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History of science

Hardback. Tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 228 x 38. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803228405
ISBN
9780803228405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 40.12

Paperback. When we talk about biomolecular sequencing, it is the relatively recent Human Genome Project that comes to mind. However, sequencing has a longer and more complex history which begins in the 1940s and is presented for the first time in this book. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543325
ISBN
9781137543325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

Hardcover. Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230250321
ISBN
9780230250321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.55

Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321223
ISBN
9781349321223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Hardback. Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America's white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement. Num Pages: 262 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971561
ISBN
9780674971561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.98

Hardback. Part of the "Studies in Biology, Economy and Society" series, this book looks at Sir Francis Galton, a grandson of Erasmus Darwin. In his twenties he won fame as an explorer, writing "The Art of Travel". In 1883, he coined the word eugenics by which he meant "good in birth" and "noble in heredity", Editor(s): Keynes, Milo. Series: Studies in Biology, Economy & Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; MFN; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333546956
ISBN
9780333546956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJ; AB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
850
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336307
ISBN
9780880336307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.99

Hardback. A non-specialist history of antibiotics, including penicillin, streptomycin and others. Wainwright discusses the antecedents of modern antibiotics and the antiquity of moulds to treat infection. He concludes with a discussion on recent developments in modern antibiotic research. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164920
ISBN
9780631164920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.68

Hardback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289871
ISBN
9780230289871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. A revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s Editor(s): Mollan, R.Charles. Num Pages: 368 pages, 88 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGH; BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091445
ISBN
9780719091445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.83

Hardcover. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 48, 46 black & white halftones, 1 black & white halftones, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDR; PDX; RGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899874
ISBN
9780801899874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.00
€ 59.24

Hardback. The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the "predictive art" of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066632
ISBN
9780674066632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.94
€ 58.34

Paperback. Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them, this text focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the 19th century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. Num Pages: 462 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: MBX; PBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195061369
ISBN
9780195061369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.90

Paperback. Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas, this study examines the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Num Pages: 448 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195061376
ISBN
9780195061376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.98

Paperback. Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the mathematicians responsible for them, this text covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent study. Num Pages: 432 pages, line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
428
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195061352
ISBN
9780195061352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968319
ISBN
9781403968319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Low, Morris. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 523.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968326
ISBN
9781403968326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 610 pages, 1 halftone, 3 maps, 143 illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1948
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674823204
ISBN
9780674823204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.43
€ 154.89

Paperback. Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; DSBF; DSBH; JMAF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349356539
ISBN
9781349356539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.85

Paperback. This study of the female members of the Order or Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the High Middle Ages analyses their presence in the context of female monasticism and compares their position to the position of women in other religious military orders. Introducing questions of gender into the history of the military orders. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBW; HRJ; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349295722
ISBN
9781349295722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.38

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