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Science: general issues

Paperback. A consideration of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56figs. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226292069
ISBN
9780226292069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. This title argues that the acts of observing and theorizing are both matters of perspective - which makes scientific knowledge contingent. It also states that colors do not actually exist in objects. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 colour plates, 29 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PHJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226292137
ISBN
9780226292137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, the author suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary myths that have masqueraded too long as historical truths. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674057418
ISBN
9780674057418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.12

Hardback. A falling apple inspired the law of gravity or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? "Newton s Apple and Other Myths about Science" brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present." Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967984
ISBN
9780674967984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Giere, Ronald N. Series: Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science S. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816619795
ISBN
9780816619795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.79

Hardcover. This book includes a collection of standards-specific case studies. The case studies offer an opportunity to combine the teaching preferences of educators with the goals of the SEC (Standards Education Committee); providing students with real-world insight into the technical, political, and economic arenas of engineering. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KC; PDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118678596
ISBN
9781118678596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.08

Hardcover. Ron Mallon explores how thinking and talking about kinds of person can bring those kinds into being. He considers what normative implications this social constructionism has for our understanding of our practices of representing human kinds, like race, gender, and sexual orientation, and for our own agency. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; JM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198755678
ISBN
9780198755678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.78

Hardcover. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) is a method of "fingerprinting" and identifying solid and liquid samples. Written by the leading international expert in the field, this totally-revised update provides an up-to-the-minute review of the progress of XRF in the last ten years, covering history, design, application, and interpretation. Series: Chemical Analysis. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliographies. BIC Classification: PDN; PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471299424
ISBN
9780471299424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.12

Hardback. Focuses on the philosophical relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences. This title shows that the axioms needed for the mathematics used in physics can also generate practically various fields of contemporary pure mathematics. It also provides a foundation for investigations in string theory and other areas of physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115306
ISBN
9780691115306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.56
€ 55.00

Hardback. Editor(s): Fleck, Roland A.; Humbel, Bruno M. Series: RMS - Royal Microscopical Society. Num Pages: 524 pages. BIC Classification: PDND; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118654064
ISBN
9781118654064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171715
ISBN
9780691171715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.40

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465055982
ISBN
9780465055982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.61

Hardcover. This book sets out to answer one of the most profound questions about the development of human thought: why it is that throughout the long journey from cave painting to quantum physics what we now refer to as 'science' and 'religion' have been so closely entangled. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 168. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198747956
ISBN
9780198747956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Paperback. Examines how far it is possible to give reasons for trusting science. In defending a realist outlook, Trigg aims to show that even physical science must be given metaphysical foundations. In doing so, he explains and evaluates the views of Rorty, Wittgenstein, Quine, Putnam and Hawking. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190370
ISBN
9780631190370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.90

hardcover. This book gathers a variety of illuminating essays by an internationally known scholar of religion and ecology. New writings on technology, facing death, and an intellectual autobiography continue Gottlieb's unique ability to connect collective struggles for a just and caring society with personal strivings for wisdom and compassion. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442239401
ISBN
9781442239401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.73

Hardback. Provides more than 500 sources of information on scientists for young and adult general readers and for scholars. These sources explain scientists' accomplishments in the context of the personal and career developments that made those accomplishments possible Series: Magill Bibliographies S. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; GBCR; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833845
ISBN
9780810833845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.52

Paperback. The world's response to climate change has been deeply flawed. The Climate Fix is where we begin to get it back on track, as science policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr. dissects the disastrous climate debate and offers a solution: expanding energy access and increasing energy security while lowering costs through technological innovation. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465025190
ISBN
9780465025190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.12

Paperback. Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1348.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099440680
ISBN
9780099440680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.47

Paperback. By the author of "The Emperor's New Mind", this is an exploration of what modern physics has to tell us about the mind, and a visionary description of what a new physics might look like. It is also a speculation on the biological process that makes consciousness what it is. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JMR; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582113
ISBN
9780099582113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

paperback. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 640 pages, 145 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDZ; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 39. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198784920
ISBN
9780198784920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.05

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