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Paperback. Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JHB; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520359
ISBN
9781487520359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.64

Paperback. Exposing the limitations of conventional approaches to the engineering and regulation of technology, Vanderburg suggests that the solution lies in a preventive strategy that situates technological growth in its human, societal, and biospheric contexts. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802083852
ISBN
9780802083852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.54

hardcover. Exposing the limitations of conventional approaches to the engineering and regulation of technology, Vanderburg suggests that the solution lies in a preventive strategy that situates technological growth in its human, societal, and biospheric contexts. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780802044310
ISBN
9780802044310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.54

Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HR; JHB; JP; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500474
ISBN
9781487500474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.33

Paperback. Determinedly forward-looking and optimistic, though never straying from hard facts, The Tesla Revolution paints a striking picture of our global energy future. Num Pages: 334 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462982062
ISBN
9789462982062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.05

Paperback. Living in the Labyrinth of Technology argues that the twenty-first century will be dominated by a pattern of re-creating human life in the image of technology unless society intervenes on human (as opposed to technical) terms. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802048790
ISBN
9780802048790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.11

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663031635
ISBN
9783663031635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.20

hardcover. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722858
ISBN
9780804722858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.03

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640129
ISBN
9780691640129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.90
€ 159.13

Paperback. The philosophy of science movement is in disarray. The collapse of logical empiricism, and the rise of historicism and social construtivism have left the sciences without an epistimology. This guide describes the fundamentals of natural philosophy and gives a history of the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813208602
ISBN
9780813208602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.82

Hardback. The problem of Galileo's logical methodology has long interested scholars. This title offers a solution that is backed by documentary evidence. It presents an analysis that starts with an early notebook Galileo wrote at Pisa, and ends with one of the last letters Galileo wrote, stating that in logic he has been a Peripatetic all his life. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792315773
ISBN
9780792315773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 247.65

Paperback. Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane and Wright, this text sheds light on this complex field as well as its bearing on other branches of biology. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226684642
ISBN
9780226684642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Continued economic growth, human welfare, and national security depend upon constant technological progress; and the chief area for innovation in the coming years will be converging technologies, the synergistic combination of the "NBIC" fields: nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and new technologies based in cognitive science. Editor(s): Bainbridge, William Sims; Roco, Mihail C. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York Academy of Sciences United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573316651
ISBN
9781573316651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.64

Paperback / so. Series: Kerntechnik in Einzeldarstellungen - Nuclear Engineering Mon. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663008743
ISBN
9783663008743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.59

Paperback. An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences. Num Pages: 340 pages, 33 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262514736
ISBN
9780262514736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

paperback. Presents a maths course for a wide ability range, and does not go beyond the requirements of Advanced GNVQ. This book introduces key concepts through examples that are set firmly in engineering contexts, which students will find relevant and motivating. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KVNV; PDE; TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750649315
ISBN
9780750649315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Paperback. The author of Dirt and Oak brings to life this quickest, most sustaining, most communicative element of the earth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393345391
ISBN
9780393345391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Hardback. Reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent ambiguities and paradoxes can we truly appreciate its beauty and harness its potential. This book challenges our most sacredly held beliefs about science, technology, and progress. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146843
ISBN
9780691146843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197136
ISBN
9780300197136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.62

paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780199215430
ISBN
9780199215430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.92

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