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Science: general issues

Paperback. The essays presented in 'The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science' discuss the principles behind the different sciences cultivated in the Islamic world from the third century of the Islamic era onwards and the place of science in relation to other branches of Islamic learning. Num Pages: 276 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621835
ISBN
9780946621835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. From prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century, this title offers an introduction to the history of Western astronomy. It focuses on topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the explorations of the universe. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803061
ISBN
9780192803061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this text contributors from a variety of disciplines collaborate to describe and address the significance of traditional cartographies. Series: History of Cartography. Num Pages: 500 pages, 24 colour plates, 267 halftones, 196 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 307 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226907284
ISBN
9780226907284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 284.19
€ 239.32

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction maps the historical development of chemistry from man's earliest exploration in the Stone Age to the nanotechnology of today's materials science. In this succinct but comprehensive overview Brock balances the approaches to - and interpretations of - the subject, revealing chemistry's rich and diverse history. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 17 black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716488
ISBN
9780198716488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct and accessible guide to the key episodes in the story of life on earth - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199226320
ISBN
9780199226320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780199215430
ISBN
9780199215430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.92

Paperback. Weaving together intellectual history, philosophy, and social studies, this book offers an appraisal of the history of science and the nature of this discipline. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851686810
ISBN
9781851686810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His emphasis is upon how methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 halftones; 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674403413
ISBN
9780674403413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous b/w line illustrations and halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804990
ISBN
9780192804990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842466254
ISBN
9781842466254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 color illus. 75 line drawings 4 maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605869
ISBN
9780691605869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.97
€ 59.46

Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755365012
ISBN
9780755365012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. The structures and workings of our bodies explained in 200 illustrations Series: In Minutes. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 B&W. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 127. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786481238
ISBN
9781786481238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Susan Greenfield, one of the world's pre-eminent scientists, takes the reader on a guided tour of the final frontier in human understanding: the brain. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226910
ISBN
9781780226910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520078277
ISBN
9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.14

Paperback. What would the universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our tininess to give it scale? This work is written by the author of novels such as "Spies", plays ("Copenhagen" and "Noises Off") and films ("Clockwise"). Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232185
ISBN
9780571232185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics--the study of the relationship betwee Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306803208
ISBN
9780306803208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What caused us to survive while they went extinct? Ecology holds the clues, argues Clive Finlayson. It comes down to climate change and chance. There was little in it, and things could have turned out quite differently. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black and white illustrations and 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239191
ISBN
9780199239191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Hardback. 8vo. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First U. S. Edition
SKU
KEX0265183
ISBN
9780520233690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

Hardback. Examining perspectives on time, how and why we measure time as we do, and time in relation to our lives, the author launches a wide-ranging enquiry into this elusive concept. The book looks at time and the universe as a whole, from the "beginnings" of time through to the present. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471985457
ISBN
9780471985457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback. Celebrates the imperfections of the human brain in all their glory, and the impact of these quirks on our daily lives. This book book is suitable for anyone who has wondered why their brain seems to be sabotaging their life, and what on earth it is really up to. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; JM; PD; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781783350827
ISBN
9781783350827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

hardcover. Features over one hundred and fifty colour illustrations that have been specially commissioned to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bantam Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780593077184
ISBN
9780593077184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.83

Hardback. .
Publisher
Apple Academic Press Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781482251326
ISBN
9781482251326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.25

Paperback. Scientific evidence for the continual presence of consciousness with or without connection to a living organism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 8. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620553039
ISBN
9781620553039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.51

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