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Paperback. A fascinating portrait of the Pythagorean tradition, including a substantial account of the Neo-Pythagorean revival, and ending with Johannes Kepler on the threshold of modernism. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205758
- ISBN
- 9780872205758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 198 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPCA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474521
- ISBN
- 9780801474521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. The first English translation of Master Li Ching-yun's teachings on the Eight Brocades, the central practice of qigong. Num Pages: 192 pages, 85 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 283 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Healing Arts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892819454
- ISBN
- 9780892819454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.21
€ 27.99
€ 19.21
Hardback. This first volume is concerned with the quantified representation of uncertainty and imprecision. The 14 chapters cover most of the theories that have been proposed for that task and focus on the meaning of those theories. The text also gives wide coverage to new theories of quantified uncertainty. Editor(s): Gabbay, Dov M.; Smets, Philippe. Series: Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning & Uncertainty Management Systems. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351009
- ISBN
- 9780792351009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 380.54
€ 380.54
Hardback. Provides introductions to the subject from the points of view of mathematics, linguistics, and theoretical computer science. This book has been prepared in parallel with "Quantifiers: Logics, Models and Computation, Volume Two". It is useful for logicians, mathematicians, philosophers, linguists and computer scientists. Editor(s): Krynicki, Michal; Mostowski, Marcin (Department of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Poland). Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334484
- ISBN
- 9780792334484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.85
€ 202.85
Hardback. Contains twelve research papers devoted to generalized quantifiers and their applications. This volume offers a survey of logical methods that are useful in investigations involving generalized quantifiers. It represents model-theoretical and proof-theoretical approaches. Editor(s): Krynicki, Michal; Mostowski, Marcin (Department of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Poland); Szczerba, L.W. (Siedlce University, Poland). Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334491
- ISBN
- 9780792334491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10
Paperback. A leading feminist theorist rethinks deconstruction and its relevance to nature, embodiment, materialism, and science. Num Pages: 184 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350736
- ISBN
- 9780822350736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250127
- ISBN
- 9780823250127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity is recognized as the premier philosophical study of Bell's Theorem and its implication for the relativistic account of space and time. The third edition has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331271
- ISBN
- 9781444331271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
Hardback. Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity is recognized as the premier philosophical study of Bell s Theorem and its implication for the relativistic account of space and time. The third edition has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444331264
- ISBN
- 9781444331264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.67
€ 112.67
Paperback. Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics-not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions, but because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new possibilities. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190469818
- ISBN
- 9780190469818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
Paperback. Reviews the history and development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences. This book offers an account of the developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095516
- ISBN
- 9780691095516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Many, perhaps most textbooks of quantum mechanics present a Copenhagen, single system angle; fewer present the subject matter as an instrument for treating ensembles, but the two methods have been silently coexisting since the mid-Thirties. This work resolves this dichotomy by examining the mutual relation between single systems and ensembles. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335658
- ISBN
- 9780792335658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.42
€ 200.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PGK; PHM; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179607
- ISBN
- 9780231179607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Compares the features which humanism, Marxism and nationalism share with recognized religions, analyzing each in turn, and asks whether there is not always a threat of the demonic when any contingent reality - man, the economic order or the skill - is made absolute. Series: Themes in Comparative Religion S. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRQA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539811
- ISBN
- 9780333539811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.16
€ 54.16
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; ACX; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146906
- ISBN
- 9780231146906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.86
€ 86.86
Paperback. Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use by analyzing what it means for bodies to be "oriented" in space and time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339144
- ISBN
- 9780822339144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive study of the emerging French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux. This volume covers materials that have not been published at the time of the first edition. It also features several fresh articles by Meillassoux. Series: Speculative Realism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748693450
- ISBN
- 9780748693450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.00
€ 33.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. With a fresh vision designed to inspire a universal acknowledgement of human dignity, A Quest for Humanity powerfully affirms the value of each human being. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612242
- ISBN
- 9781442612242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.05
€ 34.99
€ 32.05
With a fresh vision designed to inspire a universal acknowledgement of human dignity, A Quest for Humanity powerfully affirms the value of each human being. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643727
- ISBN
- 9781442643727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801650
- ISBN
- 9780875801650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Hardcover. An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851449
- ISBN
- 9780470851449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.38
€ 23.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists continually look for the genetic factors that make humans so very different in appearance and behaviour from most animals -- the genes that are uniquely human. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851456
- ISBN
- 9780470851456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.74
€ 11.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501314773
- ISBN
- 9781501314773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.32
€ 16.99
€ 15.32