Science & Technology
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Science & Technology
Hardback. Sophisticated and engagingly written, this volume combines history, engineering, ethics, and philosophy to provoke a deep discussion about the symbolic meaning of buildings and other structures and the nature of engineering. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9, 8 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897191
- ISBN
- 9780801897191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.54
€ 69.54
Hardback. For study or hobby, Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun is an entertaining guide to the world of ballistics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 90, 36 black & white halftones, 54 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBW; PDX; PHV; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898563
- ISBN
- 9780801898563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.92
€ 79.92
Hardback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; MFC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899034
- ISBN
- 9780801899034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
hardcover. Num Pages: 568 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1235.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804700030
- ISBN
- 9780804700030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.52
€ 154.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 644 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1944
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804700047
- ISBN
- 9780804700047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.09
€ 155.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 740 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 190 x 56. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 740
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804700061
- ISBN
- 9780804700061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.59
€ 156.59
Hardback. This is a readable summary of what is known about the several threats to human health to be found in indoor air, whether in private homes, office buildings, or public places (but not in industrial plants). Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804712552
- ISBN
- 9780804712552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.76
€ 99.76
Hardback. Lucid line drawings and photos, 16 in fine color. Based on some 15 years of study and collection in both polar regions and most areas of the tropics and temperate zones. Detailed treatment is given on all known pelagic snails (aoubt 140 species) including: external anatomy, swimming and buoyancy mec Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVT3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714907
- ISBN
- 9780804714907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83
€ 105.83
Hardback. Accessible to scientist and general reader alike, this definitive history and synthesis serves as a complete source of information for all of the methods, ancient and modern, used to derive the age of the earth. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PH; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 869.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715690
- ISBN
- 9780804715690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.05
€ 207.05
Hardback. For over twenty years, an alarming trend has emerged in the world's fisheries: there are too many fishers chasing too few fish. This book provides a broad overview and fundamental reassessment of fisheries management policies around the world. Num Pages: 248 pages, 36ill. BIC Classification: TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717908
- ISBN
- 9780804717908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.71
€ 171.71
hardcover. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 697.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722858
- ISBN
- 9780804722858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.03
€ 173.03
Hardback. An internationally known scientist explains in a new and convincing theory why most life on earth, including the dinosaurs, perished 65 million years ago. The book is written in an accessible manner with personal anecdotes and wit and without scientific jargon. Num Pages: 264 pages, 61 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723923
- ISBN
- 9780804723923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.31
€ 78.31
Hardback. The Technical Imagination explores how technology entered the popular imagination in the Argentina of the 1920s and 1930s and how its products helped to shape modern thinking at all levels of Argentine society. Translator(s): Callahan, Xavier. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735421
- ISBN
- 9780804735421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.75
€ 82.75
Hardback. This book studies the transition from local to national timekeeping, inthe USA, aprocess that led to Standard Time the world-wide system of timekeeping by which everyone lives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738743
- ISBN
- 9780804738743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21€ 61.40
€ 71.21
€ 61.40
Hardback. Astronomy was a popular part of Victorian science, and British atronomers travelled to remote areas to watch the sun eclipsed by the moon. This book shows how the organization of science, advances in photography, and new printing technology remade the character of scientific observation. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739252
- ISBN
- 9780804739252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.43
€ 138.43
Hardback. This book traces the historical trajectory of one of the most momentous confrontations in the intellectual life of the Soviet Union the conflict between Einstein s theory of relativity and official Soviet ideology embodied in dialectical materialism. Series: Stanford Nuclear Age Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742092
- ISBN
- 9780804742092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.04
€ 95.04
Hardback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744911
- ISBN
- 9780804744911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.63
€ 172.63
Hardback. The legacy of Owens Valley raises concerns about reallocation. Although it occurred more than 70 years ago, the water transfer from Owens Valley to Los Angeles still plays an important role in public perceptions of water markets. This work considers alternative approaches to the Owens Valley transfer that might have yielded better results. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 tables, 16 figures, 4 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; RNF; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753791
- ISBN
- 9780804753791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.08
€ 149.08
Hardback. The Secret of Success explores the unique strategies and processes that a Fortune 500 R&D laboratory employs to create a perpetually learning organization. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755702
- ISBN
- 9780804755702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.58
€ 82.58
Hardback. Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges prevailing notions that science and technology are socially shaped or constructed. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realist and pragmatist account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755887
- ISBN
- 9780804755887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.03
€ 78.03
Hardback. This book explores the intersection of entertainment and technology, how companies have had difficulty at this intersection in the past and how they can get it right in the future. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTC; KNTX; PDG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756600
- ISBN
- 9780804756600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.54
€ 34.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. 'Helpful in selecting projects suitable to a given age level and manageable with a home's workshop and kitchen resources.'-WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN Num Pages: 729 pages, plans, transparencies, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; GBCS; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 47. Weight in Grams: 985.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 729
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810816053
- ISBN
- 9780810816053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.83
€ 172.83
Hardback. "..useful to researchers in the history of science and in early American history." -ARBA Num Pages: 148 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GBCR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823181
- ISBN
- 9780810823181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.01
€ 100.01
Hardback. "..a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and technical periodicals published in Europe between 1665 and 1800..a personal name index and subject and institutional indexes make the volume an essential reference tool for scholars of the early modern period."-ISIS Num Pages: 352 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824928
- ISBN
- 9780810824928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.48
€ 141.48