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  • Stikine Odyssey
    Peter Rowlands
    September 1979. When thirty-something Peter Rowlands loaded up his Landcruiser and took canoe Dimples to join his friend Hal Marsden on a paddling adventure in northern BC’s backcountry, he never expected one river-Stikine-would radically change the course of his life. Rowlands became so enchanted by this 640-kilometre stretch of wild beauty, he joined the ranks of citizens cal...
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    23,43 €

  • NEWTON - INNOVATION AND CONTROVERSY
    PETER ROWLANDS / ROWLANDS PETER
     Unique among celebrated scientists, Newton was equally gifted at theoretical physics, experimental physics and pure mathematics. He was also exceptional in another, less well-recognised sense. No one has come near to equalling his extraordinary analytical power.Analytically-derived truths are controversial because such truths can only be established by extended experimental ve...
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    50,79 €

  • NEWTON AND THE GREAT WORLD SYSTEM
    PETER ROWLANDS / ROWLANDS PETER
    Mathematics is, in many ways, the most generic and abstract of all systems of human thought. Once Newton found he could describe dynamics and planetary motions using purely mathematical laws and deductive processes, he understood that there was no limit to what else could be explained — given time and ingenuity every aspect of Nature would find its mathematical roots. Newton hi...
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    50,77 €

  • NEWTON AND MODERN PHYSICS
    PETER ROWLANDS / ROWLANDS PETER
    This book looks at how Newton's theories can be linked to modern day problems and solutions in physics. Newton created an abstract system of theorizing which has been applied to all aspects of the physical world, however he had difficulties in persuading his contemporaries of its unique merits. A detailed study of Newton's writings, published and unpublished, suggests t...
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    50,84 €

  • HOW SCHRODINGER’S CAT ESCAPED THE BOX
    PETER ROWLANDS / ROWLANDS PETER
     This book attempts to explain the core of physics, the origin of everything and anything. It explains why physics at the most fundamental level, and especially quantum mechanics, has moved away from naïve realism towards abstraction, and how this means that we can begin to answer some of the most fundamental questions which trouble us all, about space, time, matter, etc. It pr...
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    42,53 €

  • Man on the Move
    Rowlands Peter Rowlands
    Pete Friesen trusted his intuition and employed his skills to create a lifetime filled with extraordinary achievements. Born in post-revolutionary Russia and raised on the Canadian prairie during the Great Depression, Friesen overcame challenging odds and found his way to the pinnacle of engineering success in the United States.As noted by Peter Rowlands, who was involved in pr...
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    17,86 €

  • Shopping, Place and Identity
    Daniel Miller / Michael Rowlands / Peter Jackson
    Engages in key debates in contemporary                      consumption and identity studies, yet presents a firmly                      grounded study that will complement the more speculative                      writing about shopping, place and identity that has                      developed in recent years. ...
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    94,99 €