.png){kind=logo}
Humanities
Results 45421 - 45440 of 77005
Humanities
The Genius of Archimedes - 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, S...
. Ed(S): Paipetis, S. A.; Ceccarelli, Marco
Paperback. Archimedes is regarded as one of the most brilliant scientists of all time. These proceedings contain original, unpublished papers with the primary emphasis on the scientific work of Archimedes and his extensive influence. Editor(s): Paipetis, S. A.; Ceccarelli, Marco. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 525 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JFC; JHM; PBX; PDX; TGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 801.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400797635
- ISBN
- 9789400797635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.67
€ 251.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Cressy, Robert; Cumming, Douglas; Mallin, Chris. Series: Advances in Business Ethics Research. Num Pages: 464 pages, 70 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KFFD; KJH; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400797680
- ISBN
- 9789400797680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.40
€ 195.40
Paperback. Asserting that globalization is untenable because it does not foster equity, peace, and respect for the environment, this book deploys case studies of failed states such as Somalia and Afghanistan in advocating a new paradigm that advances global peace. Editor(s): Ballesteros, Jesus; Fernandez, Encarnacion; Talavera, Pedro. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: H; JPA; KCP; LAB; LB; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400797840
- ISBN
- 9789400797840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book explores ways that robot technology may affect legal systems in matters of responsibility and agency in criminal law, contractual obligations and torts. Discusses robot soldiers in battle, robo-trading of securities and service robots in torts law. Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAFD; LNF; UBL; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798045
- ISBN
- 9789400798045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.96
€ 137.96
Paperback. The nature of education changes with society. Today's shifting populations, as well as developments in gender relations, have raised issues of values, human rights and the role of religion in education which scholars from around the world discuss in this book. Editor(s): Sporre, Karin; Mannberg, Jan. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JNLR; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798236
- ISBN
- 9789400798236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book brings together leading authors from the disciplies of Geography and History to discuss the value of standard and specialized geographical information systems applied to historical research, focusing on the 'why' of GIS in history. Editor(s): Travis, Charles. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; KCP; PDA; RGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798298
- ISBN
- 9789400798298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 204.56
€ 204.56
paperback. This book provides the first comprehensive account of Hume's conception of objects in Book I of the Treatise. It discusses hotly debated claims in recent literature, such as why some causal relations are justified, and why Hume is not a "skeptical realist". Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798359
- ISBN
- 9789400798359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.95
€ 193.95
Paperback. Computer games are now a major cultural-and economic-force, and despite being the object of years of academic study, this is the first book to interrogate the varied philosophical issues thrown up by the phenomenon, including the moral evaluation of game play. Editor(s): Sageng, John Richard; Fossheim, Hallvard J.; Mandt Larsen, Tarjei. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 292 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; UYQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798434
- ISBN
- 9789400798434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Paperback. This collection addresses compelling issues in Environmental Virtue Ethics, and more broadly in environmental philosophy. The articles demonstrate the value of EVE to environmental philosophy in helping create sustainable societies and preserve nature. Editor(s): Cafaro, Philip; Sandler, Ronald. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; RN; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798489
- ISBN
- 9789400798489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
paperback. Written by the foremost authorities on structural realism, this volume grapples with questions such as 'what is structure?' and 'what is an object?' The most recent advances in the field are presented, including the intersection of mathematical structuralism and structural realism. Editor(s): Landry, Elaine; Rickles, Dean. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798557
- ISBN
- 9789400798557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Paperback. This comprehensive appraisal of one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the 20th century results from Dorion Cairns's remarkable association with Husserl, informed by a close personal relationship with the thinker that spanned some three years. Editor(s): Embree, Lester. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPCF3; HPK; HPS; HRA; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798564
- ISBN
- 9789400798564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. This analytical review of Leibniz's 'Essais de Theodicee' shows and upholds Leibniz's rational conception of faith, his rational notion of mystery, the reformation of classical ontology and the importance of his thought in the tradition of critical idealism. Series: Studies in German Idealism. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPJ; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798885
- ISBN
- 9789400798885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92
paperback. This book focuses on ethical and philosophical issues that arise in an aging society, and analyzes the implications of these issues for healthcare and social policy. Discusses care and end-of-life issues, anti-aging and life-extension research and more. Editor(s): Schermer, Maartje; Pinxten, Wim. Series: Ethics and Health Policy. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBN; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799059
- ISBN
- 9789400799059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Paperback. This book brings together new research into the archaeology, human paleontology, chronology, and environmental context of modern human origins in North Africa. It integrates the North African record into the modern human origins debate. Editor(s): Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Mcpherron, Shannon P. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 244 pages, 76 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFFN; JHM; PSAJ; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799240
- ISBN
- 9789400799240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Computers, Privacy and Data Protection: an Element of Choice
. Ed(S): Gutwirth, Serge; Poullet, Yves; Leen...
Paperback. This timely volume presents current developments in ICT and privacy/data protection. Readers will find an alternative view of the Data Protection Directive, the contentious debates on data sharing with the USA (SWIFT, PNR), and the judicial and political resistance against data retention. Editor(s): Gutwirth, Serge; Poullet, Yves; Leenes, Ronald E.; Hert, Paul de. Num Pages: 481 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JKV; LAB; LBB; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 481
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799455
- ISBN
- 9789400799455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.21
€ 251.21
The Heart of the Good Institution. Virtue Ethics as a Framework for Re...
. Ed(S): Harris, Howard; Wijesinghe, Gayathri...
Paperback. This book asks, How can institutions develop and maintain a good purpose, and how can managers contribute to this endeavour? Twelve well-known writers in the field of management ethics explore this question, using MacIntyrean inquiry as a basis for discussion. Editor(s): Harris, Howard; Wijesinghe, Gayathri; McKenzie, Stephen. Series: Issues in Business Ethics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KJMV2; KJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799738
- ISBN
- 9789400799738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.58
€ 126.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Choucri, Nazli; Mistree, Dinsha; Haghseta, Farnaz; Mezher, Toufic; Baker, Wallace R.; Ortiz, Carlos I. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries. Num Pages: 501 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHBC; JPA; KCS; RN; UN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 765.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 501
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799851
- ISBN
- 9789400799851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.83
€ 129.83
Paperback. This book discusses Rudolf Carnap, a member of the Vienna Circle and one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Examines the rich variety of Carnap's concerns and his place in important intellectual traditions that shape our thinking today. Editor(s): Creath, Richard. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400799998
- ISBN
- 9789400799998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Series: Franz Rosenzweig Gesammelte Schriften. Num Pages: 884 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 884
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400960671
- ISBN
- 9789400960671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 377.36
€ 377.36
Paperback. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Gesammelte Werke. Num Pages: 958 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 958
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400960701
- ISBN
- 9789400960701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 1,229.77
€ 1,229.77