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Science & Technology
Hardback. He examines how the machine emerged as a technology of truth, transporting readers back to the obscure origins of criminology itself, ultimately concluding that the lie detector owes as much to popular culture as it does to factual science. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JKVF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405308
- ISBN
- 9781421405308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.10
€ 44.99
€ 37.10
Hardback. There are some senses, Gimbel claims, in which Jews can find a special connection to E = mc2, and this claim leads to the engaging, spirited debate at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405544
- ISBN
- 9781421405544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.47
€ 37.47
Hardback. Her study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 34 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: KCM; PSAF; RNK; WNCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405797
- ISBN
- 9781421405797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Hardback. Explains the mathematical underpinnings of baseball so that students can understand the world of statistics and probability. This book teaches fundamentals of probability and statistics through the feats of baseball legends such as Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, and Ted Williams and more recent players Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, and Alex Rodriguez. Num Pages: 592 pages, 190, 190 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 261 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406022
- ISBN
- 9781421406022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.60€ 81.84
€ 90.60
€ 81.84
Hardback. While the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406060
- ISBN
- 9781421406060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.04
€ 70.04
Hardback. Lavishly illustrated with more than four hundred photographs, most in color, Leading the Way provides all those interested in the story of Johns Hopkins Medicine-even just the advances in medicine itself over the past twenty years-a lively and riveting account of how Hopkins remains in the forefront of medical education, research, and patient care. Num Pages: 416 pages, 430, 155 black & white halftones, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; MBX; PDX; WQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 234 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406572
- ISBN
- 9781421406572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Hardback. Our responsibility is to learn how to balance innovation with caution. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406695
- ISBN
- 9781421406695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Rather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TJFM1; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407630
- ISBN
- 9781421407630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.87
€ 33.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Engagingly written and deftly argued, God-or Gorilla offers original insights into the role of images in communicating-and miscommunicating-scientific ideas to the lay public. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 308 pages, 32, 28 black & white line drawings, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AGH; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407760
- ISBN
- 9781421407760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Hardback. Oliver's study is rigorous and detailed but contemplative in its approach, examining the larger meanings of mankind's first adventures in "the heavens." Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407883
- ISBN
- 9781421407883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.74
€ 49.99
€ 41.74
Hardback. O. Wilson Editor(s): Krausman, Paul R.; Leopold, Bruce D. Num Pages: 696 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 213 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408187
- ISBN
- 9781421408187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.73€ 60.24
€ 65.73
€ 60.24
Hardback. Anyone who owns a gecko, has seen them in the wild, or has wondered about them will appreciate this gem of a book. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 129, 94 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW5; WNCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408521
- ISBN
- 9781421408521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.88€ 50.13
€ 53.88
€ 50.13
Paperback. As Horwitz explores the history and multiple identities of anxiety-melancholia, nerves, neuroses, phobias, and so on-it becomes clear that every age has had its own anxieties and that culture plays a role in shaping how anxiety is expressed. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410807
- ISBN
- 9781421410807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Recovering the controversies and commentary surrounding the early creation of scientific photography and drawing on a wide range of new sources and critical theories, Tucker establishes a greater understanding of the rich visual culture of Victorian science and alternative forms of knowledge, including psychical research. Num Pages: 308 pages, 68, 68 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; AJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410937
- ISBN
- 9781421410937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.02
€ 44.99
€ 37.02
Hardback. Deeply researched, this book will interest historians of nineteenth-century American arts and science, politics, and technological development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ; PDX; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411040
- ISBN
- 9781421411040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.25€ 52.02
€ 56.25
€ 52.02
Paperback. There are some senses, Gimbel claims, in which Jews can find a special connection to E = mc2, and this claim leads to the engaging, spirited debate at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFSR1; PDX; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411828
- ISBN
- 9781421411828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Hardback. Destined to become a key reference for specialists and students and a treasured book for anyone who wishes to understand "the invertebrate backbone of marine ecosystems,Atlas of Crustacean Larvae belongs on the shelf of every serious marine biologist. Editor(s): Martin, Joel W.; Olesen, Jorgen; Hoeg, Jens T. Num Pages: 384 pages, 134, 134 colour plates. BIC Classification: PSVT5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 227 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411972
- ISBN
- 9781421411972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.64
€ 151.64
Paperback. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412160
- ISBN
- 9781421412160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.75
€ 33.99
€ 28.75
Paperback. This timely and comprehensive volume guides institutional leaders past the myths and misconceptions to the sustainable university. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7, 5 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; PSAF; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412511
- ISBN
- 9781421412511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
Hardback. Drawing on sources that include interviews, government documents, patents, sociological and psychological studies, magazines, monographs, scholarly periodicals, film, fiction, and digital gaming, Heitmann and Morales tell a story that highlights both human creativity and some of the paradoxes of American life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; PDX; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412979
- ISBN
- 9781421412979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.42
€ 35.99
€ 30.42