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History of science
Hardcover. A revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s Editor(s): Mollan, R.Charles. Num Pages: 368 pages, 88 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091445
- ISBN
- 9780719091445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.83
€ 171.83
Hardback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230289871
- ISBN
- 9780230289871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. A non-specialist history of antibiotics, including penicillin, streptomycin and others. Wainwright discusses the antecedents of modern antibiotics and the antiquity of moulds to treat infection. He concludes with a discussion on recent developments in modern antibiotic research. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164920
- ISBN
- 9780631164920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.68
€ 42.99
€ 33.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJ; AB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336307
- ISBN
- 9780880336307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.99
€ 71.99
Hardback. Part of the "Studies in Biology, Economy and Society" series, this book looks at Sir Francis Galton, a grandson of Erasmus Darwin. In his twenties he won fame as an explorer, writing "The Art of Travel". In 1883, he coined the word eugenics by which he meant "good in birth" and "noble in heredity", Editor(s): Keynes, Milo. Series: Studies in Biology, Economy & Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; MFN; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333546956
- ISBN
- 9780333546956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.84
€ 194.84
Hardback. Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America's white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement. Num Pages: 262 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971561
- ISBN
- 9780674971561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.98
€ 49.99
€ 41.98
Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321223
- ISBN
- 9781349321223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250321
- ISBN
- 9780230250321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Paperback. When we talk about biomolecular sequencing, it is the relatively recent Human Genome Project that comes to mind. However, sequencing has a longer and more complex history which begins in the 1940s and is presented for the first time in this book. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543325
- ISBN
- 9781137543325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. Tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 228 x 38. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228405
- ISBN
- 9780803228405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.12
€ 43.99
€ 40.12
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Subtitled 'The First Scientist', this new one-volume biography places science at the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated: 30, integrated. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112749
- ISBN
- 9780349112749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 413 pages, 86 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, 74 black & white tables, 20 colo. BIC Classification: PDX; PNRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 855.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319317618
- ISBN
- 9783319317618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.00
€ 197.00
paperback. Based on thousands of letters written by patients and their relatives and on a wide range of other sources, this book provides the first comprehensive account of how early modern people understood, experienced and dealt with common diseases and how they dealt with them on a day-to-day basis. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349318377
- ISBN
- 9781349318377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148305
- ISBN
- 9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
Paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036663
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.67€ 64.27
€ 81.67
€ 64.27
Hardback. In economics, the existence of capital is taken for granted, yet it is difficult to establish for it a robust definition. This title is an exploratory essay on the origins of capital and the foundations of thermodynamics. It is suitable for historians and philosophers of science and economics, and engineering thermodynamicists. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347606
- ISBN
- 9780792347606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.66
€ 133.66
Paperback. Opens with a series of major essays dealing with the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with major empirical and theoretical questions in the science, from speciation to adaptation, from paleontology to evolutionary development (evo devo), and concludes with essays on the social and political significance of evolutionary biology. Editor(s): Ruse, Michael; Travis, Joseph. Num Pages: 1008 pages, 145 figures. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 164 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062214
- ISBN
- 9780674062214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.41
€ 50.99
€ 43.41
Paperback. Originally published in 1979, "The Darwinian Revolution" was a comprehensive synthesis of the history of evolutionary thought. For this edition, Michael Ruse has written an afterword that takes into account the research published since his book's first appearance. Num Pages: 362 pages, 12 halftones, 28 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731698
- ISBN
- 9780226731698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226294797
- ISBN
- 9780226294797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.34€ 79.45
€ 93.34
€ 79.45