Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. Nuclear physics is one of the most exciting - and useful - branches of science. In medicine, it helps save lives through innovative medical technologies. This title tells the story of the nucleus from the early experimental work of the quiet New Zealander Lord Rutherford to the huge atom-smashing machines of today and beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, 130 color photos, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403519
- ISBN
- 9781421403519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.17
€ 52.17
Hardback. * Presents a definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science. * Contains 15 newly--commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars. Editor(s): Machamer, Peter; Silberstein, Michael. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221074
- ISBN
- 9780631221074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.72
€ 154.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470643693
- ISBN
- 9780470643693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.78
€ 18.99
€ 17.78
Paperback / so. Series: Institut Fa1/4r Baustatik Und Konstruktion. Num Pages: 49 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 49
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764315917
- ISBN
- 9783764315917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 42.02
€ 53.99
€ 42.02
Paperback. A discussion of the various scientific methods used to help in the dating of archaeological finds. It covers such aspects as radiocarbon dating, magnetic dating, amino acid racemization, obsidian hydration and other chemical methods plus luminescence dating and electron spin resonance. Series: Longman Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582493094
- ISBN
- 9780582493094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.22
€ 73.22
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319025049
- ISBN
- 9783319025049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.77€ 38.92
€ 105.77
€ 38.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764315443
- ISBN
- 9783764315443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 42.83
€ 53.99
€ 42.83
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359981
- ISBN
- 9781349359981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist's intuition. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; J; JM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478064
- ISBN
- 9781349478064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Offering a new perspective on the debate concerning naturalism in philosophy, this book defends the autonomy of metaphysics while also making science centre stage. Three independent case studies provide a clear introduction to, and discussion of, key philosophical issues. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002686
- ISBN
- 9781137002686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It discusses eugenics, the modern synthesis, and epigenetics. Meloni argues that thanks to findings in epigenetics we may be witnessing a return to 'soft heredity'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377715
- ISBN
- 9781137377715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
paperback. An exploration of the brutal East St. Louis race riot of 1917, and the city and community that gave rise to it. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JFSL; JHB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- SKU
- V9781349532469
- ISBN
- 9781349532469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. The technological revolution in shipbuilding in the early twentieth century had a great impact on the military, industrial, commercial worlds. Matsumoto focuses on the relationship between this revolution and the structure and function of 'technology gatekeepers' during the transfer of marine science and technology from Britain to Japan. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; HBL; JPA; JPS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349518975
- ISBN
- 9781349518975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJF; JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530557
- ISBN
- 9781349530557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Written for inventors in lay terms that they can relate to or easily follow, this title lays out the new features of patent law introduced by the America Invents Act of 2012. It explains the differences between the first-to-invent and first-to-file rules and why the two rules will coexist. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNRD; PD; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118839652
- ISBN
- 9781118839652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30
Hardback. This book investigates what 'technology' is, what it helps us to do, and what it forces us to consider about our experience of being in the world. Using e-readers, such as the Kindle and iPad, as a case study, this work argues that the use of technology is more complicated and more human than public discussion often gives it credit for. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377852
- ISBN
- 9781137377852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764308605
- ISBN
- 9783764308605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
Hardback. This examination of stem cell biology from a philosophy of science perspective clarifies the field's central concept, the stem cell, as well as its aims, methods, models, explanations and evidential challenges. Relations to systems biology and clinical medicine are also discussed. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230368279
- ISBN
- 9780230368279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.02€ 60.49
€ 94.02
€ 60.49
Hardback. Takes up the principal challenge facing a natural philosopher who wishes to engage with Nature while rescuing both life and thought from materialistic approaches. This book proffers a remedy for the pervasive nihilism of 'the moderns' which illustrates suggestion that philosophy should be imaged as a dynamic collage that is forever in the making. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527409
- ISBN
- 9780230527409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 863.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764317799
- ISBN
- 9783764317799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94