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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Frank Close tells the story of how scientists have explored the elusive void, and the rich discoveries that they have made there. He takes the reader on a lively and accessible history through ancient ideas and cultural superstitions to the frontiers of current research. He describes how scientists discovered that the vacuum is filled with fields; how Newton, Mach, and Einstein grappled with the nature of space and time; and how the mysterious 'aether' that was long ago supposed to permeate the void may now be making a comeback with the latest research into the 'Higgs field'. We now know that the vacuum is far from being empty - it seethes with virtual particles and antiparticles that erupt spontaneously into being, and it also may contain hidden dimensions that we were previously unaware of. These new discoveries may provide answers to some of cosmology's most fundamental questions: what lies outside the universe, and, if there was once nothing, then how did the universe begin? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most matter with ease. These tiny, ghostly particles are formed in millions in the Sun and pass through us constantly. For a long time they were thought to be massless, and passing as they do like ghosts they were not regarded as significant. Now we know they have a very small mass, and there are strong indications that they are very important indeed. It is speculated that a heavy form of neutrino, that is both matter and antimatter, may have shaped the balance of matter and antimatter in the early universe. Here, Frank Close gives an account of the discovery of neutrinos and our growing understanding of their significance, also touching on some speculative ideas concerning the possible uses of neutrinos and their role in the early universe. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised in the light of these developments. He concludes by looking ahead to new ideas about the mystery of antimatter, the number of dimensions that there might be in the universe, and to what the next 50 years of research might reveal. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised in the light of these developments. He concludes by looking ahead to new ideas about the mystery of antimatter, the number of dimensions that there might be in the universe, and to what the next 50 years of research might reveal. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field to ensure that the law is firmly placed in context. Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives which influence legal regulations. Other features such as 'a shock to the system', 'public opinion' and 'reality check' introduce further socio-legal aspects and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes: Bibliography and further reading Links to key cases Author video podcast Web links Links to key sites with information on medical law and ethics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Definitive, concise, and very interesting. From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The Very Interesting People series includes the following titles: 1.William Shakespeare by Peter Holland 2. George Eliot by Rosemary Ashton 3. Charles Dickens by Michael Slater 4. Charles Darwin by Adrian Desmond, James Moore, and Janet Browne 5. Isaac Newton by Richard S.Westfall 6. Elizabeth I by Patrick Collinson 7. George III by John Cannon 8. Benjamin Disraeli by Jonathan Parry 9. Christopher Wren by Kerry Downes 10. John Ruskin by Robert Hewison 11. James Joyce by Bruce Stewart 12. John Milton by Gordon Campbell 13. Jane Austen by Marilyn Butler 14. Henry VIII by Eric Ives 15. Queen Victoria by K. D. Reynolds and H. C. G. Matthew 16. Winston Churchill by Paul Addison 17. Oliver Cromwell by John Morrill 18. Thomas Paine by Mark Philp 19. J. M. W. Turner by Luke Herrmann 20. William and Mary by Tony Claydon and W. A. Speck. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Medical Law and Ethics covers the core legal principles, key cases, and statutes that govern medical law alongside the key ethical debates and dilemmas that exist in the field. Carefully constructed features highlight these debates, drawing out the European angles, religious beliefs, and feminist perspectives which influence legal regulations. Other features such as 'a shock to the system', 'public opinion' and 'reality check' introduce further socio-legal discussion and contribute to the lively and engaging manner in which the subject is approached. Online resources This book is accompanied by the following online resources: - Complete bibliography and list of further reading - Links to the key cases mentioned in the book - A video from the author which introduces the book and sets the scene for your studies - Links to key sites with information on medical law and ethics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Wye College. Centre for European Agricultural Studies. ; 1. Physical description; 112 p. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies. Subjects; Family farms - Europe. Farms - Europe. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Wye College. Centre for European Agricultural Studies. ; 1. Physical description; 112 p. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies. Subjects; Family farms - Europe. Farms - Europe. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. A S "Lincoln Weekend May 9 1987" / The Society's Fourth International Symposium, Exeter College, September / Claude Blair "Sir Giles Capel's Funerary Instructions, 1556" / AGM Minutes Summary (SL#3).

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 82p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Exeter College (University of Oxford) ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. 91pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Title pae and rear fep offset. Book.

