.png){kind=logo}
History of science
Results 441 - 460 of 720
History of science
Paperback. With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403632
- ISBN
- 9781421403632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.85
€ 54.99
€ 45.85
Hardcover. Imperial expansion necessitated changes in the way scientific knowledge was gathered. This book shows how this cosmographic knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 colour plates, 14 halftones, 5 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675343
- ISBN
- 9780226675343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 78.75
€ 94.73
€ 78.75
Paperback. Spanish cosmographers were charged with turning their observations of the New World into a body of knowledge that could be used for governing. The author shows that this knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 colour plates, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055404
- ISBN
- 9780226055404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347325
- ISBN
- 9780226347325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 44.74
€ 52.10
€ 44.74
Paperback. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and to its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Now, Mario Biagioli shows how Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he examined, his methods, and even his conclusions. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045603
- ISBN
- 9780226045603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Focusing on the aspects of Galileo's scientific life that extended beyond court culture and patronage, this title offers an account of the different systems of exchanges, communication, and credibility at work in Galileo's career. It is intended for readers interested in the history of astronomy and the history of science in general. Num Pages: 316 pages, 16 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045627
- ISBN
- 9780226045627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Students of the American Civil War will welcome this fresh study of military-industrial production and procurement on the home front-long an obscure topic. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9, 7 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898204
- ISBN
- 9780801898204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119025528
- ISBN
- 9781119025528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.74
€ 34.74
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 538 pages, 47 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RBGF; RBGH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 538
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731025
- ISBN
- 9780226731025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 43.98
€ 50.92
€ 43.98
Paperback. Examines the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we call "deep time" was pieced together. This title explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology. Num Pages: 732 pages, 145 halftones, 34 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2182.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 732
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731131
- ISBN
- 9780226731131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.46
€ 41.99
€ 32.46
Paperback. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731292
- ISBN
- 9780226731292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Hardcover. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226731285
- ISBN
- 9780226731285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.97€ 69.06
€ 76.97
€ 69.06
Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731056
- ISBN
- 9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Lampland, Martha; Star, Susan Leigh. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7. BIC Classification: JHB; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474613
- ISBN
- 9780801474613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001302
- ISBN
- 9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 79.10
€ 94.73
€ 79.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489181
- ISBN
- 9780801489181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069430
- ISBN
- 9781782069430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Science can answer any question we choose to put to it, even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour, and our cultures. The author here, puts forth her corrective view that without poetry or literature, or music, or history, or even theology we cannot hope to understand our humanity. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415378482
- ISBN
- 9780415378482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.83
€ 26.99
€ 26.83
Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922843
- ISBN
- 9780226922843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 79.10
€ 94.73
€ 79.10
Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951362
- ISBN
- 9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.83
€ 18.99
€ 13.83