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History of science

paperback. Traces the history of alchemy from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781441132970
ISBN
9781441132970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753600
ISBN
9789400753600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Boomgaard, P. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462513
ISBN
9781349462513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.21

paperback. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349449132
ISBN
9781349449132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence--and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds--and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God's handiwork can be understood. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417106
ISBN
9780674417106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199330966
ISBN
9780199330966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Hardcover. Cyril Darlington was one of the most celebrated biologists of the 20th century, but fell from grace after theorising that chromosomes held the biological truths behind dark truths about man and his culture. This biography traces the life of a gifted and passionate scientist. Num Pages: 342 pages, 13 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013339
ISBN
9780674013339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.27
€ 84.93

Paperback. Describes the transformative role played by outsiders in the growth of the modern life sciences. This volume brings together biographical essays of some of the most remarkable outsiders of the modern era - from Noam Chomsky using linguistics to answer questions about brain architecture, to Erwin Schrodinger contemplating DNA as a physicist would. Editor(s): Harman, Oren; Dietrich, Michael R. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078403
ISBN
9780226078403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.15

Hardcover. Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. This book sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of hand-drawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226084374
ISBN
9780226084374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 42.60

Hardback. Editor(s): Darrigol, Olivier; Duplantier, Bertrand; Raimond, Jean-Michel; Rivasseau, Vincent. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHQ; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319143156
ISBN
9783319143156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Paperback. Devices of Curiosity excavates a largely unknown genre of early cinema, the popular-science film. Primarily a work of cinema history, it also draws on the insights of the history of science. Num Pages: 272 pages, 114 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJC; APF; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199860708
ISBN
9780199860708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.16

Hardback. A historical-epistemological study of one the most consequential idea of early modern celestial mechanics: Robert Hooke's proposal to 'compoun[d] the celestial motions of the planets of a direct motion by the tangent and an attractive motion towards a central body,' a proposal which Isaac Newton adopted and realized in his "Principia". Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402007323
ISBN
9781402007323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.88

Paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Instead of celebrating the triumph of reason and rationality, the authors study the paradoxes and anxieties that stemmed from the New Science and the intellectual compromises that shaped it and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212982
ISBN
9780226212982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. Presents a perspective on the study of early modern science. This title examines science in the context of the baroque, analyzes the tensions, paradoxes, and compromises that shaped the New Science of the seventeenth century and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 320 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923987
ISBN
9780226923987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.33
€ 78.69

paperback. Editor(s): Beattie, J. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; PDX; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349462452
ISBN
9781349462452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardcover. Editor(s): Myskja, Arne; Espvik, Ola. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251918282
ISBN
9788251918282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.16
€ 40.17

hardcover. Upon its publication, "The Origin of Species" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? This title offers the history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226596167
ISBN
9780226596167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 54.80

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 118 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529846
ISBN
9780262529846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.72

Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to general relativity, with a development of its foundations and a rich body of applications. It is a completely revised and expanded version of the classic edition General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Series: Graduate Texts in Physics. Num Pages: 756 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754096
ISBN
9789400754096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.55

Hardcover. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TVK; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437040
ISBN
9780226437040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.31

Paperback. The definitive history of artificial intelligence (AI), from the dreams of early pioneers to the achievements of modern research. Num Pages: 578 pages, 227 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
578
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521122931
ISBN
9780521122931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149615
ISBN
9780691149615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454122
ISBN
9780226454122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 41.51

Paperback. Looks at the history of forensic science over the last two centuries, during which time a combination of remarkable intuition, painstaking observation and leaps in scientific knowledge have developed this fascinating branch of detection. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569244
ISBN
9780099569244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

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