Soft Cover/Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 19 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Small red stain on bottom of back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 260p. Previous owner's inscription on pastedown o/w a clean unmarked copy.Hodder & Stoughton, [1928]. 'As an anthropologist who is convinced that man cannot be explained merely in terms of mechanism .' a140.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal affliction and a social calamity, regularly decimating urban populations. Paul Slack vividly describes the stresses which plague imposed on individuals, families, and whole communities, and the ways in which people tried to explain, control, and come to terms with it. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 509p. Corners slightly bumped, previous owner's inscription on ffep o/w contents very clean, unmarked and in good condition. [Spain - History - Basque Question - Catalan Question - Civil War - World War . etc] f1429 / m9602.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 82p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Exeter College (University of Oxford) ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Reprint. lxx, 424 p.; 21.5 cm. (International critical commentary) [First printed in 1911; reprint of 2nd ed., 1914] Good orig. green cloth. Diagonal crease on front cover repaired.

Hardcover. 1st edition. Quakers by 1730s emerged as full-blooded political association; Dissenters soon followed - their masterly handling by Walpole. xvi, 231 p. Good x-l navy cloth. Lacks ffep, tape residue, penc.

Condition: see description. small thick 8vo, xvi,568pp, frontis photographs of a bust of Caesar, running footnotes partly in Latin, top cut edge tinted, tiny dog-ears top corner up to page 76, original cloth with inside hinges a little weak, rubbed top and bottom of spine and slightly on corners, title gilt on spine and, together with the publisher's logo, bright gilt on upper board which is slightly scuffed, good, text clean and vg.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

First Edition. Fine paperback copies. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 2 volumes. Subject: Exeter College - (University of Oxford) ; Periodicals. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hbk, 224p. frontispiece port of J.H. Mee, Merton College, tissue guard intact. Oxford: W. R. Bowden, [1894]. Previous owner's name on ffep, foxing to edges and corners bumped o/w a clean unmarked copy in good condition. g756 / m5604.

Softcover. Condition: gut. Auflage: New ed. (19. November 2004). Features the following titles: "Digital Fortress"; "Deception Point": "Angels and Demons" - a prequel to Dan Brown's bestseller, "The Da Vinci Code", it introduces the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon; and "The Da Vinci Code".This book features the following titles: "Digital Fortress" When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, it calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple US intelligence. "Deception Point" When a NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the space agency proclaims a much-needed victory.one that has profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic and what she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. "Angels and Demons" A breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome, through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even the most secret vault on earth. The prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, "The Da Vinci Code", it introduces the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. "The Da Vinci Code" The curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Robert Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code a stunning historical truth will be lost forever. Der Da Vinci Code Hollywood Das verlorene Symbol Illuminati Sakrileg Meteor Diabolus This book features the following titles"Digital Fortress" When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, it calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple US intelligence. "Deception Point" When a NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the space agency proclaims a much-needed victoryone that has profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic and what she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. "Angels and Demons" A breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome, through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even the most secret vault on earth. The prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, "The Da Vinci Code", it introduces the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. "The Da Vinci Code" The curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Robert Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code a stunning historical truth will be lost forever. Synopsis This book features the following titles"Digital Fortress" When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, it calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple US intelligence. "Deception Point" When a NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the space agency proclaims a much-needed victoryone that has profound implications for US space policy and the impending presidential election. The President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Arctic and what she finds once she gets there takes her breath away. "Angels and Demons" A breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome, through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even the most secret vault on earth. The prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, "The Da Vinci Code", it introduces the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. "The Da Vinci Code" The curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Robert Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Landon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code a stunning historical truth will be lost forever. The Dan Brown Box Set, 4 Vols.Digital Fortress / Deception Point / Angels and Demons / The Da Vinci Code von Dan Brown ISBN: 978-0552769761 Thriller Horror Krimi Thriller Romane Erzählungen Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch ISBN-10 0-552-76976-2 / 0552769762 ISBN-13 978-0-552-76976-1 / 9780552769761 In englischer Sprache. 604 pages. 18,2 x 13,8 x 10,8 cm.

Condition: New. In this Very Short Introduction Frank Close describes the historical development of nuclear physics, our understanding of the nucleus, how nuclei form, and the applications of the field in medicine. Exploring key concepts, Frank Close shows how nuclear phys.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Some wear to head, tail and upper edge of spine, ';Royal Institution of South Wales' bookplate on front pastedown. Edges darkened o/w internally the text is clean and unmarked. Green cloth binding with floral decorations in blind. Lettering in gilt. m2138.

First Edition. Fine paperback copies. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 2 volumes. Subject: Exeter College - (University of Oxford) ; Periodicals. 1 Kg.