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Science: general issues

Paperback. Building on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation of factishes. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. 168 pages, 4 illustrations. One of the leading figures in science studies offers a provocative look at the way science shatters the "fetishes" of magic and religion only to recreate other sorts of fetishes (factishes) in their place. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDA. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight: 254.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348252
ISBN
9780822348252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. This work tells the story of "Aramis", a technological dream gone wrong. Through the accounts of several different parties involved, it looks at the project to build a guided-transportation system in Paris, plans for which were finally jettisoned in 1987. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 line illustrations, 1 map, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: PDG; TB; TRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674043237
ISBN
9780674043237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674792913
ISBN
9780674792913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.55

Paperback. A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, 'Politics of Nature' establishes the conceptual context for political ecology - transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents have thus far envisioned. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013476
ISBN
9780674013476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science. This book examines the ways alchemy and chemistry were studied and practiced between 1400 and 1700. It shows how these approaches influenced their respective practitioners' ideas about nature and the world. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022492
ISBN
9780674022492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. A guide to the next great wave of technology--an era of objects so programmable that they can be regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Series: Mediawork Pamphlet S. Num Pages: 152 pages, 62 illus. BIC Classification: AKP; JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262693264
ISBN
9780262693264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 27.87

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605968
ISBN
9780691605968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.67

Paperback. "Bruce Schneier's amazing book is the best overview of privacy and security ever written."-Clay Shirky Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ; UR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352177
ISBN
9780393352177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560726272
ISBN
9781560726272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.88
€ 64.06

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
591
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387777771
ISBN
9780387777771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 331.55
€ 202.14

Paperback. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24, 16 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PH; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893599
ISBN
9780801893599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. Series: Cornell History of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Cornell history of science. 280 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight: 402.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482342
ISBN
9780801482342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. A fascinating examination of how the latest science shows that our individual concept of a self is in fact an illusion. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780338729
ISBN
9781780338729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Using simple language, illustrations, humour and everyday examples, the author demonstrates how the science of epigenetics is revolutionizing our understanding of the link between mind and matter, and the profound effects it has on our personal lives and the collective life of our species. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Hay House UK Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781805473
ISBN
9781781805473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.26

Multiple-component retail product. In this two-volume encyclopedia for general readers and students of all levels, Bruce E. Johansen marshals scientific work on global warming into 300 articles presented in clear and understandable language. Num Pages: 738 pages, 60 illustrations, 10 charts. BIC Classification: GB; PD; RBP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 261 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1948.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
738
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313377020
ISBN
9780313377020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.98

Paperback. A riveting exploration into the ideas that shook the world and an in-depth analysis of the men and women who exposed them. Each entry will be up to date, comprehensive and entertaining, covering every aspect of scientific discovery from the ancient world to today's most modern laboratories. Series: Britannica Guides. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: GBCB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845298647
ISBN
9781845298647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. This book presents the basic scientific computing methods for the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) as they occur in engineering problems. Programming codes in Fortran and C are included for each problem. Num Pages: 380 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDN; TGB; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471972662
ISBN
9780471972662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

paperback. Offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking. By focusing on an episode of major importance in Britain's nuclear history - the Windscale Inquiry, a public hearing about the future of fuel reprocessing - this title offers a critique of such judicial procedures and the underlying assumptions of the rationalist approach. Series: The Earthscan Science in Society Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; KNBN; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849711616
ISBN
9781849711616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.04

Paperback. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, this book reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists. Num Pages: 431 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
431
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620886
ISBN
9780226620886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

hardcover. This is a new account of mathematics-as-language that challenges the coherence of the accepted idea of infinity and suggests a startlingly new conception of counting. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804721271
ISBN
9780804721271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

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