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Science: general issues
Hardcover. Flickering Light explores neon's technological and intellectual history, from the discovery of the noble gas in a late nineteenth-century London laboratory to its flickering career in the art spaces of our time. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 colour, 10 black and white. BIC Classification: AMV; PDR; THR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230917
- ISBN
- 9781780230917
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Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Po...
. Ed(S): Frickel, Scott (Asst. Professor Of S...
paperback. Given the new way in which scientific knowledge is used and produced, this book takes a sociological approach to examine the implications of these changes on aspects of life such as health, politics, and the environment. Editor(s): Frickel, Scott (Asst. Professor of Sociology, Tulane University, USA); Moore, Kelly. Series: Science & Technology in Society. Num Pages: 500 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299213343
- ISBN
- 9780299213343
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Condition: New
€ 56.98
€ 56.98
Paperback. A distinguished physician and professor of medicine at Edinburgh University, and a forensic expert for the British Crown, Joseph Bell was well known for his powers of observation and deduction. This biography of Bell is intended for those interested in Victorian medicine, in the history of detective fiction, and in Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Num Pages: 286 pages, 23 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; FF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Popular Press 3
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879721985
- ISBN
- 9780879721985
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Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCC91; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cowley Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781561012350
- ISBN
- 9781561012350
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.82
€ 14.99
€ 12.82
hardcover. Tracks the growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Biblereading public. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, this book attempts to prove that geology's success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001173
- ISBN
- 9780226616681
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Editor(s): M. Capek. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 634 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1067. Volume XXII only. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037583
- ISBN
- 9789027703552
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Editor(s): Hacking, Ian. Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228. (1992 reprint). Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- OUP: Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037639
- ISBN
- 9780198750512
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Editor(s): Grmek, Mirko Drazen; Cohen, Robert S.; Cimino, Guido. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. Vol 36 only. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037643
- ISBN
- 9789027711236
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037662
- ISBN
- 9780262660563
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This book examines James Clerk Maxwell, creator of the electromagnetic theory of light and kinetic theory of gases. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 545. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037696
- ISBN
- 9780521561020
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Presents the history of the development of fibre optic technology, from its beginning in 19th-century attempts to guide light, for purposes of illuminating the insides of the human body, to the communications technologies. This book also describes the medical technologies developed in the 1960's. Series: Sloan Technology. Num Pages: 348 pages, 16 pp black and white plates, 6 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHJ; TJK; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037718
- ISBN
- 9780195108187
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037733
- ISBN
- 9789027716484
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The human sciences,including psychology, anthropology and social theory, are widely held to have been born during the 18th century. This study of the Enlightenment sciences of humans explores the sources, context and effects of this major intellectual development. Editor(s): Fox, Christopher; Porter, Roy; Wokler, Robert. Num Pages: 357 pages, 5 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBTB; JFCX; JH; JM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, lacking dj, showing a little age and wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- California University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037743
- ISBN
- 9780520200104
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
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
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JH; PDX; UBJ; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037804
- ISBN
- 9780804738712
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. Editor(s): Rousseau, George Sebastian; Porter, Roy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 88. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037906
- ISBN
- 9780521225991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Martinus Nijhoff
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038009
- ISBN
- 9789024725205
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Provides a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries. Editor(s): Grant, Edward. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038020
- ISBN
- 9780521229838
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 600 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1136. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038044
- ISBN
- 9780226360515
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Offers a comprehensive introduction to medieval science, presented in the context of an historical narrative. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256. Good clean copy with a little age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038057
- ISBN
- 9780812210576
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A case-study of the interaction between philosophical context and observational data in the practice of Science. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 505. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0038243
- ISBN
- 9780521235402
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A 1993 assessment of the role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 563. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036729
- ISBN
- 9780521431828
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
'The Worst Enemy of Science'?: Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
(Edited By John Preston; Ganzalo Munevar; Dav...
hardcover. Paul Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were influential during his life and have gained in attention since his death in 1994. These essays cover the diverse themes in his extensive body of work. Editor(s): Preston, John; Munevar, Gonzalo; Lamb, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036744
- ISBN
- 9780195128741
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This text reveals how viruses, with their amazing ability to mutate, have caused devastating diseases in the past and continue to provide one of the greatest challenges to science. The author seeks to provide an accurate account of these nimble parasites and counter media over-dramatization. Num Pages: 288 pages, numerous halftones; figures and maps. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MMFM; PDZ; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 122 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036884
- ISBN
- 9780198564812
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00