Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
hardcover. Drawing together insights from media studies, sociology and science and technology studies, this book is one of the first major studies of media coverage, policy debates and public perceptions of nanotechnologies, and makes a fascinating and timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR; TBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506930
- ISBN
- 9780230506930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Slater presents a novel approach to these questions, aiming to accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393240
- ISBN
- 9780230393240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardcover. Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relations, and offers a way to understand classification as a necessary aspect of doing science. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 tables, 26 figures. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347922
- ISBN
- 9780230347922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This book introduces four waves of upsurge in digital activism and cyberconflict. The rise of digital activism started in 1994, was transformed by the events of 9/11, culminated in 2011 with the Arab Spring uprisings, and entered a transformative phase of control and mainstreaming since 2013 with the Snowden affair. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JM; JFD; JPW; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242463
- ISBN
- 9780230242463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.93
€ 66.93
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardback. An engaging study of a great national institution. Essays explore the changing roles of museums and the perceived public role of a museum of science and technology. Illuminates the ways in which we think about the collecting and display of objects and the often difficult relations between the state, business and industry, and museum funding. Editor(s): Morris, Peter. Num Pages: 371 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230095
- ISBN
- 9780230230095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.70
€ 68.70
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
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Hardback. This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic activity as a window into the political and cultural worlds of twentieth-century Britain and Scandinavia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1MTS; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115910
- ISBN
- 9780230115910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.20
€ 129.20
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
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardback. Explores how science shaped Thomas Jefferson's views on politics, religion, economics, and social developments in America. This book examines Jefferson's contributions to anthropology, ethnology, comparative linguistics, paleontology, and medicine. It also demonstrates Jefferson's scientific talents, interests, and accomplishments. Num Pages: 176 pages, 23 colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928548
- ISBN
- 9780813928548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602584037
- ISBN
- 9781602584037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. A personal and transformative journey into mechanical intricacy and philosophical inquiry. Num Pages: 155 pages, 25 drawings. BIC Classification: PD; WGCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874517552
- ISBN
- 9780874517552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.58
€ 17.99
€ 15.58
The Correspondence of John Tyndall. The Correspondence, September 1843...
. Ed(S): Baldwin, Melinda; Browne, Janet
Hardback. Editor(s): Baldwin, Melinda; Browne, Janet. Series: The Correspondence of John Tyndall. Num Pages: 444 pages, 4 b&w Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944713
- ISBN
- 9780822944713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.80
€ 183.80
The Correspondence of John Tyndall. The Correspondence, May 1840-Augus...
. Ed(S): Cantor, Geoffrey; Dawson, Gowan
Hardback. Editor(s): Cantor, Geoffrey; Dawson, Gowan. Series: The Correspondence of John Tyndall. Num Pages: 544 pages, 5 b&w Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944706
- ISBN
- 9780822944706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.29
€ 182.29
Global Scientific Practice in an Age of Revolutions, 1750-1850
. Ed(S): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel
Hardback. Examines key elements of science in societies across Spanish America, Europe, West Africa, India, and Asia as they increasingly overlapped each other. Chapters focus on the range of participants in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, their concentrated effort in description and taxonomy, and advances in techniques for sharing knowledge. Editor(s): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944546
- ISBN
- 9780822944546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.75
€ 78.75
Technologies of Landscape: From Reaping to Recycling
Paul Brassley, James Dickinson, Jacob Wamberg...
Paperback. Drawing on evidence from Europe and America, and from the Renaissance to the present day, the contributors to this volume reconceive of the relationship between technology and landscape as a product of cultural interactions, and as a process embedded in narrative, or time. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492295
- ISBN
- 9781558492295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.78
€ 31.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Purzer, Senay; Strobel, Johannes; Cardella, Monica E. Num Pages: 457 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JNA; JNU; PDR; TBC; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536914
- ISBN
- 9781557536914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.21
€ 95.21
Paperback. This volume covers the following topics: moral standings of animals, history of the methods of argumentation, knowledge of the animal mind, nature and value of regulatory structures, and how respect for animals can be converted from theory to action in the laboratory. Editor(s): Gluck, John P.; DiPasquale, Tony; Orlans, F. Barbara. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; MBDC; MZF; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531377
- ISBN
- 9781557531377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.65
€ 16.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Series: Science, Medicine, & Technology in East Asia S. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892640782
- ISBN
- 9780892640782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Hardback. Closed to conventional passage, the Arctic Ocean and peripheral seas have nevertheless known European explorers since the sixteenth century. Systematic observation, however, dates only from the last years of the nineteenth century, with the epic drift of Fridtjof Nansen's ice ship Fram (1893-1896), the first scientific expedition of the modern era. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSR; HBT; JPSH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887716
- ISBN
- 9781574887716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.42
€ 43.99
€ 38.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Nordmann, Alfred; Radder, Hans; Scheimann, Gregor. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822961635
- ISBN
- 9780822961635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.63
€ 69.63
Paperback. Offers an accurate picture of science through the examination of nontechnical case studies which illustrate the various roles that experiment plays in science. Examines both sucessful and unsucessful experiments to show how scientists use experimental evidence and critical discussion to expand our knowlege of the natural world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822959687
- ISBN
- 9780822959687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.11
€ 69.11
Paperback. John Losee looks at rejected scientific theories through an analysis of case studies from the history of science. Each excerpt is of sufficient length to make clear the particular evaluative problem under consideration, and each discussion of scientific evaluative practice includes what scientists and philosophers have written on the topic. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958734
- ISBN
- 9780822958734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.56
€ 69.56
Hardcover. Originally published in German: Explorative Experimente: Ampaere, Faraday, und die Urspreunge der Elektrodynamik / Friedrich Steinle (Stuttgart: Steiner, 2005). Translator(s): Levine, Alex. Num Pages: 544 pages, 43 Illusrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944508
- ISBN
- 9780822944508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43