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Hardback. Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments in molecular biology validate Lysenko's claims. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PDX; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674089051
- ISBN
- 9780674089051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. This collection offers an examination of the history of scientific observation in its own right, as both epistemic category and scientific practice. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine; Lunbeck, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 colour plates, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136783
- ISBN
- 9780226136783
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Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 halftones, 11 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432366
- ISBN
- 9780226432366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice. Num Pages: 173 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; LNKJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319018959
- ISBN
- 9783319018959
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Yongxiang, Lu. Num Pages: 506 pages, 187 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662513873
- ISBN
- 9783662513873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.64
€ 184.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Yongxiang, Lu. Num Pages: 639 pages, 420 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662513880
- ISBN
- 9783662513880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 163.74
€ 163.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Yongxiang, Lu. Num Pages: 508 pages, 344 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 777.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662513897
- ISBN
- 9783662513897
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Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731109
- ISBN
- 9781613731109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.55
€ 29.99
€ 27.55
Paperback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 588 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 97 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319444703
- ISBN
- 9783319444703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55€ 57.21
€ 62.55
€ 57.21
Paperback. Explores the dynamics between Orthodoxy and politics in Romania, providing an accessible narrative on church-state relations from the establishment of the state in 1859 to the rise of Ceau?escu in 1965. The book argues that Romanian national communism had an ally in a strong Church, and analyzes religious diplomacy with actors in the West. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBTB; HRAM; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304110
- ISBN
- 9781349304110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Counters historiographies that search for the origins of modern science within the experimental practices of Europe's first scientific institutions, such as the Cimento. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 262 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402062452
- ISBN
- 9781402062452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.49
€ 287.49
Paperback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 262 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048175819
- ISBN
- 9789048175819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 282.60
€ 282.60
Hardback. A new therapeutic strategy could break the stalemate in the war on cancer by targeting not all cancerous cells but the small fraction that lie at the root of cancers. Lucie Laplane offers a comprehensive analysis of cancer stem cell theory, based on an original interdisciplinary approach that combines biology, biomedical history, and philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: MJCL; PDX; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088740
- ISBN
- 9780674088740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.41
€ 48.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. In the age of Archimedes and Euclid, science as we know it was born, and gave rise to sophisticated technology that would not be seen again until 18th century. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known even among scientists, classicists and historians? This title discusses these questions. Translator(s): Levy, Silvio. Num Pages: 487 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540203964
- ISBN
- 9783540203964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.61
€ 185.61
Hardback. Translator(s): Deninger, B. Num Pages: 562 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 961.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 562
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540209386
- ISBN
- 9783540209386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.52
€ 83.52
Paperback. Translator(s): Trenn, T.J.; Bradley, F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253251
- ISBN
- 9780226253251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AKP; JF; KJMV3; PDX; TBD; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642281426
- ISBN
- 9783642281426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.66
€ 118.66
Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226610887
- ISBN
- 9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 46.16
€ 53.47
€ 46.16
Paperback. The fascinating exploration of the Hermetic origins of modern science and the secret agenda behind the search for the truth from the bestselling team of Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPC; PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472124784
- ISBN
- 9781472124784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 766 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1953
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 766
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231087988
- ISBN
- 9780231087988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 76.74
€ 99.81
€ 76.74