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Biography: general
Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium
Menger, Karl; Golland, Louise (University Of ...
Paperback. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792328735
- ISBN
- 9780792328735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
The Letters and Papers of Jan Hendrik Oort. As Archived in the Univers...
J. K. . Ed(S): Katgert-Merkelijn
Hardback. The astronomer, Jan Hendrik Oort (1900-1992) left behind a collection of notes and correspondence, both on his research and on matters that concerned him in a variety of official functions. This collection forms a source of information on many aspects of twentieth-century astronomy, in which Oort played such an important role. Editor(s): Katgert-Merkelijn, J. K. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BG; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345428
- ISBN
- 9780792345428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.10
€ 132.10
Hardback. Edith Alicia Muller (1918-1995) was the IAU General Secretary from 1976 to 1979, the first woman to have this responsibility. This title includes the memories about Edith from many friends, students and colleagues, and others who have met her at different occasions. Editor(s): Appenzeller, Immo; Chmielewski, Yves; Pecker, Jean Claude; Reza, Ramiro de la; Tammann, Gustav; Wayman, Patrick A. W. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347897
- ISBN
- 9780792347897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Hardback. A study devoted to Vasilii Malinovskii, who was one of the first supporters of abolition of serfdom in Russia. In his capacity as Director, Malinovskii contributed in a fundamental way to the establishment of the liberal atmosphere characterizing The Tsarskoe Selo Lycee, where Aleksandr Pushkin and some of the Decembrists were educated. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792348481
- ISBN
- 9780792348481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.63
€ 254.63
Hardback. Provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, that is the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. Translator(s): Cemper, Kathleen Jameson-. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AH; BG; CJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360414
- ISBN
- 9780792360414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.87
€ 196.87
hardcover. Featuring a group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history, this work offers a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbe Henri Gregoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, and rights for blacks. Editor(s): Popkin, Jeremy D. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLL; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362470
- ISBN
- 9780792362470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Hardback. This full-length scientific biography of Heinrich Caro delineates his role in the emergence of the industrial research laboratory, the forging of links between academic and industrial chemistry, and the development of modern patent law. Series: Chemists and Chemistry (Closed). Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366027
- ISBN
- 9780792366027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.72
€ 258.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Morawetz, C.S. Series: Contemporary Mathematicians. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 963.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817632687
- ISBN
- 9780817632687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.44
€ 197.44
Hardcover. With special attention to Emily Dickinson's growth into a poet, this literary biographical study charts Dickinson's hard-won brilliance as she worked, largely alone, to become the unique American woman writer of the nineteenth century. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137033055
- ISBN
- 9781137033055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This is an intellectual biography of G.L.S. Shackle, economic theorist, philosopher, and historian of economic theory. It explores how Shackle challenged the aims, methods and assumptions of mainstream economics. He stressed macroeconomic instability, and developed a radically subjectivist theory for behavioural economics and business planning. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281852
- ISBN
- 9781137281852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Known as the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sara Coleridge's manuscripts, letters, and other writings reveal an original thinker in dialogue with major literary and cultural figures of nineteenth-century England. Here, her writings on beauty, education, and faith uncover aspects of Romantic and Victorian literature, philosophy, and theology. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324979
- ISBN
- 9781137324979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Collection with new contributions to the debate from New Politics concerning the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg. Publishing Stephen Eric Bronner's essay 'Red Dreams and the New Millennium' along with the numerous responses to the piece, a new introduction, and an interview with Bronner stimulates the discussion around Luxemburg's legacy. Editor(s): Schulman, Jason. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349811
- ISBN
- 9781137349811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. This book argues that the rising tide of anti-colonialism after the 1930s should be considered a turning point not just in harnessing a new mood or feeling of unity, but primarily as one that viewed empire, racism, and economic degradation as part of a system that fundamentally required the application of strategy to their destruction. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137352019
- ISBN
- 9781137352019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Hardcover. Newly revised and enlarged, the second edition of A Conrad Chronology draws upon a rich range of published and unpublished materials. It offers a detailed factual record of Joseph Conrad's unfolding life as seaman and writer as well as tracing the compositional and publication history of his major works. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137452382
- ISBN
- 9781137452382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Sicard founded the National Institution of Deaf Mutes during the Terror. Paradoxically, the abbe was a non-conformist priest who was arrested frequently, until his supporters intervened. Later his students gave public demonstrations of his grammatical definitions attracting international curiosity. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; CFZ; HBJD; HBTV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512857
- ISBN
- 9781137512857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.56
€ 149.56
hardcover. Translation of: Antonio de Viti de Marco: una storia degna di memoria. 2011. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534927
- ISBN
- 9781137534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Over the past seven years, historian and broadcaster Daniel Snowman has interviewed a selection of some of the finest historians alive. Historians is an anthology of the resulting critical essays and provides a revealing insight into how we currently regard the ever-shifting past. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137587312
- ISBN
- 9781137587312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.63
€ 42.63
Hardback. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGA; HBAH; HBTB; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917652
- ISBN
- 9781403917652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940667
- ISBN
- 9781403940667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Weinberg was probably the most influential nuclear engineer/physicist in the US. His autobiography is peppered with first-hand accounts of major historical events. It describes the first nuclear era, but also exposes its downside risks. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; PDX; PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563963582
- ISBN
- 9781563963582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.70
€ 48.99
€ 45.70
hardcover. A collection of 37 articles on Albert Einstein. It debunks many of the old myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. It also discusses Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 567 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 973.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 567
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817641436
- ISBN
- 9780817641436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 260.58
€ 260.58
paperback. A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLW3; HBWQ; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phoenix London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023898
- ISBN
- 9781857992137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0030976
- ISBN
- 9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23