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Hardback. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals fresh facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Schulmann, Robert; Illy, Jozsef; Kennefick, Daniel J.; Sauer, Tilman. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 776 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120881
ISBN
9780691120881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.36

Paperback. Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. This work touches on various aspects of Einstein's activities and sheds fresh light on his inner life. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert; Janssen, Michel; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 744 pages, in two volumes 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048413
ISBN
9780691048413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.78

hardcover. Presents Albert Einstein's writings from his arrival in Berlin in the spring of 1914 to take up his new position at the Prussian Academy of Sciences through the end of 1917. This book contains papers describing Einstein's experimental investigation, a study of Ampere's molecular currents, which he carried out with the Dutch physicist W J de Haas. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780691010861
ISBN
9780691010861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.63

Hardback. Part of a series to be devoted to Einstein's correspondence, this volume contains letters and begins in June 1902, when he went to work at the Swiss Patent Office. It closes in March 1914, as Einstein left Switzerland to take up his appointment as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 784 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
780
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691033228
ISBN
9780691033228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.27

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings from the final period of his work in Switzerland. The material in this volume documents Einstein's search for a relativistic theory of gravitation, a search that ended in Berlin in the fall of 1915 with the completion of the general theory of relativity. Translator(s): Beck, Anna; Howard, Don. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JJC; BGA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0021478
ISBN
9780691026107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.00

Hardback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the masterful report that Einstein gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 550 pages, 264 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 200 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691087726
ISBN
9780691087726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.68
€ 141.28

paperback. Presents Einstein's writings for the two-year period starting in October 1909. This volume concludes with the report that Einstein, by then a full professor at the German-language university in Prague, gave to the original Solvay Congress, the first international meeting devoted to the problems of radiation and the quantum theory. Editor(s): Klein, Martin J. (Professor of History of Science, Yale University, USA); Kox, A. J.; Renn, Juergen; Schulmann, Robert. Translator(s): Beck, Anna. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 447 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0021479
ISBN
9780691102504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 40.00

Hardback. Contains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. This work includes the famous paper that set forth the special theory of relativity, solving some long-standing difficulties. Editor(s): Stachel, John; Cassidy, David C.; Renn, Jurgen; Schulmann, Robert. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691085265
ISBN
9780691085265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.68
€ 140.77

Paperback. The third volume in the series of Greenberg's writings covers the period between 1950 and 1956, while Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, gathers essays and criticism of the years 1957 to 1969. The selection demonstrates the development and direction of Greenberg's criticism. Num Pages: 342 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AB; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306247
ISBN
9780226306247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.51

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 353 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306223
ISBN
9780226306223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; AB; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306230
ISBN
9780226306230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465049905
ISBN
9780465049905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. The collapse of the Soviet Union has widely been seen as the reult of the arms race and Cold War, and the failure of the Soviet side to keep pace with new technology. This is an accessible guide to the key events surrounding the disintegration of the USSR. Series: Seminar Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582505995
ISBN
9780582505995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.16

Paperback. Explores "how Hollywood and especially the big studios went along with German demands to censor movies not only before but especially after the Nazi seizure of power"--Back of dust jacket. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; APF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088108
ISBN
9780674088108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. In 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. This volume finishes the tale of Scott and his British expedition, depicting the staggering 900-mile trek to the South Pole and resolving the debate over the journey's failure. Num Pages: 416 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTS; 3JJC; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099218
ISBN
9780300099218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415142786
ISBN
9780415142786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.95

Paperback. This edition provides two new chapters covering superpower relations in the 1970s and the developments of the 1980s that led to the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Eastern bloc. The book also now contains a fuller chronology and suggestions for further reading. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631191384
ISBN
9780631191384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.59

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Pool of London Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910860021
ISBN
9781910860021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.49

Hardback. Focusing on the two decades framed by Indian independence in 1947 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, this study examines American policy towards the Indian subcontinent, and analyzes the motivations behind America's pursuit of Pakistan and India as strategic Cold War prizes. Num Pages: 431 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082266
ISBN
9780231082266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.66

Hardback. Editor(s): Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804773317
ISBN
9780804773317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardback. Combines an historical account of American foreign and domestic politics 1945-1995 with summaries and analyses of 30 novels and films of the times, to give a sense of how Americans felt about themselves during the Cold War period and their collective anxiety about "the enemy" and the atomic bomb. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AB; GTB; JFCA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510517
ISBN
9780742510517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.68

Paperback. Covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), and greatly inflated presidential power. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180524
ISBN
9781577180524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.60

Hardcover. Covers the entire Cold War period from the Yalta Conference of 1945 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This book analyzes the Cold War and the various ways that it impacted American life: how it stimulated the economy, was a primary agent of social cohesion (at least until the Vietnam War), and greatly inflated presidential power. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577180517
ISBN
9781577180517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.24

Paperback. Focusing on MIT and Stanford, Leslie offers a critical look at American science in the making. He reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country. Num Pages: 382 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JNMN; JW; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079594
ISBN
9780231079594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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