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History of science

Paperback. Editor(s): Clifton, R.K. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDE; PDX; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048146437
ISBN
9789048146437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. "A fine treatment of this critical time in geology's history. Although it goes against our standard histories of the field, Laudan defends her views convincingly. Her style is direct, with carefully reasoned personal opinions and interpretations clearly defined." Jere H. Lipps, "The Scientist"" Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 290 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; PNV; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469478
ISBN
9780226469478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Hardcover. Takes you on a journey through time and space. The author begins at "year zero," and looks back from there, photographing the past in the present. Alongside the photographs, she combines tales of her worldly adventures tracking down these subjects with informative insight from the scientists who are studying them and their environments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 120 colour plates, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 238 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2084.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226057507
ISBN
9780226057507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.97

Hardcover. Five Decades of Tackling Models for Stiff Fluid Dynamics Problems Num Pages: 178 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF; PHU; PHVG; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642395406
ISBN
9783642395406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Paperback. Using both personal and general historical contexts, this book offers an authoritative account of the rational asymptotic modeling approach. It traces the developments in the field from its early beginnings to the present day. Num Pages: 178 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF; PHU; PHVG; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662522424
ISBN
9783662522424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Paperback. Focuses on the early history of biological field stations and the role these played in the rise of zoological place-based research. The author examines the material and social context in which field stations arose, the actual research that was produced in these places. It tours through the history of studying nature in nature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PDX; PSV; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142067
ISBN
9780226142067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHDV; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441924193
ISBN
9781441924193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.48

Paperback. Tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Num Pages: 542 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226103204
ISBN
9780226103204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

Hardback. A study of the nineteenth-century American scientist Edward Williams Morley. By revealing important aspects of the scientific culture of the American heartland, it deepens our understanding of this individual scientist and of American science more broadly. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402040887
ISBN
9781402040887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.01

Paperback. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048170388
ISBN
9789048170388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. Film tie-in: an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542020
ISBN
9781848542020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20, 15 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420332
ISBN
9781421420332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.33

Hardback. This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137519412
ISBN
9781137519412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Grizzle provides a history of science/religion interactions, with an emphasis on Christianity. He also examines his own history of dialogue, which involves self-reflection and interactions with others on science and religion. He focuses on what we have learned about the structure, history, and functioning of creation. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761858058
ISBN
9780761858058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.51

Paperback. An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831014
ISBN
9781408831014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662481639
ISBN
9783662481639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.40

Hardback. Philanthropic societies funded by the Rockefeller family were prominent in the social history of the twentieth century, for their involvement in medicine and applied science. This book provides the first detailed study of their relatively brief but nonetheless influential foray into the field of mathematics. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJG; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 877.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764364687
ISBN
9783764364687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Popp, Reinhold. Series: Zukunft Und Forschung. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642289538
ISBN
9783642289538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.05

Paperback. Countering the tendency to remember great scientists for a single achievement, this book celebrates the lesser-known inventions of such versatile innovators as James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell and Edmond Halley. Includes detailed illustrations and much more. Num Pages: 177 pages, 81 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461408598
ISBN
9781461408598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.13

Hardback. This important text will be of interest to a wide range of historians-of science, of scholarly practices and the book, and of early-modern intellectual and cultural history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30, 28 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421773
ISBN
9781421421773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.50

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