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Paperback. Drawing on a diverse collection of institutional archives, personal correspondence and papers, and interviews, the author shows how game theory offered social scientists, biologists, military strategists, and others a common, flexible language that could facilitate wide-ranging thought and debate on some of the most critical issues of the day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBUD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226097176
- ISBN
- 9780226097176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Hardcover. Drawing on a diverse collection of institutional archives, personal correspondence and papers, and interviews, the author shows how game theory offered social scientists, biologists, military strategists, and others a common, flexible language that could facilitate wide-ranging thought and debate on some of the most critical issues of the day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBUD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226097039
- ISBN
- 9780226097039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.65€ 89.55
€ 107.65
€ 89.55
Paperback. This biography of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) studies and evaluates his career as an inventor and explores in detail how he created inventions that shaped the 20th century, including the electric light, photography, and over 1000 other items. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; PDX; TBX; TBY; THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471362708
- ISBN
- 9780471362708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Hardcover. The definitive biography of the century's godfather of invention-from the preeminent Edison scholar "Israel's meticulous research and refusal to shy away from the dodgier aspects of Edison's personality offers a fresh glimpse into the life of the inventor. "-New Scientist "Remarkable. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; TBX; THRF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471529422
- ISBN
- 9780471529422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 45.88
€ 53.24
€ 45.88
Paperback. Now available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this acclaimed biography will appeal to historians of technology and science, as well as to scientists and engineers who wish to learn more about this remarkable man. Num Pages: 360 pages, 62, 49 black & white halftones, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Johns Hopkins Paperback Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869099
- ISBN
- 9780801869099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00€ 39.80
€ 42.00
€ 39.80
Paperback. Students of consumer studies and the history of technology, as well as scholars and general readers, will be captivated by Josephson's insights into the complex relationship between society and technology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417837
- ISBN
- 9781421417837
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.42
€ 35.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes account of the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which transformed the practice and potential of molecular biology. This book explores the culture of biotechnology as it emerged at Cetus Corporation in the 1980s, looking at its scientific, social and economic elements. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; PDX; PSD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226701479
- ISBN
- 9780226701479
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.97
€ 31.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Being human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226137636
- ISBN
- 9780226137636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.38
€ 46.99
€ 36.38
Paperback. Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for invention'. This book demonstrates his perceptions, which changed our world forever. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099287384
- ISBN
- 9780099287384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science. This book introduces the author's choice of the ten great ideas of science. It aims to lead the reader through the emergence of the concepts, and then present them in an effective manner. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous halftones & figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198609414
- ISBN
- 9780198609414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857385987
- ISBN
- 9780857385987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Paperback. This study examines 17th-century mathematical sciences - astronomy, optics and mechanics - not as abstract ideas, but as vital enterprises that involved practices related to both experience and experiment. Mersenne, Descartes, Pascal, Barrow, Newton, Boyle and the Jesuits are discussed. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226139449
- ISBN
- 9780226139449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 color illus. 75 line drawings 4 maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605869
- ISBN
- 9780691605869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 59.46
€ 76.90
€ 59.46
Paperback. The evolution and reception of the Renaissance was mediated by, amongst other influences: the Protestant Reformation; the development of science or natural philosophy; and an interest in witchcraft and demonology. These are evaluated alongside the influence of Montaigne's "Essays". Editor(s): Elmer, Peter. Series: Open University: The Renaissance in Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300082203
- ISBN
- 9780300082203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
paperback. The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalization of science in the nineteenth century. The author shows how botany escaped the burdens of medicine, feminization and the sterility of classification and nomenclature to become a rigorous laboratory science. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138663756
- ISBN
- 9781138663756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.55
€ 71.55
Paperback. When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work. Editor(s): Harrison, Peter; Numbers, Ronald L.; Shank, Michael H. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317830
- ISBN
- 9780226317830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Hardcover. When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work. Editor(s): Harrison, Peter; Numbers, Ronald L.; Shank, Michael H. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226317816
- ISBN
- 9780226317816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.67€ 99.98
€ 120.67
€ 99.98
Hardcover. Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226068633
- ISBN
- 9780226068633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 50.79
€ 59.15
€ 50.79
Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590439
- ISBN
- 9780099590439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Molecules are the building blocks of matter. Using the molecules of life as a springboard, Philip Ball provides a new perspective on modern chemistry. He shows how molecular scientists are capturing the dynamism of biological molecules in synthetic systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the new century. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 117 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854308
- ISBN
- 9780192854308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and the myths around why chocolate was thought to be bad for you. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MMG; PDX; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849734110
- ISBN
- 9781849734110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Paperback. In 1935 geneticist Nikolai Timofeeff-Ressovsky, radiation physicist Karl G Zimmer, and quantum physicist Max Delbruck published "On the Nature of Gene Mutation and Gene Structure", known subsequently as the "Three-Man Paper". This title presents a translation of the "Three Man Paper". Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R.; Fogel, Brandon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 11 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226767833
- ISBN
- 9780226767833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Ariew, Roger. Translator(s): Ariew, R. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169231
- ISBN
- 9780226169231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83