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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

hardcover. Imre Lakatos (1922-1974) was one of the protagonists in shaping the "new philosophy of science". From a communist activist committed to Gyorgyi Lukacs' thinking, Lakatos developed into a staunch anti-Marxist. This volume includes a part of his Debrecen PhD thesis and it is concluded by a bibliography of his Hungarian writings. Editor(s): Kampis, Gyorgy; Kvasz, Ladislav; Stoltzner, Michael. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
Edition
2002nd Edition
SKU
V9781402002267
ISBN
9781402002267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.85

Hardback. Burtt's book, "The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science", is something of a puzzle within the context of 20th-century intellectual history. Burtt's pioneering study of the scientific revolution has proved to prophetic in its rejection of both scientism and positivism. This book examines Burtt's public, academic and personal life. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004285
ISBN
9781402004285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.80

Hardback. Attempts a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how terrain has affected the outcome of warfare in history. This book examines the American Civil War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boer War, the Great War of 1914-1918, the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Editor(s): Doyle, Peter; Bennett, Matthew R. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004339
ISBN
9781402004339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.29

Hardback. Rudolf Magnus's work on the physiology of posture was initiated in 1908. This biography describes Magnus' family background and his student years. His lectures on Goethe as a scientist are also included. This is followed by Magnus' life as Professor of Pharmacology in Utrecht, and his studies on animal postures and experimental pharmacology. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 174 x 27. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004612
ISBN
9781402004612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.33

Hardback. Intends to answer the following questions: What made it possible to create the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1870s? What was the Laboratory's principal role within Cambridge University and how did this role change over time? Who performed research at the Cavendish, when did they work there, and what topics did they investigate? And more. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402004759
ISBN
9781402004759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.94

Hardback. Intended for both scholars and students interested in analytic philosophy of religion, this work is an examination of the major issues that have occupied twentieth-century Anglo-American, analytic philosophy of religion and the positions that have been developed by the major figures in the field. Series: Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 433 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
433
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402005305
ISBN
9781402005305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.08

Hardback. Developed in the context of a radical arithmetization of mathematics and logic, this book covers the many-faceted heritage of Kronecker's work, which includes Hilbert and also Frege, Cantor, Husserl and Brouwer. It is useful for those interested in the foundations of mathematics and the philosophical implications of constructivist mathematics. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJF; 3JJG; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402006890
ISBN
9781402006890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.86

Hardback. Completes a trilogy meant to be a commentary on the botanophilia that captured the literate public in 18th-century France. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; JFCX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402011092
ISBN
9781402011092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.10

Hardback. Deals with Newton's understanding of the original divine design hidden in the mathematical laws of nature and delivered to humanity by messengers, such as Noah, Moses and Christ. This book interprets Newton's mathematical method of fluxions as a divine method through which human beings can purify and guard themselves against material bondage. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402011511
ISBN
9781402011511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Hardback. Uses a strategy that combines record linkage and demographic/statistical analysis to produce an internally consistent and robust set of estimates of the African-American population during the period 1930-1990. This work is suitable for demographers, sociologists and students of ethnic studies. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015502
ISBN
9781402015502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.99

Hardback. Brings forth the nature and characteristics of 21st century Asian urbanization. This title provides a basic framework, particularly as it relates to the patterns, characteristics and problems associated with urbanization. It discusses urban structural models in relation to their applicability and non-applicability. Editor(s): Dutt, Ashok K.; Noble, A. G. (Dept. of Geography and Planning, The University of Akron, OH, USA); Venugopal, G.; Subbiah, S. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JM; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015762
ISBN
9781402015762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.21

Hardback. Explores the key aspects of the transmission of learning and the transformation of thought from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. Focusing on the topics in early modern metaphysics, philosophical theology, and modal theory, this work views developments in the early modern period against the backdrop of late-medieval scholasticism. Editor(s): Friedman, Russell L. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); Nielsen, Lauge O. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 349 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; HPJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402016318
ISBN
9781402016318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.98

hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the fortune of Galileo's theory of motion in Europe and of the various physical, mathematical, and ontological arguments that were used in favour and against it. Editor(s): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9781402024542
ISBN
9781402024542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Hardback. Gathers together an array of posthumous texts on representational consciousness. Translator(s): Brough, J.B. Series: Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Collected Works. Num Pages: 725 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HPCF3; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402026416
ISBN
9781402026416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 675.25

Hardback. The founding of the Dudley Observatory at Albany in 1852 was a milestone in humanity's quest to understand the heavens. This book explores the story of the Dudley Observatory as a 150 year long episode in civic astronomy. It ranges from a civic controversy to a venture into space, from the banks of the Hudson River to the highlands of Argentina. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; 3JJP; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402026775
ISBN
9781402026775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.02

Hardback. Walter Charleton has been depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the 'scientific revolution'. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this work considers his thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which he sought to understand the invisible processes of the body. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402033773
ISBN
9781402033773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.90

Hardback. Sheds light on the origin of Calvinism and the Reformed faith through a history of its progress in the Pays de Vaud. Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JB; HRCC93. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402041938
ISBN
9781402041938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.83

Hardback. Offers an account of tropical agricultural science and agricultural development in the twentieth century, in particular in Africa. This book takes a critical look at agricultural and general development which has become inflated with hot air to the point of blowing itself apart in the early twenty-first century. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1067.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402061653
ISBN
9781402061653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.10

Hardback. Focuses on one aspect of the corporate finance revolution that restructured Corporate America and led to the longest expansion in US history - changes in rates of merger efficiency. Series: The Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KJC; KJVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402070150
ISBN
9781402070150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.05

Hardback. In a context of limited resources, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a key role to play in creating jobs and building a dynamic entrepreneurial economy. This title presents important findings from empirical research on key factors, which hinder sustainable SME growth in South-East Europe. Editor(s): Bartlett, Will; Bateman, Milford; Vehovec, Maja. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCM; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402070402
ISBN
9781402070402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.52

Hardback. East Asia is of interest because this region has experienced, on average, the highest economic growth rates in the world during this period. This book presents a collection of papers which examine the evolution of small and medium enterprises (hereafter SMEs) in East Asia. Editor(s): Urata, Shujiro; Iqbal, Muhammad. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; KCA; KCM; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Reprinted from SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS, 18:1-3,
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402070471
ISBN
9781402070471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.93

Hardback. The driving importance of foreign aid shows no sign of abating. This volume provides a treatment of various elements of aid that have yet to be explored in the current literature. It serves as both a reference work as well as a research monograph and is of use for students, as well as for researchers and policy makers. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402071454
ISBN
9781402071454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.56

Hardback. The 1755 earthquake and tsunami were influential in Portugal and in all European and North African countries where the devastating effects were felt. The possibility of a similar occurrence urges society and the scientific community to reflect on its lessons. Editor(s): Mendes-Victor, Luiz; Oliveira, Carlos Sousa; Azevedo, Joao; Ribeiro, A. Series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering. Num Pages: 613 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JF; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
613
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402086083
ISBN
9781402086083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPR; KCS; KJC; KJK; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403900098
ISBN
9781403900098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

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