Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. An inter-disciplinary anthology that situates contemporary science within its complex philosophical, historical, and sociological contexts. The text is divided between, firstly, characterizing science as an intellectual activity and, secondly, defining its social role. Editor(s): Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Main Trends of the Modern World S. Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646335
- ISBN
- 9780333646335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Hardcover. In the 1990s the ownership and control of information generated in the UK science was transformed by a combination of regulatory changes designed to promote "the creation of wealth". This text provides a set of perspectives on the different regulatory mechanisms set out to achieve this. Editor(s): Lawton Smith, Helen. Series: Studies in Regulation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPQB; KCP; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333790458
- ISBN
- 9780333790458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.95
€ 67.95
Hardcover. The emergence of firm level data such as the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), has led to a surge of studies on innovation and firm behaviour. Written by an international group of contributors, the studies in this book document progress in four inter-related fields. Editor(s): Kleinknecht, Alfred; Mohnen, Pierre A. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; KCH; KJMV6; KN; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333961094
- ISBN
- 9780333961094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.69
€ 196.69
Hardcover. This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. Editor(s): Barbour, Julian B.; Pfister, Herbert. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817638238
- ISBN
- 9780817638238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 329.38
€ 329.38
Hardcover. Vibratory Modernism is a collection of original essays that show how vibrations provide a means of bridging science and art - two fields that became increasingly separate in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Enns, Anthony; Trower, Shelley. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027245
- ISBN
- 9781137027245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Hardcover. This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future. Editor(s): Bala, Arun. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031723
- ISBN
- 9781137031723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. This book examines the extent to which the insights of STS can be used to analyse the role of architecture in and for social life. The contributions examine the question of whether architecture - and thus materiality as a whole - has agency. The book also proposes a theoretical and methodological approach on how to research architecture's agency. Editor(s): Muller, Anna-Lisa; Reichmann, Werner. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461124
- ISBN
- 9781137461124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Opitz, Donald L.; Bergwik, Staffan; Tiggelen, Brigitte van. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492722
- ISBN
- 9781137492722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Hardcover. This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and the implications for ethics, policy and society. Editor(s): Rappert, Brian; Balmer, Brian. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; JPS; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493729
- ISBN
- 9781137493729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.48
€ 117.48
Hardcover. What is a human being? Philosophical anthropology has approached this question with unusual sophistication, experimentalism, and subtlety. This volume explores the philosophical anthropologies of Scheler, Gehlen, Plessner, and Blumenberg in terms of their relevance to contemporary theories of nature, naturalism, organic life, and human affairs. Editor(s): Honenberger, Phillip. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHMP; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500878
- ISBN
- 9781137500878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardcover. This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors. Editor(s): Dunn, Dr. Richard; Higgitt, Rebekah. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTM; HBTQ; PDX; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520630
- ISBN
- 9781137520630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.21
€ 140.21
Paperback. This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPP; JPQB; JPS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346431
- ISBN
- 9781349346431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.78
€ 139.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Weber, Sandra; Dixon, Shanly. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403978141
- ISBN
- 9781403978141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 48.01
€ 52.86
€ 48.01
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fornasiero, Eugenio F.; Rizzoli, Silvio O. Series: Neuromethods. Num Pages: 391 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 116 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PDND; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627039826
- ISBN
- 9781627039826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.83
€ 198.83
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; KCM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531116211
- ISBN
- 9783531116211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JNK; KJMV5; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531117775
- ISBN
- 9783531117775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.38
€ 82.38
paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; HPJ; JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1029.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 3.Aufl. 1985
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531117904
- ISBN
- 9783531117904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.04
€ 77.04
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBCR; HP; JHB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531117959
- ISBN
- 9783531117959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.99
€ 83.99
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GPFC; JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531120546
- ISBN
- 9783531120546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Hardback. These proceedings contain papers presented at a conference on hyperbolic problems, focusing largely on the laws of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation. Series: International Series of Numerical Mathematics. Num Pages: 525 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764360870
- ISBN
- 9783764360870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.90
€ 213.90
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JKV; KC; KJM; PD. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824442201
- ISBN
- 9783824442201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.35
€ 61.35
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett; Smith, Merritt Roe; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. 318 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett; Smith, Merritt Roe; Weingart, Peter. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: PDR; TTM. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 24. Weight: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027727800
- ISBN
- 9789027727800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.69
€ 257.69
Paperback / so. Series: Agplan. Num Pages: 69 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663125303
- ISBN
- 9783663125303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.35
€ 70.35
Umsatz, Kosten, Spannen Und Gewinn Des Einzelhandels in Der Bundesrepu...
Na, Na; Na Na; Philippi, Hans
Paperback / so. Series: Schriften Zur Handelsforschung. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PBT; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322982766
- ISBN
- 9783322982766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18