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History of science

Paperback. "Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place."-Publishers Weekly Num Pages: 315 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337938
ISBN
9780393337938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.85

Hardcover. In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed from a marginal place to a serious hub of technological and scientific innovation. This title tells the tale of this transformation. Num Pages: 736 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JWMN; PDX; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226019758
ISBN
9780226019758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.38
€ 64.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821411926
ISBN
9780821411926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Sussman explains why-when it comes to race-too many people still mistake bigotry for science. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660038
ISBN
9780674660038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Hardback. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus publicly defended his hypothesis that the earth is a planet and the sun a body resting near the center of a finite universe. This title reframes this pivotal moment in the history of science, centering the story on a conflict over the credibility of astrology that erupted in Italy just as Copernicus arrived in 1496. Num Pages: 704 pages, 72 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 3JB; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1410. Prognostication, Skepticism, and Celestial Order. 704 pages, Illustrations. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus publicly defended his hypothesis that the earth is a planet and the sun a body resting near the center of a finite universe. This title reframes this pivotal moment in the history of science, centering the story on a conflict over the credibility of astrology that erupted in Italy just as Copernicus arrived in 1496. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JB; PDX; PG. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 52. Weight: 1410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254817
ISBN
9780520254817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.00
€ 76.54

Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; PDX; T; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626710368
ISBN
9781626710368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.82

Hardback. Translator(s): Connor, Peter James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635941
ISBN
9780691635941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 344.01

Paperback. Science is about 6000 years old while physics emerged as a distinct branch some 2500 years ago. This title provides the perspective needed to understand contemporary developments in physics in relation to philosophical traditions as far back as ancient Greece. It presents a history of physics from the early beginning to our day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 line, 2 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034877
ISBN
9780674034877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. Included is a famous nineteenth-century debate about scientific reasoning between the hypothetico-deductivist William Whewell and the inductivist John Stuart Mill; and an account of the realism-antirealism dispute about unobservables in science, with a consideration of Perrin's argument for the existence of molecules in the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Achinstein, Peter. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879449
ISBN
9780801879449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.93

Paperback. "Nature" has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869. This work brings together 19 review articles written for "Nature" over the past decade. Topics include major extinction events, homeotic genes and body plans and the origin and evolution of the primates. Editor(s): Gee, Henry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 92 illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284972
ISBN
9780226284972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720807
ISBN
9780226720807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.24
€ 79.50

Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109404
ISBN
9780226109404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.04

Paperback. This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 illustrations (8 colour). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GT; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745055
ISBN
9780804745055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Green Lion Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888009286
ISBN
9781888009286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.12

Hardback. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJH; PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897559
ISBN
9780801897559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.05
€ 62.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 186 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691178530
ISBN
9780691178530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.89

hardcover. This book gathers a variety of illuminating essays by an internationally known scholar of religion and ecology. New writings on technology, facing death, and an intellectual autobiography continue Gottlieb's unique ability to connect collective struggles for a just and caring society with personal strivings for wisdom and compassion. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442239401
ISBN
9781442239401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.85

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465055982
ISBN
9780465055982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171715
ISBN
9780691171715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.57
€ 42.52

Hardback. A falling apple inspired the law of gravity or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? "Newton s Apple and Other Myths about Science" brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present." Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967984
ISBN
9780674967984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

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