book, no dust jacketbook is generally in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthors present a survey of the research topics they address, and show their most recent achievementsthese chapters deal with theoretical and methodological issues, illustrate applications, and highlight their policy context and relevance
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Books, comics & magazines other fiction books other non-fiction books childrens & young adult books general fiction books children's fiction books1 (dictionary of blue & white printed pottery, )immune boosters (miracle juices), ted smart, very good, hardcoverthe dictionary of blue and white printed pottery, : v
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The physicist and the philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists todayshe shows how it provoked responses from figures such as bertrand russell and martin heidegger, and carried repercussions for american pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanicscanales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debatejimena canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of einstein and bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth centuryshe also discusses how bergson and einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-bergson during the nazi occupation of paris and einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosionthe physicist and the philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeinstein considered bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physicsbergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of timeon april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of timeoxfam shop kendal paperback as new
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It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly reali think you're going to like himthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for daysbut in a couple of pages he'll be deadthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nighthis name's simonand he was never the same after thatthe shock of the fall is all of these books
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The result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to sciencesome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencethe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalryvaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsevery one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storygenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existencethe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkablegenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universe
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All read once and in excellent condition apart from the give me the child book which the first few pages came loose when the wind got hold of ita variety of books for salecollection from featherstonei do have individual photos if you would like a closer look or i can give you the description of the booksome are true stories/accounts are some are fictional
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Every so often science moves by large leaps,sometimes spurred by the realization that the commonly held beliefs of the day need revisingoxfam bookshop thame this book is an essential guide for anyone inquiring about the present and future place of science in mankind's culturethe subject is the the history and explanation of modern physicshere the genius and ironies behind those discoveries are describedthis book has great clarity and removes the shrouds of mystery, which envelop one of contemporary science's greatest challengessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone such great change occurred at the turn of the twentieth century, when there was a revolution in modern scientific thinkingit finds answers to the deepest questions of modern physics and ultimately describes a unified design of the universe, which has truth beauty and symmetrythis paperback is in a very good clean condition
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As it chronicles the development of modern science it opens a new window on our understanding of science at the most fundamental level of knowledgeoxfam bookshop thame this book is a must read for everyone interested in the future role and direction of scienceit begins with the description of the new discoveries made at the turn of the previous century, which have culminated in the scientific knowledge we have todaythis paperback is in very good condition with all pages clean and intactthis second book compliments and adds a vast new tranche of knowledge to book i of the series, but is at the same time entirely readable in its own rightthe book then discusses the fundamental constants of nature and how they inter-relate and how they may have come to be what they aresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Macmillan science: the living end: the future of death, aging and immortalitytitle: the living end: the future of death, aging and immortality series: macmillan science format: hardback type: book edition: publisher: palgrave macmillan uk release date: language: english
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This particular bundle includes books from the general fiction genre: 'lizzie's secret' by rosie clarke, published in and is in good condition'god's own country' by ross raisin, published in and is in very good condition'the age of reinvention' by karine tuil, published in and is in very good conditionoxfam bookshop west bridgford during this challenging period, and while our trading shops are closed to the public, we are enabling our customers to receive a bundle of four books at an affordable price through the oxfam online shopsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'here i am' by jonathan safran foer, published in and in very good condition
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Collection of 3 fiction books the gargoyle by andrew davidson paperback the malice box by martin langfield hardback the children's book by abyatt paperback
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The ffep has been torn outon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofhardback book with dustjacketthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgesthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate reality
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This fantastic science set is designed to introduce your child to the world of spectacular science and dazzling discoveries2 in 1 create and break your own geode setexplore the world around us and beyond with the 2 in 1 create and break your own geode set2 x geode moulding shells
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Job lot of a collection of vampire fiction including authors such as charlene harris' true blood collection, kelley armstrong and kim harrisonall in fantastic collection, not all have been readcollection and possible delivery locally
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The hidden power of the bible what science of mind reveals about the bible & you by ernest holmes (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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