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History of science

Paperback. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412160
ISBN
9781421412160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Their long experience in medical charity led to the creation of the first hospitals, a singular Christian contribution to health care. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420066
ISBN
9781421420066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412153
ISBN
9781421412153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. Polymer science is an active and thriving community of scientists, engineers and technologists, but there was a time, not so long ago, when there was no such community. This book concludes with an account of the epochal 1935 Discussion of the Faraday Society on Polymerization. Series: Springerbriefs in Molecular Science / Springerbriefs in History of Chemistry. Num Pages: 49 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2012
Number of pages
49
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642216367
ISBN
9783642216367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Molecular Science / Springerbriefs in History of Chemistry. Num Pages: 99 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662435359
ISBN
9783662435359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Hardback. Offers a treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. This book contains essays. It is intended for geographers, as well as practitioners of the social sciences, and historians of science. Editor(s): Dunbar, Gary S. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402000195
ISBN
9781402000195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.86

Hardcover. 100 Years of Radar Num Pages: 399 pages, 241 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TJFC; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319005836
ISBN
9783319005836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.09

Hardback. Displays the role of industry in the construction of fundamental scientific knowledge through the examination of case studies taken from the history of 19th and 20th-century physics, chemistry and biomedical sciences. Editor(s): Lowy, Ilana. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; KN; PDG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 651.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333647530
ISBN
9780333647530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137516855
ISBN
9781137516855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.57

Hardback. He examines how the machine emerged as a technology of truth, transporting readers back to the obscure origins of criminology itself, ultimately concluding that the lie detector owes as much to popular culture as it does to factual science. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JKVF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405308
ISBN
9781421405308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Deltete, Robert J. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
427
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401059152
ISBN
9789401059152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1930
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642941139
ISBN
9783642941139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.47

Paperback. The age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. Hersey explores the interrelations of the two developments and how they cross-fertilised. Num Pages: 280 pages, 52 colour plates, 106 halftones, 52 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AMA; PBM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327846
ISBN
9780226327846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Countering the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it, the author shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment. He makes a case for an enchanted secularism - a commitment to the value of the natural world and the human striving to understand it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136394
ISBN
9780691136394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486277400
ISBN
9780486277400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Leads us on a tour of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. This book ponders the impact of microbes on the evolution of civilization. It offers various tales into an account of the nature of fungi. It discusses topics such as the role of fungi in the Irish potato famine. It is intended for science enthusiasts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 color illus. 43 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSQ; PSTP; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
5th
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070162
ISBN
9780691070162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; LNTJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413037
ISBN
9781421413037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.55

Hardback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413020
ISBN
9781421413020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.19
€ 56.48

Paperback. i>A Vital Rationalist brings together for the first time a selection of Canguilhem's most important writings, including excerpts from previously unpublished manuscripts and a critical biography by Camille Limoges. Editor(s): Delaporte, Francois. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
482
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299731
ISBN
9780942299731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. Translator(s): Fawcett, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 327 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299595
ISBN
9780942299595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

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