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History of science

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History of science

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531118369
ISBN
9783531118369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Dimension: 136 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Folklore Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864312
ISBN
9781894864312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

paperback. A story of the astounding forces that underpin our existence; a horizon-expanding tour of the cosmos that unifies what we know about the universe with new thinking. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593560
ISBN
9780099593560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1914
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
3
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663151838
ISBN
9783663151838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

Paperback. This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. Num Pages: 528 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; PDX; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521541176
ISBN
9780521541176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

paperback. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDR; PDX; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550275
ISBN
9780226550275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 248 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 166 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; PDX; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319143873
ISBN
9783319143873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.45

Hardback. Series: Springer Biographies. Num Pages: 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PBC; PDX; TJFM; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319506562
ISBN
9783319506562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.87

Paperback. Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 212 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; JHMC; PDX; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319360010
ISBN
9783319360010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483864
ISBN
9781611483864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.97

paperback. Dedicated to the role of visual representations in the history of early modern science, this book brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, and the interaction between images and texts. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhäuser Switzerland
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764324346
ISBN
9783764324346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 186.57

Paperback. In this text, prominent psychologists offer insightful, moving, and useful autobiographies. They cover a broad swath of the psychological field during the second half of the 20th century and address both their personal and professional lives. Editor(s): Mos, Leendert P. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441927804
ISBN
9781441927804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349443598
ISBN
9781349443598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. In considering how scientists persuade colleagues to cross the disciplinary divide, this text examines three scientific monographs in their historical contexts: Dodzhansky's "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937); Schrodinger's "What is Life?" (1944); and Wilson's "Consilience" (1998). Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226099071
ISBN
9780226099071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 126 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDX; PSAJ; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493940967
ISBN
9781493940967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAM3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178402
ISBN
9780231178402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of ideas and pursuits, this title illuminates the practice. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 23 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PN; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103792
ISBN
9780226103792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time. From astronomy to alchemy and medicine to geology, he tells this fascinating story from the perspective of the historical characters involved. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199567416
ISBN
9780199567416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Principe, Lawrence M. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048175932
ISBN
9789048175932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 227.31

Hardback. Features themes that include late-phase alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology. Editor(s): Principe, Lawrence M. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402062735
ISBN
9781402062735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.23

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