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History of science

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History of science

Hardcover. Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454122
ISBN
9780226454122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149615
ISBN
9780691149615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The definitive history of artificial intelligence (AI), from the dreams of early pioneers to the achievements of modern research. Num Pages: 578 pages, 227 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
578
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521122931
ISBN
9780521122931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.75

Hardcover. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TVK; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437040
ISBN
9780226437040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to general relativity, with a development of its foundations and a rich body of applications. It is a completely revised and expanded version of the classic edition General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Series: Graduate Texts in Physics. Num Pages: 756 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2nd ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400754096
ISBN
9789400754096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Baird, D.; Hughes, R. I. G. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048148813
ISBN
9789048148813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 227.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Goethe, Norma B.; Beeley, Philip; Rabouin, David. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 210 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401796637
ISBN
9789401796637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, 118 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529846
ISBN
9780262529846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.72

hardcover. Upon its publication, "The Origin of Species" was critically embraced in Europe and North America. But how did Darwin's theories fare in other regions of the world? This title offers the history and interpretation of the reception of Darwinism in Argentina, illuminating the ways culture shapes scientific enterprise. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDR; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226596167
ISBN
9780226596167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 55.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Myskja, Arne; Espvik, Ola. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251918282
ISBN
9788251918282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 40.83

paperback. Editor(s): Beattie, J. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; PDX; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349462452
ISBN
9781349462452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

This concise, easy-to-follow book introduces key topics in the history of computing from 3000 B.C. to the present. Profiles major figures in computing, covers programming, software and hardware and reviews innovations including the internet and worldwide web. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UB; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Number of pages
264
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447123583
ISBN
9781447123583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.93

Hardback. Presents a perspective on the study of early modern science. This title examines science in the context of the baroque, analyzes the tensions, paradoxes, and compromises that shaped the New Science of the seventeenth century and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 320 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923987
ISBN
9780226923987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Instead of celebrating the triumph of reason and rationality, the authors study the paradoxes and anxieties that stemmed from the New Science and the intellectual compromises that shaped it and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212982
ISBN
9780226212982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. A historical-epistemological study of one the most consequential idea of early modern celestial mechanics: Robert Hooke's proposal to 'compoun[d] the celestial motions of the planets of a direct motion by the tangent and an attractive motion towards a central body,' a proposal which Isaac Newton adopted and realized in his "Principia". Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402007323
ISBN
9781402007323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.74

Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PDA; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048160679
ISBN
9789048160679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 356 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662446614
ISBN
9783662446614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 569.
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
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662511817
ISBN
9783662511817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Darrigol, Olivier; Duplantier, Bertrand; Raimond, Jean-Michel; Rivasseau, Vincent. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHQ; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319143156
ISBN
9783319143156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Hardback. This book examines the history of evolutionary theory, explains its metaphysical and philosophical foundations, introduces the scientists involved, and discusses the rise of evolutionary theory against the background of Creationism and Intelligent Design. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642148958
ISBN
9783642148958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.07

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