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History of science
paperback. With a focus on colonial Bengal, this book demonstrates how the dynamics of agrarian prosperity or decline, communal conflicts, poverty and famine can only be properly understood from an ecological perspective as well as discussions of state's coercion and popular resistance, market forces and dependency, or contested cultures and consciousness. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; KCN; KCZ; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- SKU
- V9781349312214
- ISBN
- 9781349312214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 118 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 221.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319212623
- ISBN
- 9783319212623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.34
€ 78.34
hardcover. One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time-including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 36 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756426
- ISBN
- 9780804756426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 line drawings and 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199668816
- ISBN
- 9780199668816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.62
€ 21.62
Paperback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146925
- ISBN
- 9789048146925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Paperback. This book is about the development of psychoanalysis and modern subjectivity in Japan, and addresses three key questions: 'Why is there psychoanalysis in Japan?', 'What do we learn about Japan from its own forms of analysis?', and 'What do we learn about ourselves from Japan?' Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353200
- ISBN
- 9781349353200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.34
€ 126.34
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944492
- ISBN
- 9780822944492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.64
€ 55.64
Hardback. A highly accomplished historian, Heyck relays this complicated story with unusual clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 recorded music items, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; J; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417103
- ISBN
- 9781421417103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.49
€ 73.49
Paperback / so. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Paperback). Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1936
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642939013
- ISBN
- 9783642939013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.91
€ 73.91
Paperback / so. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Paperback). Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1937
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642939006
- ISBN
- 9783642939006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.99
€ 74.99
paperback. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Paperback). Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1938
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 1938th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642938993
- ISBN
- 9783642938993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.81
€ 73.81
Paperback / so. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Paperback). Num Pages: 387 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1939
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642938986
- ISBN
- 9783642938986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.33
€ 73.33
Paperback / so. Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (Paperback). Num Pages: 361 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642938979
- ISBN
- 9783642938979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
paperback. Many civilizations produced astronomical texts, and many cultures that left no written records, left monuments ranging from rock paintings to Stonehenge, that show a clear interest in astronomy. This text is the history of such cultures along with the discoveries of Galileo, Kepler and others. Series: Springer Study Edition. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387948225
- ISBN
- 9780387948225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Kennedy, Hubert C. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027710680
- ISBN
- 9789027710680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.71
€ 193.71
Hardback. Mechanisms in Ancient Chinese Books with Illustrations Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 637.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319020082
- ISBN
- 9783319020082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.84
€ 128.84
Paperback. This book presents a unique approach for studying mechanisms and machines that were depicted unclearly in ancient Chinese texts. It uses illustrated examples to detail how ancient mechanisms with uncertain structures can be reconstructed. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 316 pages, 221 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TGBN; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319376943
- ISBN
- 9783319376943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. Provides history of the pancreas. This title presents a historical review of the science of medicine which is liberally interspersed with anecdotal vignettes of the researchers who have worked on this organ. Num Pages: 729 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG; MJR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 729
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306467424
- ISBN
- 9780306467424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 434.74
€ 434.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Marchitello, Howard; Tribble, Evelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467782
- ISBN
- 9781137467782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 341.50
€ 341.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898686
- ISBN
- 9780801898686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.19
€ 38.99
€ 33.19