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Science: general issues

Paperback. Focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title examines more than thirty of the popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. It offers insights into the role of women in scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 68 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481197
ISBN
9780226481197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Victorians were fascinated by the strange new worlds which science was revealing to them. This study sets out to capture the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 496 pages, 44 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481128
ISBN
9780226481128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.89
€ 46.16

Hardcover. Examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of The Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new professional scientific elite. Editor(s): Dawson, Gowan; Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109503
ISBN
9780226109503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

Hardback. Over the past decade, there has been a huge increase in ordinary people's access to video production technology. These essays explore the theoretical significance of this trend and its impact on society, as well as examining a wide range of case studies, from camcorders and camera phones to YouTube and citizen journalism. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Willett, Rebekah. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; PDR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221864
ISBN
9780230221864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.52

Paperback / so. Translator(s): Bohm, Holger. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; PB; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663117605
ISBN
9783663117605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Stephen T.; Walls, Laura Dassow. Translator(s): Person, Mark W. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226422473
ISBN
9780226422473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Hardcover. The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aime Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century. This book features his influential work - and his personal favorite. Editor(s): Jackson, Stephen T.; Walls, Laura Dassow. Translator(s): Person, Mark W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; RGM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923185
ISBN
9780226923185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.03
€ 79.61

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1936
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663008668
ISBN
9783663008668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.20

Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Tyndall Scientific
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993242007
ISBN
9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670055
ISBN
9780816670055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 b/w illus, 32 b/w plates, With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007315123
ISBN
9780007315123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning. It is within the context of simultaneous excitement and anxiety that we discuss Virtual Social Networks. Editor(s): Panteli, Niki. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229280
ISBN
9780230229280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Shelp, Earl E. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1985th Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027718082
ISBN
9789027718082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.62

Hardback. Exploring what two foundational figures, Plato and Aristotle, have to say about the nature of human awareness and understanding, Aryeh Kosman concludes that ultimately the virtues of thought are to be found in the joys and satisfactions that come from thinking philosophically, whether we engage in it ourselves or witness others' participation. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPM; HPQ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674730809
ISBN
9780674730809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.41
€ 59.18

Paperback. Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans. Num Pages: 272 pages, A number of black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ2; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743873
ISBN
9780198743873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

Paperback. Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from the past are viruses that kill bacteria, but not us. Award-winning science journalist Thomas Hausler investigates how these long-forgotten cures may help sick people today. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230551930
ISBN
9780230551930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.95

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403987648
ISBN
9781403987648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.07

Hardback. An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall,establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still relevant today. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110533
ISBN
9780230110533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Harriss, Edmund. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM; WF; WZS. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 213. Weight in Grams: 581.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408888988
ISBN
9781408888988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.62

Paperback. "Don Hoffman .. combines a deep understanding of the logic of perception, a gift for explaining it with simple displays that anyone can-quite literally-see, and a refreshing sense of wonder at the miracle of it all."--Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 full-color and 130 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393319675
ISBN
9780393319675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.85

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