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Hardback. Science and Eastern Orthodoxy provides a wealth of new information concerning Orthodoxy and secular knowledge-and the reactions of the Orthodox Church to modern sciences. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 10 colour illustrations, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402987
ISBN
9781421402987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 53.45

Paperback. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, B.; Hodge, J. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321902
ISBN
9781349321902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.21

Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252288
ISBN
9780230252288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.97

Paperback. Propelled to fame by his "Two Cultures" lecture, scientist-turned-novelist C. P. Snow (1905--1980) here tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how vital decisions were ultimately determined by politics. Today scientists and politicians are more contentious, but Snow's dramatic narrative remains the best guide. Series: Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government & the Duties of the Citizen. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPH; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072374
ISBN
9780674072374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.27

Hardback. This intriguing book teaches how to avoid reading and writing boring material and in doing so it enlivens the history of science. The book appears here in a revised and updated version with responses to reviews and with many additional chapters. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 536 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 929.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402056314
ISBN
9781402056314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.16

Paperback. By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power - on the eve of the French Revolution. Num Pages: 616 pages, 13 halftones, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118499
ISBN
9780691118499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.80
€ 67.21

Hardback. Examines how the revolutionary and Napoleonic context contributed to modernization both of politics and science. This work argues that in politics the central feature of this modernization was conversion of subjects of a monarchy into citizens of a republic in direct contact with a state enormously augmented in power. Num Pages: 752 pages, 3 line illus. 13 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115412
ISBN
9780691115412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.32
€ 93.26

Paperback. Here is a book that contains some of the most recent research discoveries of scientific and technological knowledge contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey. They suggest that the Greek Mycenean era (1450-1000 BC) was a very advanced civilization indeed. Editor(s): Paipetis, S. A. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 556 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDX; TBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
556
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401785310
ISBN
9789401785310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.29

Hardcover.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd Dublin
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846822919
ISBN
9781846822919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.00
€ 46.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674794757
ISBN
9780674794757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJF; JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530557
ISBN
9781349530557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968319
ISBN
9781403968319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.67

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102329
ISBN
9780739102329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.31

Hardcover. Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574847
ISBN
9780230574847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Hardback. This collection of essays examines select historical questions about the interrelationship between the sciences and Harvard University as an organizational, intellectual, and social context for science in the United States. The essays span the period from the seventeenth century to World War II. Editor(s): Rossiter, Margaret W. Num Pages: 380 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223126
ISBN
9780934223126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages, 47 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401071154
ISBN
9789401071154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1973
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048182473
ISBN
9789048182473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 233.82

Hardback. Argues that the process of transmission of knowledge whether theoretical or practical was not a simple and one-way process from the donor to the receiver as it is often admitted, but a multi-dimensional and complex cultural process of selection and transformation where ancient scientific and local traditions and elements. Editor(s): Gunergun, Feza; Raina, Dhruv. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; MBX; PDA; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048199679
ISBN
9789048199679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.15

Paperback. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; PST; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048158645
ISBN
9789048158645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.33

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 235 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JNB; JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349440894
ISBN
9781349440894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; JNB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 303 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634310901
ISBN
9781634310901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.71

hardcover. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759618
ISBN
9780804759618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Paperback. An engaging study of a great national institution, exploring the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. This book illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding. Editor(s): Morris, Peter. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; HBTB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137349323
ISBN
9781137349323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Hardback. "336 p. illus., map. 22 cm. Publishers cloth. A good copy. Dw worn and torn at the edges." Keywords: Science
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Pilot Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1949
SKU
KEX0127795
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

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