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Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814720653
ISBN
9780814720653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814720714
ISBN
9780814720714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

Hardback. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience-UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience. Illustrator(s): Harris, Sidney. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44. BIC Classification: PDX; PHVB; VXQB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 2. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190620295
ISBN
9780190620295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.91

Paperback. Propelled to fame by his "Two Cultures" lecture, scientist-turned-novelist C. P. Snow (1905--1980) here tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how vital decisions were ultimately determined by politics. Today scientists and politicians are more contentious, but Snow's dramatic narrative remains the best guide. Series: Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government & the Duties of the Citizen. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPH; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072374
ISBN
9780674072374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. This title traces the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226798462
ISBN
9780226798462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. By the late nineteenth century, engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, and by 1901 scientists were able to manipulate them to transmit messages across long distances. This title documents this monumental discovery and the advances in radio ionospheric propagation research that occurred in its aftermath. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 halftones, 68 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHK; TJKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015194
ISBN
9780226015194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.97
€ 79.56

Paperback. Traces humanity's journey from the mythical origins of religion, through the struggles to make sense of Christianity in the fourth century, and the strangely similar struggles to make sense of quantum theory in the twentieth century, to modern quantum cosmology. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846943201
ISBN
9781846943201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245211
ISBN
9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

Hardcover. When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers Series: History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HP; JHM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9789089644381
ISBN
9789089644381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.71

Hardback. Series: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World. Num Pages: 446 pages, 38 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 329 x 2. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138101173
ISBN
9781138101173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.13

Hardback. Shows how the key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. This title traces how the recursive argument method was first developed by Buddhist scholars and was spread by them throughout ancient Central Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155319
ISBN
9780691155319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Astounding revelations about a hitherto unknown civilization which predates the ancient Egyptians, with far-reaching implications Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. port. BIC Classification: HBA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Watkins Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907486098
ISBN
9781907486098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029883
ISBN
9780268029883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. Describes the cast of characters who have contributed to diverse fields from palaeontology to medicine. Providing insights into the ways in which women have been able to create careers in a male domain, this book brings to life the stories of women scientists' experiences, from colonial times, when many are leaders in their fields. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522851076
ISBN
9780522851076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Hardback. This study examines the way that scientists in the 16th and 17th centuries, who had not studied 'science' formally, used the tools of their literary education to formulate ideas about science and, at the same time, how the remarkableseventeenth-century scientific developments inspired non-scientific writers to make new fictions of discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704805
ISBN
9780198704805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.85

Paperback. In addition to providing an insightful account of life and work in nineteenth-century urban America, The Horse in the City brings us to a richer understanding of how the animal fared in this unnatural and presumably uncomfortable setting. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400433
ISBN
9781421400433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.24

paperback. Showing how ordinary people participate in creating science, this text documents how the development of science has affected ordinary people, and how ordinary people have perceived that development. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 265 x 41. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Avalon Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560257486
ISBN
9781560257486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 309 pages, 156 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations, 60 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319305622
ISBN
9783319305622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.96

Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226053899
ISBN
9780226053899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.97
€ 79.56

Paperback. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future. Num Pages: 176 pages, 166, 166 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801853999
ISBN
9780801853999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.81

A work on the Timaeus that takes Plato's Cosmology as starting point. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203877
ISBN
9780872203877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.20
€ 44.26

Hardback. It alters present perceptions not only of the scientific revolution but of the role of Renaissance humanism in the forging of modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413167
ISBN
9781421413167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

The first study on Renaissance theories of weather in five decades, Renaissance Meteorology offers a novel understanding of traditional natural philosophy and its impact on the development of modern science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401874
ISBN
9781421401874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; TBX; TR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631491910
ISBN
9780631491910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.57

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