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History of science

Paperback. By tracing Niels Bohr's work from his 1913 atomic theory to the introduction and then refinement of the idea of complementarity, and by explicating different meanings of "complementarity" in Bohr and the relationships between it and Bohr's other concepts, this book offers an account of Bohr's work on complementarity and its significance. Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461445166
ISBN
9781461445166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DB; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Oxford University Press England
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540280
ISBN
9780199540280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This is the first biography of Gosta Mittag-Leffler, often called the father of Swedish mathematics. Written in a lucid and compelling manner, this monumental work includes many hitherto unknown facts about his personal life and professional endeavors. Translator(s): Nunnally, Tiina. Num Pages: 743 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PH; TBC; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
743
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662501764
ISBN
9783662501764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.11

hardcover. This is the life of a Norwegian mathematical genius: Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). The author is himself both a historian and a mathematician. Translator(s): Daly, R.H. Num Pages: 580 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNN; BG; PB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 245 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Germany
Edition
2000th Edition
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540668343
ISBN
9783540668343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.55
€ 59.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814749855
ISBN
9789814749855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.12

Paperback. This book offers a novel historical approach to the core subjects encountered in physics at the undergraduate level. It provides physics students with a grounding in the history and conceptual development of the subject. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 530 pages, 182 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319007496
ISBN
9783319007496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306444609
ISBN
9780306444609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Num Pages: 172 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNK; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319193564
ISBN
9783319193564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Gerbino, Anthony. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 332 pages, 105 black & white illustrations, 43 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; AMA; AMX; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319359236
ISBN
9783319359236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 205.19

Paperback. Translator(s): Coyne, George V. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268028916
ISBN
9780268028916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. .
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753729854
ISBN
9780753729854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Abulafia, Anna Sapir. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HPC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349424993
ISBN
9781349424993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.78

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 397 pages, 6 halftones 6 line illus. 1 table. 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 United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691606569
ISBN
9780691606569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Hardback. Proceeds from about 1800 BC to 1800 AD, discussing, for example, the Renaissance method for solving cubic and quartic equations and providing rigorous elementary proof that certain geometrical problems posed by the ancient Greeks cannot be solved by ruler and compass alone. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 341 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PBB; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed. 1995. Corr. 2nd printing 1998
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387945446
ISBN
9780387945446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.35

Paperback. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMN; PDX; PHN; PNRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323961
ISBN
9780226323961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Far from being a record of southern failure, Lakwete concludes, the cotton gin-correctly understood-supplies evidence that the slave labor-based antebellum South innovated, industrialized, and modernized. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 26, 16 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873942
ISBN
9780801873942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Paperback. In this text, Angela N.H. Creager introduces the reader to the plant virus that taught much of what we know about all viruses, including the lethal ones, and that also played a crucial role in the development of molecular biology. Num Pages: 398 pages, 30 halftones, 31 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226120263
ISBN
9780226120263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, the text suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; PDX; PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226667997
ISBN
9780226667997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.52

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMGT; PDX; PDZ; RNP; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944993
ISBN
9781403944993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 47.17

hardcover. Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) was an English clergyman and mathematician. Until around 1950, he was considered a minor contributor to the history of mathematics, and if he was known at all it was because his name was attached to a simple theorem in the calculus of probabilities. This book talks about the life and work of this person. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 670 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
670
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387004990
ISBN
9780387004990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.59

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