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Paperback. Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging. This title features a collection of the correspondence that constituted the public debate, including the English translation of Scheiner's two tracts and Galileo's three letters. Translator(s): Reeves, Eileen; Van Helden, Albert. Num Pages: 368 pages, 108 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
abridged edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226707167
ISBN
9780226707167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.94

Paperback. This volume presents a comprehensive description and analysis of the animal community of the tropical rain forest at El Verde, Puerto Rico. The contributors weave the strands of information about the energy flow within the forest into a tool for understanding community dynamics known as a food web. Num Pages: 628 pages, 50 halftones, 77 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KJP; PSTS; PSV; RGBL; RNC; RNK; RNPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706009
ISBN
9780226706009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 58.86

Paperback. Describes what the study of stars reveals about fundamental particle interactions, presenting the many uses of stellar astrophysics for research in basic particle physics. The text focuses primarily on the properties and nongravitational interactions of elementary particles. Series: Theoretical Astrophysics. Num Pages: 686 pages, 188 line drawings, 34 tables, graphs, figures. BIC Classification: PHP; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
686
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702728
ISBN
9780226702728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.38
€ 74.31

Paperback. In "Embryos, Genes, and Evolution", Raff and his co-author proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In this book, Raff analyzes the rise of this experimental discipline and lays out research questions, hypotheses and approaches to guide its development. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 halftones, 59 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702667
ISBN
9780226702667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 51 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVD; PSVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702360
ISBN
9780226702360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

paperback. "Can a country claim to have its own genetic material?" Rabinow demonstrates that the answer to this question is far from simple. The work is cross-disciplinary, marrying news events, science and philosophical analysis to see how past events influenced current thinking. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701516
ISBN
9780226701516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. A behind-the-scenes account of the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which transformed the practice and potential of molecular biology. This book explores the culture of biotechnology as it emerged at Cetus Corporation in the 1980s, looking at its scientific, social and economic elements. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; PDX; PSD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226701479
ISBN
9780226701479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.72

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 560 pages, xvi, 546 p., 20 halftones, 27 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226684734
ISBN
9780226684734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

Hardcover. Suitable for those interested in popular science, this title focuses on the popular reception of relativity in Britain and demonstrates how abstract science came to be entangled with class politics, media technology, changing sex relations, crime, cricket, and cinematography in the British imagination during the 1920s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; PDX; PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680736
ISBN
9780226680736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.89

Paperback. Immerses readers in the world of those who regularly go to sea - aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists seeking unseen life in the deep ocean, and tall-ship captains at the helm, among others - and tells the fascinating tale of what life, and science, is like at the mercy of Mother Nature. Num Pages: 178 pages, 4 colour plates, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSPM; RBKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226678740
ISBN
9780226678740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.09

Hardcover. Focuses on Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch medical and chemical professor whose work reached a wide, educated audience and became the template for chemical knowledge in the eighteenth century. This title reveals how Boerhaave restructured and reinterpreted various practices from diverse chemical traditions - including craft chemistry. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677606
ISBN
9780226677606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.43

Hardcover. Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 colour plates, 14 halftones, 5 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226675343
ISBN
9780226675343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 78.06

Paperback. Hailed by the Greeks as "the mystery of mysteries", the perplexing question of where babies come from, has puzzled men and women throughout history. This book examines the theory of preformation, which proposed that miniature creatures existed inside potential parents, waiting to be born. Num Pages: 414 pages, 34 halftones, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PSC; PSVH; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226669540
ISBN
9780226669540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668376
ISBN
9780226668376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Although it was first published 20 years ago, Stuart Pimm's "Food Webs" remains a clear introduction to the study of food webs, diagrams depicting which species interact - in other words, who eats whom. Num Pages: 240 pages, 65 line drawings, 24 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668321
ISBN
9780226668321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.86

paperback. The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Anarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today". . . . offers a chance to travel through 20,000 years of environmental change from varied perspectives".--Robert T. Lackey, Bioscience. Photographs. Num Pages: 376 pages, 259 line drawings, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KB; PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668123
ISBN
9780226668123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.62

Hardcover. In the early eighteenth century, the modern German word that would later mean "science," naturwissenschaft, was not even included in dictionaries. By 1850, however, the term was in use everywhere. This title follows the emergence of this important new category within German-speaking Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226667379
ISBN
9780226667379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 49.52

paperback. Translator(s): Pallister, Janis L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 91 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780226645636
ISBN
9780226645636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. Just as Darwin's ideas continue to propel the modern study of adaptation, so too Richard Owen's contributions fuel the interest in homology, organic form, and evolutionary developmental biology. This title offers his theory of the archetype and his views on species origins. Editor(s): Amundson, Ron. Num Pages: 120 pages, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226641935
ISBN
9780226641935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226610887
ISBN
9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 44.94

Paperback. Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. This book provides an investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in research, including studies of animal behavior, biodiversity, linguistic evolution, allometry, and cross-cultural variation. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 111 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226608990
ISBN
9780226608990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.24

Paperback. Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. By investigating the past, this book features contributors who hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Editor(s): Alexander, Denis R.; Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 448 pages, 30 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226608419
ISBN
9780226608419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.29

Paperback. Allometry, the study of the growth rate of an organism's parts in relation to the whole, has produced various results in research on animals. This text applies allometry to studies of the evolution, morphology, physiology and reproduction of plants. Num Pages: 412 pages, 3 halftones, 130 line drawings, 18 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSF; PSTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226580814
ISBN
9780226580814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 45.29

Paperback. Both the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the scientific revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this work on George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Num Pages: 340 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226577142
ISBN
9780226577142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

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