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Science: general issues
Paperback. In "Evolution as a Religion", Mary Midgley examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. She exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415278331
- ISBN
- 9780415278331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Science can answer any question we choose to put to it, even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour, and our cultures. The author here, puts forth her corrective view that without poetry or literature, or music, or history, or even theology we cannot hope to understand our humanity. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415378482
- ISBN
- 9780415378482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. Series: History of Modern Physics and Astronomy. Num Pages: 685 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Tomash Publishers,US United States
- Number of pages
- 685
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938228073
- ISBN
- 9780938228073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.89
€ 132.89
Paperback. 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: 432 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103174
- ISBN
- 9780226103174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. This series investigates unusual careers in science-related fields and finds out about commonly considered ways in which science can be put to use. With full colour phtographs and illustrations. Ages 12-16 years. Series: Weird Careers in Science S. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791087008
- ISBN
- 9780791087008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.36
€ 40.36
Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069430
- ISBN
- 9781782069430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Careers in astronomy for women were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. This book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of women born between 1650 and 1900. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400779921
- ISBN
- 9789400779921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Careers in astronomy for women were a rarity in Britain and Ireland until well into the twentieth century. This book investigates the place of women in astronomy before that era, recounted in the form of biographies of women born between 1650 and 1900. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSJ1; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048124725
- ISBN
- 9789048124725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.20
€ 129.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489181
- ISBN
- 9780801489181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1961/1962. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027700216
- ISBN
- 9789027700216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Paperback. Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1961/1962. Editor(s): Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1963
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401032650
- ISBN
- 9789401032650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001302
- ISBN
- 9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.94€ 79.61
€ 94.94
€ 79.61
Paperback. This handbook brings together a comprehensive collection of mathematical material in one location. It also offers a variety of new results interpreted in a form that is particularly useful to engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians. Num Pages: 200 pages, 116 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBWL; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2002. 2nd printing 2006
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387346571
- ISBN
- 9780387346571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.78
€ 68.78
Hardcover. Searching for laboratory instruments and systems can be daunting and expensive. Sales reps can help, but, ultimately, their loyalty lies elsewhere. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470404010
- ISBN
- 9780470404010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.66
€ 98.66
Hardcover. The natural world is full of unusual relationships, and negotiation between life-forms striving to survive is evolution at its most diverse and awe-inspiring. This title takes us on a voyage of discovery into the world of unusual natural histories, focusing on extraordinary interactions involving animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Illustrator(s): Crump, Alan. Num Pages: 224 pages, 120 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNC; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226121857
- ISBN
- 9780226121857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. Series: Mathematik Im Kontext. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBG; PBX; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642218248
- ISBN
- 9783642218248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.87
€ 84.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KNTJ; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138945500
- ISBN
- 9781138945500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
Paperback. Airflow examines and describes the many ways in which people exploit, harness or confront the physical properties of wind and air. This book will be of great interest to the increasing number of people who are interested in yachting, aeromodelling, ballooning, car racing, parachuting, kite flying, hang gliding, gliding and power flying. Num Pages: 144 pages, 54 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: PD; TGMF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Special Interest Model Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781854861696
- ISBN
- 9781854861696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 92 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663017776
- ISBN
- 9783663017776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.59
€ 48.59
paperback. Classical spin is described in terms of velocities and acceleration so that knowledge of advanced mathematics is not required. This title presents a unified approach to classical and quantum mechanics of spinning particles, with symmetry principles as the starting point. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402003561
- ISBN
- 9781402003561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67