Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
hardcover. The 'Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science' offers an overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies on Galileo and Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society. Editor(s): Heilbron, John L. Num Pages: 994 pages, numerous halftones and figures and 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3J; GB; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Academic United States
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195112290
- ISBN
- 9780195112290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.14
€ 177.14
Paperback. Discusses a contentious 19th-century debate about apes, humans, and competing theories of evolution Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 b&w photos. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220516
- ISBN
- 9780253220516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 208 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806200
- ISBN
- 9781609806200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.23
€ 19.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. Describes the transformative role played by outsiders in the growth of the modern life sciences. This volume brings together biographical essays of some of the most remarkable outsiders of the modern era - from Noam Chomsky using linguistics to answer questions about brain architecture, to Erwin Schrodinger contemplating DNA as a physicist would. Editor(s): Harman, Oren; Dietrich, Michael R. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226078403
- ISBN
- 9780226078403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardback. A powerful affirmation of the necessity and importance of a wide-ranging American space program that can develop lunar outposts and, ultimately, permanently staffed, self-sufficient bases on the Moon. Num Pages: 274 pages, 111 photos, 39 illus. BIC Classification: PD; PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076661
- ISBN
- 9780231076661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.07
€ 144.07
Paperback. A collection of profiles and interviews with some of the men who brought us to the computer age. It also includes insights, examples, and stories. Num Pages: 291 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PD; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1995. 2nd printing 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387982694
- ISBN
- 9780387982694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.17
€ 36.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, (8-page colour plate section), Index. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004193
- ISBN
- 9780008220594
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Revelatory story of how all modern non-Africans sprang from a single exodus out of Africa just 85,000 years ago Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 colour photos. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841198941
- ISBN
- 9781841198941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Part-history of the cosmos, part-intellectual adventure, this book travels from the Big Bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, across every possible scale - from the sub-atomic to the intergalactic - showing how mathematics provides the answers to our questions about the world. Where do we come from? What makes the universe the way it is? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954638
- ISBN
- 9780241954638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardcover. Identifies Facial Recognition Technology as an example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as short-sighted solutions to complex social problems Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814732090
- ISBN
- 9780814732090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732106
- ISBN
- 9780814732106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
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€ 39.85
€ 44.99
€ 39.85
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
Paperback. Until 1997, few people had heard of the seasonal current that Peruvians nicknamed El Nino. This book discusses the scientific, political, economic and cultural developments that shaped our perceptions of this force of nature. It outlines the history of El Nino, an innocuous current that appears off the coast of Peru around Christmas time. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 line illus. 1 halftone. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBKC; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126227
- ISBN
- 9780691126227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Morrison, Tara M. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; PDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607415190
- ISBN
- 9781607415190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.29€ 117.83
€ 171.29
€ 117.83
Paperback. Integrates gender analysis with the global history of science and medicine from the late Middle Ages to the present by focusing on masculinity. In exploring scientific masculinities, this book asks: how has masculinity been defined, and what are the mechanisms by which it operates in science? Editor(s): Milam, Erika Lorraine; Nye, Robert A. Series: Osiris. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226267616
- ISBN
- 9780226267616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.86
€ 37.99
€ 29.86
Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: 84 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1953
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663008989
- ISBN
- 9783663008989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.62
€ 70.62
Paperback. Explores the dynamics between Orthodoxy and politics in Romania, providing an accessible narrative on church-state relations from the establishment of the state in 1859 to the rise of Ceau?escu in 1965. The book argues that Romanian national communism had an ally in a strong Church, and analyzes religious diplomacy with actors in the West. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBTB; HRAM; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304110
- ISBN
- 9781349304110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1937
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663008972
- ISBN
- 9783663008972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 77, 69 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 4 black & white ta. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702440
- ISBN
- 9781501702440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.72
€ 33.99
€ 33.72