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History of science

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History of science

Hardcover. This is an analysis of how 16th- and 17th-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. It argues that these schemes can solve the enduring problem of how theological interpretation and investigation interact. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JD; 3JF; HRCM; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268010454
ISBN
9780268010454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. Revealing the life and career histories of successful 20th-century scientists, this resource offers students a research tool and a practical guide to launching a science career. Scientists mentioned in this book include: Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Dian Fossey and Margaret Meade. Series: Popular Authors Series. Num Pages: 525 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; YNK; YNN; YQS. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 180 x 263 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1146.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
525
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563086748
ISBN
9781563086748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.21

Hardcover. Founded around 1700 by a group of German Lutherans known as Pietists, the Halle Orphanage became the institutional headquarters of a universal seminar that still stands largely intact today. The author reveals, those teaching and training in Halle Orphanage contributed to the transformation of scientific observation and its related activities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243771
ISBN
9780226243771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Hardback. A unique account of Thomas Jefferson's passion for science, the influence of science on his vision for America, and the amazing extent of his scientific contributions Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184037
ISBN
9780300184037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardcover. Situating the politics of invention at the intersection of politics, law, and technology, Gispen (U. of Mississippi) describes how it occupied German inventors, industrial scientists, patent experts, business executives, and sometimes even the country's political leaders for the better part of a cen Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812421
ISBN
9781571812421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCZ; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312173067
ISBN
9780312173067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.96

Hardcover. Suitable for those interested in popular science, this title focuses on the popular reception of relativity in Britain and demonstrates how abstract science came to be entangled with class politics, media technology, changing sex relations, crime, cricket, and cinematography in the British imagination during the 1920s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; PDX; PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226680736
ISBN
9780226680736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Paperback. Women's bodies and the study of anatomy in Italy between the late thirteenth and the mid-sixteenth centuries. Num Pages: 419 pages, 62 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
419
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951689
ISBN
9781890951689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Page, Ra. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FV; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360. Short Stories from Modern Science. 288 pages. Editor(s): Page, Ra. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FV; PDX. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583331
ISBN
9781905583331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.39

Paperback / so. Vol. 1 originally published: Halle: Niemeyer, 1956. Series: Abhandlungen Der Rheinisch-Westfalischen Akademie Der Wissen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; CF; HB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531051024
ISBN
9783531051024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.75

paperback. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2. Aufl. 2013. Nachdruck 2013
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642393990
ISBN
9783642393990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282292
ISBN
9780520282292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1923
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642898235
ISBN
9783642898235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.49

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642898228
ISBN
9783642898228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.09

paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
Springer Germany
Edition
1926th Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642518959
ISBN
9783642518959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.20

Paperback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363729
ISBN
9780822363729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363569
ISBN
9780822363569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Hardback. Explaining Photosynthesis Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences. Num Pages: 359 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401795814
ISBN
9789401795814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319395067
ISBN
9783319395067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.02

Paperback. This book shows how early women novelists from Aphra Behn to Mary Davys drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre. Fascinated by the problematic idea of a unified self underpinning modes of thinking, female novelists innovated narrative structures to interrogate this idea. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HPC; HPCF; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349482306
ISBN
9781349482306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

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