Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics the protection of children and their rights by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child." Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JPA; JPS; JPVH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317509
- ISBN
- 9781349317509
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
paperback. Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349318377
- ISBN
- 9781349318377
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€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. "This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity"-- Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBA; JM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319695
- ISBN
- 9781349319695
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Constructive empiricism is not just a view regarding the aim of science; it is also a view regarding the epistemological framework in which one should debate the aim of science. This is the focus of this book not with scientific truth, but with how one should argue about scientific truth." Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320073
- ISBN
- 9781349320073
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Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321223
- ISBN
- 9781349321223
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Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, B.; Hodge, J. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321902
- ISBN
- 9781349321902
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Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. Starting with the first man-made satellite 'Sputnik' in 1957 and culminating four years later with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, space became a new utopian horizon. This book explores the profound repercussions of the Soviet space exploration program on culture and everyday life in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union itself. Editor(s): Maurer, E.; Ruthers, Monica; Scheide, Carmen. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324378
- ISBN
- 9781349324378
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Condition: New
€ 161.28
€ 161.28
Paperback. Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society. Editor(s): Schumann, D.; Ziemann, Benjamin. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326808
- ISBN
- 9781349326808
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Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFC; JHBS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327690
- ISBN
- 9781349327690
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "Combining theory, case studies and speculative fiction, a range of contributors, from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists, create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future"-- Editor(s): Herring, H. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KCN; PDZ; RND; RNK; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328154
- ISBN
- 9781349328154
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Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Paperback. An examination of how bodies and sexualities have been constructed, categorised, represented, diagnosed, experienced and subverted from the fifteenth to the early twenty-first century. It draws attention to continuities in thinking about bodies and sex: concept may have changed, but hey nevertheless draw on older ideas and language. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JMU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329007
- ISBN
- 9781349329007
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. The first account of the emergence and demise of preventive health care for workers. It explores how trade unions, employers, doctors and the government reconfigured the relationship between health, productivity and the factory over the course of the twentieth century within a broader political, industrial and social context. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329045
- ISBN
- 9781349329045
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Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. "This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue"-- Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329458
- ISBN
- 9781349329458
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, M.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349331123
- ISBN
- 9781349331123
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. Scientists often try to understand the world by building simplified and idealised models of it. Adam Toon develops a new approach to scientific models by comparing them to the dolls and toy trucks of children's imaginative games, and offers a unified framework to solve difficult metaphysical problems and help to make sense of scientific practice. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336876
- ISBN
- 9781349336876
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Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. "European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme DRUGS." Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; MBX; MMG; MQP; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337422
- ISBN
- 9781349337422
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Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--London School of Economics and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFS; JHB; MBS; PDR; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337637
- ISBN
- 9781349337637
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338139
- ISBN
- 9781349338139
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Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
paperback. What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western societies. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPQB; MBS; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349338887
- ISBN
- 9781349338887
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Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. The author attempts to show that scientific realism is compatible with the presence of idealization in the sciences. His main contention is that idealized theories can be treated as counterfactuals about how things are in worlds that are similar to but simpler than the actual world. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339068
- ISBN
- 9781349339068
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88