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Science: general issues

Hardback. This book shows how image-based geometric modeling and mesh generation integrates image processing, geometric modeling and mesh generation with finite element method (FEM) to solve problems in computational biomedicine, materials sciences and engineering. Editor(s): Zhang, Yongjie Jessica. Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MQW; PDE; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 647.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400742543
ISBN
9789400742543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.19

hardcover. This account of the development of science communication in China, India, Korea, South Africa, and Spain includes special chapters on the teaching of science communication in universities as well as on measuring the public impact of the culture of science. Editor(s): Schiele, Bernard; Claessens, Michel; Shi, Shunke. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JNP; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400742789
ISBN
9789400742789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.58

Hardback. This book surveys philosophies that have had a significant positive or negative impact on the search for truth, offering systemism and materialism as research-nurturing doctrines. Covers problems under current discussion, and points out neglected topics. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400744073
ISBN
9789400744073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.26

Hardcover. This book reviews cultural factors influencing engagement and non-engagement in science education worldwide, sheds light on the reasons why increasing numbers of students fail to engage with science education, and assesses cultural diversity as a response. Editor(s): Mansour, Nasser; Wegerif, Rupert. Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education. Num Pages: 399 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400745629
ISBN
9789400745629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Lenarcic, Jadran; Husty, Manfred L. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TGMD4; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400746190
ISBN
9789400746190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.32

Hardback. This book reconstructs aspects of the early career of Descartes, tracing the overlapping, intertwined development of his work in physico-mathematics, analytical mathematics, universal method and finally, systematic corpuscular-mechanical natural philosophy. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 632 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1083.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400747456
ISBN
9789400747456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.23

Hardback. The essays in this survey of the 'new science' of the seventeenth century offer a fresh historiographical paradigm for the Enlightenment's cultural ambience, viewing the epoch's key figures, from Kepler to Newton, through the prism of Baroque culture. Editor(s): Gal, Ofer; Chen-Morris, Raz. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 643.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400748064
ISBN
9789400748064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.08

Hardback. This book provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism. It also reexamines the fundamental shift from a humanist logic to epistemology and facultative logic. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HPCD1; HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400749504
ISBN
9789400749504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.72

Hardback. This book brings together leading authors from the disciplies of Geography and History to discuss the value of standard and specialized geographical information systems applied to historical research, focusing on the 'why' of GIS in history. Editor(s): Lunen, Alexander von; Travis, Charles. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; KCP; PDA; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400750081
ISBN
9789400750081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.39

Hardback. Scientific Sources and Teaching Contexts Throughout History: Problems and Perspectives Editor(s): Bernard, Alain; Proust, Christine. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JNA; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400751217
ISBN
9789400751217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.11

Paperback. Paradoxes provide a vehicle for exposing misinterpretations and misapplications of accepted principles. This book discusses paradoxes surrounding probability theory. It focuses on controversy; others have allegedly been solved, however the accepted solutions are demonstrably incorrect. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 79 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400751392
ISBN
9789400751392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.07

Hardback. Focusing on a series of methodological difficulties swirling around consciousness research, the contributors to this volume suggest that 'consciousness' is, in fact, not a wholly viable scientific concept Series: Studies in Brain and Mind. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400751729
ISBN
9789400751729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Hardback. This book collects cutting-edge research on the complexities that distinguish function theory. Rather than debate a single theory of functions, the book presents the richness of philosophical issues raised by functional discourse across the various sciences. Editor(s): Huneman, Philippe. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 243 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; PDA; PSAJ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753037
ISBN
9789400753037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from leading experts, and offering much-needed insight, this book analyses historical problems in the use of mathematics in physics, the use of physics in mathematics and the emergence of the discipline of Mathematical Physics. Editor(s): Barbin, E.; Pisano, Raffaele. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBX; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753792
ISBN
9789400753792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This book offers a theoretical examination of the process of imagining science in education, describing the opposing concepts of epicization and novelization. The authors argue that novelization can help bring the working world of science alive for students. Series: Cultural Studies of Science Education. Num Pages: 268 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753914
ISBN
9789400753914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

hardcover. This book collects selected contributions to the July 2011 ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, held in Brussels. Together they help to assess the potential for the broad application of multibody dynamics methodologies in science and engineering. Editor(s): Samin, Jean-Claude; Fisette, Paul (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium). Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TGMD4; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754034
ISBN
9789400754034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardback. An overview of the history of astroparticle physics, starting with the discovery of cosmic rays (Victor Hess, 1912) and its background (X-ray, radioactivity). Editor(s): Falkenburg, Brigitte; Rhode, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754218
ISBN
9789400754218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Roeser, Sabine; Hillerbrand, Rafaela; Sandin, Per; Peterson, Martin. Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; KCA; KJT; PBUD; PDA; TGPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754546
ISBN
9789400754546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.06

Hardcover. The first full length discussion of the Berlin Group, this book also re-examines the role of the Vienna Circle in the development of the philosophy of science. Covers the work of Walter Dubislav, Paul Oppenheim, Kurt Grelling and Jacob Friedrich Fries. Editor(s): Milkov, Nikolay; Peckhaus, Volker. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 342 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754843
ISBN
9789400754843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.08

Hardback. This book shows that, based on Newton's classical physics and by rational reconstruction, the theory of Special Relativity as well as Quantum Mechanics can be obtained by partly eliminating or attenuating the metaphysical hypotheses, without additional hypotheses. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400755925
ISBN
9789400755925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.72

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