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Science & Technology
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
€ 95.07€ 78.75
€ 95.07
€ 78.75
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€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
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
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
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€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37
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€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
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
€ 59.42€ 50.37
€ 59.42
€ 50.37
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€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
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€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
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
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
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€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
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€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
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
€ 53.48€ 45.92
€ 53.48
€ 45.92
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€ 40.92
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Paperback. Using the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin, as their guide, William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 325 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Paperback Ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226577029
- ISBN
- 9780226577029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.41
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€ 33.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, xviii, 220 p. BIC Classification: KNXC; TNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571287
- ISBN
- 9780226571287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Life on earth is characterized by three phenomena: adaptation; diversity; and complexity. Natural selection explains adaptation. But what explains diversity and complexity? This book argues that there exists in evolution a spontaneous tendency toward increased diversity and complexity, one that acts whether natural selection is present or not. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 halftones, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226562254
- ISBN
- 9780226562254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
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€ 78.49
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive account of the energetics of birds and mammals. This title also provides an overview of thermal rates and explains how the basal rate of metabolism drives energy use, especially in extreme environments. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones, 97 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW6; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561233
- ISBN
- 9780226561233
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92
Hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226545707
- ISBN
- 9780226545707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 79.37
€ 95.07
€ 79.37
Paperback. Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over 27 years. Her research has revealed much of what we now know about these animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by Matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. Num Pages: 384 pages, 73 halftones, 11 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642. Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family. 384 pages, 73 halftones, 11 line drawings, 2 maps. Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over 27 years. Her research has revealed much of what we now know about these animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by Matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542379
- ISBN
- 9780226542379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.01
€ 27.99
€ 23.01
Paperback. In this work, Scott Montgomery explores the roles that translation has played in the development of Western science from antiquity to the end of the 20th century. It presents case histories of science in translation from a variety of disciplines and cultural contexts, both Western and non-Western. Num Pages: 326 pages, 5 line drawings, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534817
- ISBN
- 9780226534817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.40
€ 43.99
€ 33.40