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History of science
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816673032
- ISBN
- 9780816673032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA Num Pages: 384 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minimal reading wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCD0022325
- ISBN
- 9780340712603
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. William Hyde Wollaston made an astonishing number of discoveries in an astonishingly varied number of fields. This book features length study of Wollaston, his science, and the environment in which he thrived. It will help to reinstate Wollaston in the history of science and the pantheon of its great innovators. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones, 32 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226245737
- ISBN
- 9780226245737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardback. Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) was the winner of the Nobel Prize in 1907 for his contributions to immunology. This title contains annotated and edited biology papers dating from Metchnikoff's earliest writings to the texts of his mature period of the 1890s. It is useful for those interested in the historical development of evolutionary biology. Editor(s): Gourko, Helena; Williamson, D.; Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360674
- ISBN
- 9780792360674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Drieschner, Michael. Series: Springerbriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice / Texts and Protocols. Num Pages: 201 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319036700
- ISBN
- 9783319036700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.85€ 48.07
€ 55.85
€ 48.07
Hardback. This manual pulls together-and illustrates with interesting case studies-specialized and generalized archaeological research strategies that yield new insights into science. It features templates that will help readers visualize and design their own projects. Series: Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique. Num Pages: 204 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319000763
- ISBN
- 9783319000763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Series: Biographien Hervorragender Naturwissenschaftler, Techniker U. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TBC; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Edition
- 3
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322004024
- ISBN
- 9783322004024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.50
€ 48.50
Hardcover. Offering an account of Schrodinger's successive interpretations of quantum mechanics, culminating in their final synthesis in the 1950s, this title analyzes his original position in the realism-anti-realism debate. His views on the wave-corpuscle issue are contrasted with Bohr's, and his conceptions of the measurement problem are compared. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342663
- ISBN
- 9780792342663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.82
€ 199.82
Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPK; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401072915
- ISBN
- 9789401072915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531031941
- ISBN
- 9783531031941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.70
€ 72.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304427
- ISBN
- 9780226304427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
Hardback. This book discusses the impetus-based physics of the Jesuit natural philosopher and mathematician Honore Fabri (1608-1688), and shows how Fabri, contrary to popular conception, reinterpreted medieval concepts to adapt to emerging concepts of modern science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPC; JF; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400716049
- ISBN
- 9789400716049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Paperback. Explores a new relation between magnetism and electricity. In this title, Faraday shows us his unsuccessful as well as his successful experiments, and his crude ideas as well as his developed ones, and the reader is tempted to believe that, if he had the opportunity, he too would be a discoverer. It also includes notes, and supplementary diagrams. Editor(s): Fisher, Howard J. Num Pages: 96 pages, figures. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 7. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Edition
- The First Series
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009279
- ISBN
- 9781888009279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.09
€ 11.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849739894
- ISBN
- 9781849739894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. This is the first comprehensive examination of Leibniz's thought on time and space. The book fills a gap in existing scholarship by examining his views on the topological structure of space and time, including the unity and unboundedness of space and time. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400789432
- ISBN
- 9789400789432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.14
€ 194.14
Paperback. In this fun, informative book, a scientist demonstrates how intelligence and faith can-and should-go hand in hand. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780785287896
- ISBN
- 9780785287896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
€ 18.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Philosophy in Science explores the concepts of space, time, and causality, from Plato and Aristotle, through Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and other great thinkers, right up to the relativistic cosmologies and the theories of contemporary science. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642446511
- ISBN
- 9783642446511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. From prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century, this title offers an introduction to the history of Western astronomy. It focuses on topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the explorations of the universe. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803061
- ISBN
- 9780192803061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400768741
- ISBN
- 9789400768741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.79
€ 76.79