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Paperback. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 284 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424. 284 pages, 20 halftones. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302034
- ISBN
- 9780226302034
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€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Explores questions of theoretical and practical import for understanding the politics that surround nature-society relations, from wildlife management in the Yukon to soil fertility in Kenya. This title asks what is at stake in the struggles surrounding environmental knowledge, and how such struggles shape conceptions of the environment. Editor(s): Goldman, Mara J.; Nadasdy, Paul; Turner, Matthew D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 halftones, 8 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JP; PD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301419
- ISBN
- 9780226301419
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Hardcover. Explores questions of theoretical and practical import for understanding the politics that surround nature-society relations, from wildlife management in the Yukon to soil fertility in Kenya. This title asks what is at stake in the struggles surrounding environmental knowledge, and how such struggles shape conceptions of the environment. Editor(s): Goldman, Mara J.; Nadasdy, Paul; Turner, Matthew D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 halftones, 8 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JP; PD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301402
- ISBN
- 9780226301402
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Condition: New
€ 126.97€ 104.85
€ 126.97
€ 104.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226299778
- ISBN
- 9780226299778
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Condition: New
€ 58.78€ 50.25
€ 58.78
€ 50.25
Paperback. "Commutative Semigroup Rings" was the first exposition of the basic properties of semigroup rings. Gilmer concentrates on the interplay between semigroups and rings, thereby illuminating both of these important concepts in modern algebra." Series: Chicago Lectures in Mathematics. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293929
- ISBN
- 9780226293929
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.12
€ 52.99
€ 41.12
Paperback. A consideration of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56figs. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226292069
- ISBN
- 9780226292069
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Computation is the process of applying a procedure or algorithm to the solution of a mathematical problem. This book covers three broad topics: the computation process and its limitations, the search for computational efficiency, and the role of quantum mechanics in computation. Series: Chicago Lectures in Physics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PBW; PHU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226288550
- ISBN
- 9780226288550
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.52
€ 36.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. "Nature" has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869. This work brings together 19 review articles written for "Nature" over the past decade. Topics include major extinction events, homeotic genes and body plans and the origin and evolution of the primates. Editor(s): Gee, Henry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 92 illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284972
- ISBN
- 9780226284972
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? From the Sun and black holes, the authors lead us further into the unknown, to the dark matter and energy that pervade our universe, where science teeters on the edge of theory and discovery. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283487
- ISBN
- 9780226283487
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.22
€ 20.99
€ 18.22
Hardcover. The terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the richest mammalian fauna. Containing identification keys and brief descriptions of each order, family, and genus, this title covers marsupials, shrews, armadillos, sloths, anteaters, and bats. Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L. Num Pages: 912 pages, 283 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1830.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282404
- ISBN
- 9780226282404
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Condition: New
€ 111.69€ 92.61
€ 111.69
€ 92.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Gans, Carl; Crews, David. Series: Biology of the Reptilia S. Num Pages: 578 pages, xiv, 564 p., 30 halftones, 65 line drawings, 27 tables. BIC Classification: PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 778.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 578
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226281247
- ISBN
- 9780226281247
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Condition: New
€ 76.42€ 64.37
€ 76.42
€ 64.37
Paperback. The third of a planned group of volumes dealing with reptilian nervous systems. Sensorimotor Integration focuses chiefly on visual and sensorimotor aspects of reptilian neurobiology. Editor(s): Gans, Carl; etc.; Ulinski, Philip S. Series: Biology of the Reptilia S. Num Pages: 790 pages, 115 halftones, 177 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: PSVD; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1046.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 790
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226281193
- ISBN
- 9780226281193
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Condition: New
€ 94.05€ 79.17
€ 94.05
€ 79.17
Paperback. Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was largely stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science and faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226276489
- ISBN
- 9780226276489
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river. This book reminds the major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, and more. Num Pages: 472 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273754
- ISBN
- 9780226273754
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226270708
- ISBN
- 9780226270708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84€ 55.88
€ 65.84
€ 55.88
Paperback. This volume draws together research from ecology, evolution, agronomy, and plant pathology to produce an ecological genetics perspective on plant resistance in both natural and agricultural systems. Editor(s): Fritz, Robert S.; Simms, Ellen L. Num Pages: 600 pages, 54 figures, 50 tables. BIC Classification: PSTP; PSTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265544
- ISBN
- 9780226265544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 55.42
€ 64.66
€ 55.42
Hardcover. The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats. Because of their mobility, bats are often the only native mammals on isolated oceanic islands, where more than half of all bat species live. This book focuses on the evolution, ecology, and conservation of bats living in the world's island ecosystems. Editor(s): Fleming, Theodore H.; Racey, Paul A. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17 colour plates, 47 halftones, 49 line drawings, 46 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 907.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253305
- ISBN
- 9780226253305
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Condition: New
€ 82.29€ 69.07
€ 82.29
€ 69.07
Paperback. Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 line drawings, 3 halftones, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252032
- ISBN
- 9780226252032
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.99
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€ 21.99
Paperback. In this new edition of the text, Arthur Fine looks at Einstein's philosophy of science and develops his own views on realism. A new afterword discusses the reaction to Fine's own theory. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249490
- ISBN
- 9780226249490
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Founded around 1700 by a group of German Lutherans known as Pietists, the Halle Orphanage became the institutional headquarters of a universal seminar that still stands largely intact today. The author reveals, those teaching and training in Halle Orphanage contributed to the transformation of scientific observation and its related activities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243771
- ISBN
- 9780226243771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.11
€ 46.99
€ 36.11
Paperback. This volume presents, with some amplification, the notes on the lectures on nuclear physics given by Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago in 1949. Num Pages: 258 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243658
- ISBN
- 9780226243658
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. This critical review of behavior patterns in nonhuman primates is a study of the importance of female roles in different social groups and their significance in the evolution of human social life. Illustrator(s): Coelho, Linda Straw. Num Pages: 424 pages, 36 halftones, 22 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239484
- ISBN
- 9780226239484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.99
€ 48.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. A modern, synthetic treatment of comparative amphibian environmental physiology emerges as the definitive reference for the field. Forty internationally respected experts review the primary data, examine current research trends, and identify productive avenues for future research. Editor(s): Feder, Martin E.; Burggren, Warren W. Num Pages: 472 pages, 307 line drawings, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: PSVD; PSVW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 226 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1527.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239446
- ISBN
- 9780226239446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 87.91
€ 105.81
€ 87.91
Hardcover. Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. This book recovers a forgotten history of the connections between radioactivity and the life sciences that existed long before the dawn of molecular biology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: PNK; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226238272
- ISBN
- 9780226238272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.05€ 78.49
€ 94.05
€ 78.49