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Hardcover. Secular Spirituality Series: Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality. Num Pages: 223 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFSR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319093444
- ISBN
- 9783319093444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardback. Inquires into the nature of scientific discovery. This book focuses on six personalities and scientific fields including: Johannes Kepler and modeling; A. Kitaiigorodskii and packing of shapes; and, Pierre Curie and symmetry breaking. It offers excerpts from conversations with scientists. It is illustrated, and is intended for the general public. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306460913
- ISBN
- 9780306460913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.39
€ 74.39
hardcover. Offers an institutional history of agricultural science in the Netherlands and its overseas territories. This study focusses on the variety of views about a proper relationship between science and (agricultural) practice. It also provides case studies of genetics and plant breeding in the Netherlands and colonial rice breeding. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; PDX; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402001130
- ISBN
- 9781402001130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
Paperback. Brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. This title offers readers an unprecedented view of gravitational wave research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226052298
- ISBN
- 9780226052298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
paperback. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312. What You Should Know About Science. Series: Canto Classics. 212 pages, Illustrations. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight: 302.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604650
- ISBN
- 9781107604650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWM; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403906434
- ISBN
- 9781403906434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
paperback. Physical Relativity is a critical examination of one of the foundations of modern science, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity. Harvey Brown defends an original interpretation of the theory, and hence of the nature of space and time, which combines Einstein's insights with those of his immediate precursors. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PGZ; PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199232925
- ISBN
- 9780199232925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
Paperback. This work introduces the origins and current status of the world's emerging space powers. It includes countries such as Iran and Brazil, and the programs of Japan and India from 1999 to 2007. The book concludes by speculating how these programs may evolve. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908735
- ISBN
- 9781441908735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 51.53
€ 52.91
€ 51.53
Hardcover. This book exhibits deep philosophical quandaries and intricacies of the historical development of science lying behind a simple item of common sense in modern science: the composition of water as H2O. It offers a unique new advocacy for pluralism in science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 337 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400739314
- ISBN
- 9789400739314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 372.51
€ 372.51
Paperback. This book exhibits deep philosophical quandaries and intricacies of the historical development of science lying behind a simple item of common sense in modern science: the composition of water as H2O. It offers a unique new advocacy for pluralism in science. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 337 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400796461
- ISBN
- 9789400796461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 427.23
€ 427.23
Hardback. An in-depth study of the masculine self-fashioning of scientific practitioners in 19th and early 20th-century Britain, this book focusses on the British Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1831, exploring shifts in the public image of the 'man of science , and questioning the natural scientist as a modern masculine hero. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311733
- ISBN
- 9781137311733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.87
€ 138.87
Hardback. Consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the US and Europe. This book includes articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment. It addresses the connections between nature and culture. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; RNC; TQ; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012358
- ISBN
- 9781402012358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 380.98
€ 380.98
Hardback. This work consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. It includes essays on Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363637
- ISBN
- 9780792363637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 430.69
€ 430.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198727514
- ISBN
- 9780198727514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. This book examines the study of natural history in the Spanish Empire in the years, 1750-1850, taking a transatlantic approach to the history of science. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084935
- ISBN
- 9780719084935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.10
€ 157.10
Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095523
- ISBN
- 9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 55.55
€ 71.29
€ 55.55
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 4 colour. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK; PHDV; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319243771
- ISBN
- 9783319243771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. The 16th and 17th centuries witnessed a fundamental transformation in how nature was understood and studied; a transformation which came to be known as the Scientific Revolution. This book introduces students to the best recent writings on this important era in the history of science. Editor(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236290
- ISBN
- 9780631236290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Paperback. The 16th and 17th centuries witnessed a fundamental transformation in how nature was understood and studied; a transformation which came to be known as the Scientific Revolution. This book introduces students to the best recent writings on this important era in the history of science. Editor(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236306
- ISBN
- 9780631236306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Hardback. Written by the celebrated chemist Helmut Werner, this is the first presentation of his and Fischer's significant work in inorganic chemistry. Since the discovery of ferrocene and the sandwich-type complexes, the field has been a huge scientific success story. Series: Profiles in Inorganic Chemistry. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNK; PNND; PNRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 2008
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387098470
- ISBN
- 9780387098470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.93
€ 134.93