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Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269375
- ISBN
- 9780226269375
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.41
€ 23.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. Presents a historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology. The author shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. It offers insight on data-driven approaches in recent science. Num Pages: 440 pages, 42 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226272948
- ISBN
- 9780226272948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. Engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, what no one could understand, however, was why radio waves followed the curvature of the Earth. The author documents this discovery and the advances in radio ionospheric propagation research that occurred in its aftermath. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 halttones, 54 line drawings. BIC Classification: PHVJ; TJKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226274393
- ISBN
- 9780226274393
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 404 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226282190
- ISBN
- 9780226282190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.28
€ 52.99
€ 41.28
Paperback. This work addresses the question of frog, toad and insect calls and the idea of encoded messages. Under discussion are subjects such as how does acoustic communication affect and reflect behavioural and evolutionary factors such as sexual selection and predator avoidance? Num Pages: 544 pages, 5 halftones, 200 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVT; PSVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226288338
- ISBN
- 9780226288338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 55.72
€ 65.43
€ 55.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293677
- ISBN
- 9780226293677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.26€ 89.90
€ 108.26
€ 89.90
Paperback. Series: Interspecific Interactions. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226302270
- ISBN
- 9780226302270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Hardback. The paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse, the author traces the evolution of ecosystems, beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards. Num Pages: 392 pages, 69 halftones, 34 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; PSTS; RBX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306797
- ISBN
- 9780226306797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.38€ 115.92
€ 140.38
€ 115.92
Paperback. A collection of writings - excerpts from scientific articles, letters, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, and magazines - that illustrates the origin of the scientific article in 1665 and its evolution over the next three and a half centuries. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 halftones, 27 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226316567
- ISBN
- 9780226316567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover. When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work. Editor(s): Harrison, Peter; Numbers, Ronald L.; Shank, Michael H. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226317816
- ISBN
- 9780226317816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.34€ 100.64
€ 121.34
€ 100.64
Paperback. Based on interviews with physicists of all ages this text examines how their hopes, dreams and ambitions have evolved. The study reveals how greatness eludes nearly all people in their heroic quests for extraordinary achievment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327679
- ISBN
- 9780226327679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardback. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226351360
- ISBN
- 9780226351360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Hardcover. Argues that environmentalism will never achieve its goals unless it sheds its fundamentalist logic. This work explores some of the myriad perspectives, from the scientific understandings proffered by anthropology, evolution, and ecology, to the promise of environmental responsibility offered by technology and economics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359441
- ISBN
- 9780226359441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PSAD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226375656
- ISBN
- 9780226375656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 268 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226380360
- ISBN
- 9780226380360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. This text demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. Num Pages: 416 pages, 54 halftones, 62 line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389318
- ISBN
- 9780226389318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.16
€ 53.53
€ 46.16
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226398983
- ISBN
- 9780226398983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSA; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226418742
- ISBN
- 9780226418742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226418919
- ISBN
- 9780226418919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JNB; JNU; PBX; YQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226421490
- ISBN
- 9780226421490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45