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hardcover. William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory experiments of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX2; PDN; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033112
- ISBN
- 9780226577111
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. How do new animal and plant species come about? How quickly does it happen? And, what are species anyway? This title talks about the subject of life and its significance for understanding biodiversity. It is useful for a lay reader and to students alike. Num Pages: 254 pages, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; TQ; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press M.D.
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033156
- ISBN
- 9780198503927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. A 2002 study of the development of systematic inquiry in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and China. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 198 pages, 31 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HP; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033192
- ISBN
- 9780521815420
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This field guide offers orchid enthusiasts everything they need to know about what, where, and when to find wild orchids in the southeastern United States. It presents all the information necessary to correctly identify 76 species of orchids, 4 varieties, 61 forms, and 13 hybrids. Illustrator(s): Folsom, Stan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 285 colour photos, 97 b/w illustrations, 90 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813027494
- ISBN
- 9780813027494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.18
€ 30.18
hardcover. Editor(s): Albion, Michele Wehrwein. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813035598
- ISBN
- 9780813035598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.14
€ 25.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, Robert. Series: The NASA Mission Reports. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: FL; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896522579
- ISBN
- 9781896522579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.09
€ 26.99
€ 19.09
paperback. This book is intended for use by backyard gardeners and will be especially handy for newcomers to warm temperate and subtropical areas who seek a reliable resource for plant selection and care. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; PST; WMP; WMQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813016283
- ISBN
- 9780813016283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.79
€ 29.79
paperback. Discusses the Poincare-Hopf theorem on critical points of vector fields on surfaces and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem on the relation between curvature and topology (the Euler characteristic). This book addresses various aspects of the concept of dimension, including the Peano curve and the Poincare approach. Series: Mathematical World. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821832820
- ISBN
- 9780821832820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.76
€ 79.76
paperback. Discusses the theory of trigonometric and elliptic functions. This book includes subjects such as power series expansions, addition and multiple-angle formulas, and arithmetic-geometric means. It describes various aspects of the Poncelet Closure Theorem. Series: Mathematical World. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821832837
- ISBN
- 9780821832837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.76
€ 79.76
Hardcover. A biography of Lord Kelvin, that includes Kelvin's personal recollections and data. It lets the documents and letters speak as far as possible for themselves. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821837443
- ISBN
- 9780821837443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.86
€ 84.86
Hardcover. Wallis was one of the most original mathematicians of the seventeenth century and he left his mark on mathematics in many ways. He introduced arithmetical limits into mathematics (his famous infinite-product expression for $\pi$ is an example). This book presents his work. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780828403146
- ISBN
- 9780828403146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.86
€ 84.86
paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033264
- ISBN
- 9780486458731
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate "science" from other forms of enquiry. The author shows her concern with the plight of education and institutionalized knowledge, and the fate of learning in the future. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033293
- ISBN
- 9780415028301
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This text sytematically attacks the 20th-century ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science itself. It proposes in its place a metaphysics much more in keeping with what science reveals to the observer about the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033295
- ISBN
- 9780674212619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Arguing that not even the purest mathematics can be separated from its cultural background, the author shows how popular stories about mathematicians are really morality tales about their craft as it relates to the world. He introduces us to national heroes and outcasts, and martyrs - all uncommonly gifted creators of modern mathematics. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033311
- ISBN
- 9780674061743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. In The Handicap Principle, Amotz and Avishag Zahavi offer a unifying theory that brilliantly explains many previously baffling aspects of animal signalling and holds up a mirror in which ordinary human behaviours take on surprising new significance. Num Pages: 304 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: CFA; GTE; PD; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033320
- ISBN
- 9780195129144
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. A contemporary analyses of the problem of technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, viii, 302 p. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033325
- ISBN
- 9780226066295
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Editor(s): Forge, J. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 699. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033398
- ISBN
- 9789027725424
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Polydore Vergil's main point in "On Discovery" was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is an English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Translator(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 836. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033416
- ISBN
- 9780674007895
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 728. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033421
- ISBN
- 9780226610634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Argues that Galileo deserves attention for his contributions to the methodology of the new science and that his method retains its value today. The author reconstructs features of Galileo's epistemology and attempts to bring fresh insight to our concept of his methodology. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033430
- ISBN
- 9780792315100
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. This text studies the invention of the Friars' natural philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scolar Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033438
- ISBN
- 9781859282878
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033505
- ISBN
- 9780471529422
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. In a sophisticated (but clear and understandable) exposition, Rosen (physiology and biophysics, Dalhousie U.) rejects both the necessity and the sufficiency of the mechanistic model/metaphor for biological life, and proposes an alternative, drawn equally from experience in biology, physics, and mat Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 285 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033607
- ISBN
- 9780231075640
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91