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History of science
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
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
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
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
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
€ 193.21
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
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
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
€ 66.01
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
€ 127.73
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
€ 186.57
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
€ 145.97
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
€ 126.77
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
€ 117.87
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
€ 128.45
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
€ 33.99
€ 27.12
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
€ 41.37
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
€ 72.29
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
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
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
€ 10.99
€ 9.53
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
€ 72.17
hardcover. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758147
- ISBN
- 9780804758147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535319
- ISBN
- 9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758154
- ISBN
- 9780804758154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90