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Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736466
- ISBN
- 9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.75
€ 30.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of Num Pages: 1280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Running Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 1280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762416981
- ISBN
- 9780762416981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of time. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808420
- ISBN
- 9780226808420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Clucas, Stephen. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HP; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1035.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048170845
- ISBN
- 9789048170845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 253.27
€ 253.27
paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349517183
- ISBN
- 9781349517183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Mintz, Stephan L. Series: Studies in the Natural Sciences. Num Pages: 743 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1133.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
- Number of pages
- 743
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475715675
- ISBN
- 9781475715675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.47
€ 71.47
Hardback. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, 157 black & white illustrations, 83 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319083407
- ISBN
- 9783319083407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardback. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the history and philosophy of science, religious studies, and evolutionary theory, as well as policy makers and educators concerned about the spread of creationism in our time. Editor(s): Blancke, Stefaan; Hjermitslev, Hans Henrik; Kjaergaard, Peter C. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11, 7 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRAM3; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415628
- ISBN
- 9781421415628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Hardback. This volume offers an extensive analysis of the development of switching theory as mathematical foundations for modern design. The text serves as a pictorial history book of applications of Boolean logic in engineering. Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PDX; TBJ; TJFC; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642116810
- ISBN
- 9783642116810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.89
€ 227.89
Hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226545707
- ISBN
- 9780226545707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213484
- ISBN
- 9780226213484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Das Vogelbuch Von Conrad Gessner (1516-1565). Ein Archiv Fur Avifaunis...
Springer, Katharina B; Kinzelbach, Ragnar K
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMC; PDX; PSAF; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540852841
- ISBN
- 9783540852841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 267.99
€ 267.99
Hardback. In late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, a number of groups turned to the wondrous and occult as a means of understanding and explaining the world. This title examines these varied efforts through the phenomena witnessed at seances. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRQX; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400136
- ISBN
- 9781421400136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Soden, Dennis L. Num Pages: 252 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560723028
- ISBN
- 9781560723028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.82€ 104.77
€ 137.82
€ 104.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349085460
- ISBN
- 9781349085460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521085946
- ISBN
- 9780521085946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.75
€ 108.75
Hardcover. Fireworks are synonymous with celebration in the twenty-first century. But pyrotechnics have exploded in sparks and noise to delight audiences in Europe ever since the Renaissance. This title shows that fireworks helped foster advances in natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and many other branches of the sciences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX; TTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893778
- ISBN
- 9780226893778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Paperback. War-torn, virtually bankrupt, Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. Stalin believed that science should serve the state. The human cost of this peculiar marriage between the state and its scientists was horrendous. This book makes clear what Soviet science has done for us. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571290086
- ISBN
- 9780571290086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. This revised edition contains a wealth of new information about the lives and accomplishments of over a dozen scientists throughout five centuries. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted studies of a number of remarkable intellectuals and their scientific legacy. Translator(s): Shuchat, Alan. Num Pages: 388 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387360263
- ISBN
- 9780387360263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.01
€ 133.01
Hardback. George Berkeley was considered 'the most engaging and useful man in Ireland in the eighteenth century'. This is a collection of essays that is written by some leading scholars, aim to reconstruct the complexity of Berkeley's figure, without selecting 'major' works, nor searching for 'coherence' at any cost. Editor(s): Parigi, Silvia. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048192427
- ISBN
- 9789048192427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.34
€ 198.34