Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
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
€ 61.80
€ 61.80
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
€ 29.99€ 20.03
€ 29.99
€ 20.03
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
€ 59.34
€ 59.34
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
€ 173.89
€ 173.89
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
€ 121.09
€ 121.09
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
€ 45.99€ 30.38
€ 45.99
€ 30.38
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€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
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
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 186 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691178530
- ISBN
- 9780691178530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. An irresistible stocking-filler: a hilarious romp through the science of Christmas. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. A fine reading copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRS0016533
- ISBN
- 9780753813669
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJH; PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897559
- ISBN
- 9780801897559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.53
€ 80.53
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009286
- ISBN
- 9781888009286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.81
€ 11.81
Paperback. This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 illustrations (8 colour). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GT; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745055
- ISBN
- 9780804745055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109404
- ISBN
- 9780226109404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720807
- ISBN
- 9780226720807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. "Nature" has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869. This work brings together 19 review articles written for "Nature" over the past decade. Topics include major extinction events, homeotic genes and body plans and the origin and evolution of the primates. Editor(s): Gee, Henry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 92 illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284972
- ISBN
- 9780226284972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81
€ 51.81
Paperback. Included is a famous nineteenth-century debate about scientific reasoning between the hypothetico-deductivist William Whewell and the inductivist John Stuart Mill; and an account of the realism-antirealism dispute about unobservables in science, with a consideration of Perrin's argument for the existence of molecules in the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Achinstein, Peter. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879449
- ISBN
- 9780801879449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.61
€ 54.61
paperback. The very notion of scientific truth is in question. This book aims to offer a constructive response to those who contend that there is no such thing as verifiable objective truth - without which there could be no scientific authority. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 halftones, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037802
- ISBN
- 9780674001817
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Science is about 6000 years old while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2500 years ago. This title provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics in relation to philosophical traditions as far back as ancient Greece. It presents a history of physics from the early beginning to our day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 line, 2 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034877
- ISBN
- 9780674034877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.47
€ 44.47
Paperback. Increasing doubts over the narratives that traditionally served to legitimize the tasks and possibilities of societal institutions - such as science - have also called into question the significance of philosophy to educational thinking. Related debates largely concern epistemological issues, i.e. issues regarding the nature and status of (scientif Series: AUP Dissertation Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: LA; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vossiuspers UvA Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789056297206
- ISBN
- 9789056297206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Paperback. KEY BENEFIT The latest edition of this successful text provides readers with a modern and complete experience in experimental biochemistry. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PN; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805331110
- ISBN
- 9780805331110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.39
€ 239.39
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938946011
- ISBN
- 9781938946011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Hardback. Translator(s): Connor, Peter James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635941
- ISBN
- 9780691635941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 311.36
€ 311.36
Num Pages: 344 pages, 93 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 290 x 35. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442239265
- ISBN
- 9781442239265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95