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Hardcover. The Principle of Least Action underlies all physics and leads into quantum mechanics and Einstein's Relativity. There are some textbooks that do the calculations, and one book with nice pictures, but no book (before this one) that explains what 'action' is, and why nature follows this principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743040
ISBN
9780198743040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716747
ISBN
9780198716747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.54

Hardback. Reveals the manner in which Newton strove for nearly half a century to rectify universal history by reading ancient texts through the lens of astronomy, and to create a tight theoretical system for interpreting the evolution of civilization on the basis of population dynamics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 54 halftones. 14 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 190 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154787
ISBN
9780691154787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67
€ 53.25

Paperback. This text focuses on the social and intellectual world of 19th-century German physics. In providing a biography of Hertz and his scientific community, Buchwald aims to reconstitute the tacit knowledge - the shared, unwritten assumptions, values and understandings - that shapes the work of science. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 halftones, 83 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 707.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078885
ISBN
9780226078885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.16
€ 55.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 498 pages, 116 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078861
ISBN
9780226078861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.33
€ 50.37

Hardback. The Dendera zodiac - an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets - was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theologians. This title tells the story of this incredible archeological find. Num Pages: 440 pages, 8 page color section. 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145761
ISBN
9780691145761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.50
€ 42.10

Paperback. This 'Oxford Handbook' brings together contributions by leading authorities on key areas of the history of physics since the seventeenth century. In a single volume, it offers a comprehensive introduction to scholarly contributions that have tended to be dispersed in journals and books not easily accessible to the student or general reader. Editor(s): Buchwald, Jed Z. (California Institute of Technology); Fox, Robert. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 960 pages, 108 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198805328
ISBN
9780198805328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.51

Paperback. "European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme DRUGS." Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; MBX; MMG; MQP; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337422
ISBN
9781349337422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.59

Hardcover. The author enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. In this title, she shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226476698
ISBN
9780226476698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.50
€ 45.64

Hardcover. Originally published as: Die Forme des Werdens (Geottingen: Wallstein Verlag, c2010). Num Pages: 432 pages, 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408765
ISBN
9781935408765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 82 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667659
ISBN
9780816667659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. This concluding volume of Charles Darwin's biography looks closely at the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences which responded to Darwin's ideas. It considers the Darwinian revolution from his point of view and what it was like to become a scientific celebrity. Num Pages: 608 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712668378
ISBN
9780712668378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 28.90

Hardback. Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: MFKC3; PDA; PDX; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725553
ISBN
9780674725553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 40.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174174
ISBN
9780691174174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119947
ISBN
9780140119947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Hardcover. A gently guided, profusely illustrated Grand Tour of the world of mathematics. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Over 1000 technical illustrations and cartoons and drawings. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 190 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2144.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1118
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393040029
ISBN
9780393040029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.32

Hardcover. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302058
ISBN
9780226302058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.33
€ 78.69

Paperback. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 284 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424. 284 pages, 20 halftones. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302034
ISBN
9780226302034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 31.48

Paperback. An introduction to constructivism, this book is a research paradigm that reflects on the importance of this theory, tells the history of its rise to prominence, and traces its important tensions. It sheds light on the relations between science and other cultural domains. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10halftones. BIC Classification: GB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226302317
ISBN
9780226302317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00
€ 37.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JFCX; JHBA; JMS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339082
ISBN
9781349339082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

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