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History of science
Hardcover. Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. This book reveals that two evolutionary and political traditions developed in England in the wake of the 1832 Reform Act: one Malthusian, the other decidedly anti-Malthusian. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; JP; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108490
- ISBN
- 9780226108490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Hardcover. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 452 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400754423
- ISBN
- 9789400754423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.97
€ 208.97
Paperback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795440
- ISBN
- 9789400795440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.26
€ 161.26
Paperback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400798854
- ISBN
- 9789400798854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.64
€ 151.64
Paperback / so. Series: i blu: Pagine de Scienza. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; PDX; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847010987
- ISBN
- 9788847010987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.51
€ 32.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. This unique book shows how Lazare Carnot and his son Sadi influenced each other in their work in the fields of mechanics and thermodynamics, and how future generations of scientists have further benefited from their work. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 506 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBX; PDX; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401779500
- ISBN
- 9789401779500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.79
€ 195.79
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1890
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642983177
- ISBN
- 9783642983177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.40
€ 79.40
Hardcover. Polydore Vergil's main point in "On Discovery" was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is an English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Translator(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007895
- ISBN
- 9780674007895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
The New Science and Women's Literary Discourse. Prefiguring Frankenste...
Prof. Judy A. . Ed(S): Hayden
Paperback. Looking at literary discourse, including poetry, fiction and non-fiction, diaries, and drama, this collection offers remarkable and fascinating examples of women writers who integrated scientific material in their literary narratives. Editor(s): Hayden, Prof. Judy A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292714
- ISBN
- 9781349292714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Bartholomew, Craig; Green, Dr Joel; Seitz, Christopher. Series: Studies in Theological Interpretation. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801035951
- ISBN
- 9780801035951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA; PDX; PN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 205 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472591838
- ISBN
- 9781472591838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 54.92
€ 59.41
€ 54.92
Paperback. A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated photos - on chapter openers. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTV2; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705940
- ISBN
- 9781408705940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Based on extensive research in formerly secret archives, this volume examines the progress of Soviet industrialisation against the background of the rising threat of aggression from Germany, Japan and Italy, and the consolidation of Stalin's power. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBL; HBW; KCD; KCZ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349391240
- ISBN
- 9781349391240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.60
€ 250.60
Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464395
- ISBN
- 9781349464395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardcover. In what variety of ways has the human mind, with its subjectivity and its capacity for self-deception, but also its piercing gifts of discovery, managed to come to terms with 'the whimsical tricks of nature'? This book conveys historical thought about modes of scientific advance. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 478 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357742
- ISBN
- 9780792357742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.33
€ 203.33
Paperback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; HBJD1; HPC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349431854
- ISBN
- 9781349431854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; PDR; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504725
- ISBN
- 9781349504725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. A description of the development of a class of statistical fitting procedures between 1750 and 1900. It contains detailed algebraic descriptions of the fitting of linear relationships by the method of least squares and the least absolute deviations and minimax absolute deviations procedures. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387985985
- ISBN
- 9780387985985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.34
€ 133.34
Paperback. Rob White reconsiders Freud's controversial theory of inherited memory, referring it both to Anglo-American commentary and post-structuralist work on psychoanalysis. White proposes that this theory is evidence of an underlying haunted retrospection in Freudian theorizing, which time and again discovers that meaning has been lost. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; D; HPM; JF; JMAF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349280896
- ISBN
- 9781349280896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.38
€ 126.38