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Hardback. This book describes Emilie du Chatelet known as "Emilia Newtonmania", and her innovative and outstanding position within the controversy between Newton and Leibniz, one of the fundamental scientific discourses of her time. Editor(s): Hagengruber, Ruth. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD1; PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 573.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720749
- ISBN
- 9789400720749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy...
. Ed(S): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Fred...
Hardback. Presents an interdisciplinary collection of analyses that discuss the impact of market economy on our culture in the post-Berlin Wall era. This book focuses on the commercialisation of science and education. It elaborates on the multiple and diverse relation between art and capital. Editor(s): Vanderbeeken, Robrecht; Le Roy, Frederik; Stalpaert, Christel; Aerts, Diederik. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: ABQ; JNKG; KCS; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720817
- ISBN
- 9789400720817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
The Sciences' Media Connection. Public Communication and Its Repercuss...
. Ed(S): Rodder, Simone; Weingart, Peter
Hardback. This book presents the underlying theories of the different approaches for modeling cracking of concrete and offers a survey of the state-of-the-art in computational concrete mechanics. It covers a broad spectrum of topics related to modeling of cracks. Editor(s): Rodder, Simone; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400720848
- ISBN
- 9789400720848
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Condition: New
€ 196.07
€ 196.07
Hardback. The Practice of Theoretical Curiosity advocates for a critical, aesthetic engagement in everyday life. Its purpose is to examine the pedagogical grounds and questions that motivate research programs in the sciences, education, technoculture and post-war social movements. Series: Critical Studies of Education. Num Pages: 206 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JNA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400721166
- ISBN
- 9789400721166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardback. This monograph provides a historically detailed and philosophical study of Newton's scientific methodology. The text illustrates how Newton carefully distinguished between the physico-mathematical treatment and the physical treatment of force, and that the former should always precede the latter. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 354 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400721258
- ISBN
- 9789400721258
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Condition: New
€ 195.95
€ 195.95
Hardback. Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses reviews and analyzes physical concepts of radiation transfer, providing a quantitative foundation for the means of measurements of optical losses, which affect propagation and distribution of light waves in various media. Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences. Num Pages: 731 pages, 441 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHJ; TJFN; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1262.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 731
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400721647
- ISBN
- 9789400721647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.95
€ 287.95
Hardback. This book identifies the specific ethical aspects of sustainability and develops ethical tools to analyze them. It also provides a methodological framework to integrate ethical and scientific analyses of sustainability issues. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722842
- ISBN
- 9789400722842
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Here is a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. Coverage includes analysis showing how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism and reductionism. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723689
- ISBN
- 9789400723689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardback. This book offers a new philosophical interpretation of classical mechanics and the Special Theory of Relativity, in which motions of parts and wholes of physical systems are taken to be fundamental, prior to spacetime, material properties and laws of motion. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PHD; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723726
- ISBN
- 9789400723726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardback. Offers a collection of high-quality research papers in the philosophy of science, deriving from papers presented at the second meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, October 2009. Editor(s): Okasha, Samir; Hartmann, Stephan; Regt, Henk W. de. Series: The European Philosophy of Science Association Proceedings. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 865.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724037
- ISBN
- 9789400724037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.12
€ 252.12
Hardcover. Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy. This volume details the history of vitalism from the end of the Enlightenment to the modern day, employing both historical and philosophical methodologies. Editor(s): Normandin, Sebastien; Wolfe, Charles T. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 383 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724440
- ISBN
- 9789400724440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.28
€ 229.28
Hardcover. This volume explores issues in the philosophy of science relating to biology and economics. It interrogates the concepts of mechanism and causality in these disciplines and draws careful juxtapositions between philosophical apparatus and scientific practice. Editor(s): Chao, Hsiang-Ke; Millstein, Roberta L.; Chen, Szu-Ting. Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 266 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400724532
- ISBN
- 9789400724532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.70
€ 194.70
New Approaches in Modeling Multiphase Flows and Dispersion in Turbulen...
. Ed(S): Nicolleau, F.C.G.A.; Cambon, Claude;...
Hardback. This key volume provides the best syntheses on the current status of research in kinematic simulation and other synthetic turbulence models applied to environmental flows. KS itself is widely used in various domains including Lagrangian dispersion. Editor(s): Nicolleau, F.C.G.A.; Cambon, Claude; Redondo, J.M.; Vassilicos, J. C.; Reeks, M.; Nowakowski, A.F. Series: ERCOFTAC Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHDF; PHU; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725058
- ISBN
- 9789400725058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. Written by the foremost authorities on structural realism, this volume grapples with questions such as 'what is structure?' and 'what is an object?' The most recent advances in the field are presented, including the intersection of mathematical structuralism and structural realism. Editor(s): Landry, Elaine; Rickles, Dean. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725782
- ISBN
- 9789400725782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Honour of...
. Ed(S): Disalle, Robert; Frappier, Melanie; ...
hardcover. Focuses on the points of intersection between analytic philosophy and the philosophy of the exact sciences. This title deals with the connections between knowledge in mathematics and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the conceptual foundations of knowledge in general. Editor(s): DiSalle, Robert; Frappier, Melanie; Brown, Derek. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBX; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400725812
- ISBN
- 9789400725812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65
Hardback. With all the contributed essays written by well known historians of science, this celebration of the life and career of Chalres Coulston Gillispie, one of the founders of the field, ranges across the entire field, and relates mostly to his oeuvre. Editor(s): Buchwald, Jed Z. (California Institute of Technology). Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 847.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400726260
- ISBN
- 9789400726260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.89
€ 229.89
Hardback. Featuring contributions from the world's leading experts on the subject and based partly on several detailed case studies, this volume is the first comprehensive analysis of the scientific notion of robustness as well as of the general reliability of science. Editor(s): Soler, Lena; Trizio, Emiliano; Nickles, Thomas; Wimsatt, William. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727588
- ISBN
- 9789400727588
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Condition: New
€ 195.97
€ 195.97
Hardback. This translation is a collection of memoirs recounting an interesting but largely still dark era of Soviet astronomy. The arrangement of the essays is determined primarily by the time when radio astronomy studies began at the institutions involved. Editor(s): Braude, S. Y.; Dubinskii, B. A.; Kaidanovskii, N. L.; Kardashev, N.S.; Kobrin, M. M.; Kuz'min, A.D.; Molchanov, A. P.; Pariiskii, Yu. N.; Rzhiga, O. N.; Salomonovich, A. E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; PDX; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728332
- ISBN
- 9789400728332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardback. This book examines the Lysenko controversy. It covers the interwar eugenics movement, the Scopes Trial, the popularity of Lamarckism as a theory of heredity prior to the synthesis of genetics and Natural Selection, and the Cold War. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400728394
- ISBN
- 9789400728394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardback. This is the first account of the incorporation of insects in considerations of conservation, tracing the genesis of the discipline and its acceptance as a component of biodiversity conservation. Covers current and future scenarios and priorities for progress. Editor(s): New, Tim R. Num Pages: 436 pages, 10 black & white tables, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVT7; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400729629
- ISBN
- 9789400729629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.04
€ 252.04