.png){kind=logo}
History of science
Results 861 - 880 of 1820
History of science
Paperback. This book introduces a new outlook on thermodynamics. It brings the theory up to the present time and indicates areas of further development with the union of information theory and the theory of means and their inequalities. Num Pages: 226 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDX; PHH; PHS; TGMD; TH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984043
- ISBN
- 9781489984043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book recounts the history of the refractor telescope at Meudon, France, from the birth of the concept that drove Jules Janssen at the end of the nineteenth century, to the enormous progress it fostered in the visual observation of astronomical objects. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489989307
- ISBN
- 9781489989307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.38
€ 126.38
Paperback. What does morality have to do with psychology in a value-neutral, postmodern world? With its bold call to reason, this book contains enough controversial ideas to spark great interest among researchers and scholars in psychology and the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMB; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489990143
- ISBN
- 9781489990143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
paperback. Enriched by unpublished correspondence and other fresh archival material, this is the first biography of Jules Janssen, the father of French astrophysics and the founder of Meudon Observatory, whose remarkable story tells of travel and dedication to science. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489992451
- ISBN
- 9781489992451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. This book describes the development of the first cobalt-60 unit, used in radiation treatments for cancer, and the man behind it, Leonard Grimmett. It tells the story of the development of one of the world's largest cancer centers and medical physics programs. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMPH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489995209
- ISBN
- 9781489995209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
paperback. This unique volume forestalls the scientific injustice that could have been inflicted on William Gascoigne. The captivating narrative tracks the gradual recovery of the 17th-century astronomer's trailblazing work on the telescopic sight and the micrometer. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489995742
- ISBN
- 9781489995742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback. Devoted to the scientific legacy of Professor Victor Ambartsumian, this book recounts and builds on his revolutionary ideas in astrophysics and corresponding results, and shows how these ideas are in use in astronomical centers worldwide. Editor(s): Harutyunian, Haik; Sedrakian, David; Kalloghlian, Arsen; Nikoghossian, Arthur. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PGC; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489996718
- ISBN
- 9781489996718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Freud on Interpretation offers new insight into Freud's famous "discovery" of the unconscious and the subsequent development of psychoanalytic theories. The authors explore the original context in which these ideas arose and the central debate about the mind as matter, or something that transcends matter. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489996923
- ISBN
- 9781489996923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Strength in Numbers: the Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in ...
. Ed(S): Agresti, Alan; Meng, Xiao-Li
Paperback. Statistical science as organized in formal academic departments is relatively new; largely the creation of the last sixty years. These memoirs by key players in academic development covers every statistics department founded in the US up to the mid-1960s. Editor(s): Agresti, Alan; Meng, Xiao-Li. Num Pages: 580 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNM; MBN; PBT; PDX; UYAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489996985
- ISBN
- 9781489996985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.10
€ 130.10
Paperback. In Holy Sci-Fi!, popular writer Paul Nahin explores the fertile and sometimes uneasy relationship between science fiction and religion. It draws connections between science fact, science fiction, philosophy and theological debate over the past five centuries. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493906178
- ISBN
- 9781493906178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.63
€ 41.99
€ 34.63
Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works: Early Writings on t...
Cleaves, Henderson James, Lazcano, Antonio, L...
Hardcover. Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works Num Pages: 209 pages, 126 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493907359
- ISBN
- 9781493907359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.25
€ 194.25
Hardcover. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 423 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913596
- ISBN
- 9781493913596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.83
€ 118.83
Hardcover. Note from the prefaces in the first and second volumes: "This four-volume book grew from a four-semester general physics curriculum which I developed and taught for the past decade to undergraduate students at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee." Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 406 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913657
- ISBN
- 9781493913657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Hardback. Series: Perspectives in Physiology. Num Pages: 1094 pages, 118 black & white illustrations, 117 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSPM; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 1094
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493929597
- ISBN
- 9781493929597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.81
€ 257.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 126 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDX; PSAJ; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493940967
- ISBN
- 9781493940967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.21
€ 193.21
Hardback. Translator(s): West, E.P-. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080814
- ISBN
- 9781556080814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Paperback. Prepared to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the American Vacuum Society, the book opens with a history of the AVS. It continues by covering vacuum science and technology in the first part of the 20th century, roughly 1900 to 1960. Editor(s): Redhead, Paul A. Series: Avs Classics in Vacuum Science and Technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX; PHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563962486
- ISBN
- 9781563962486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardcover. Weinberg was probably the most influential nuclear engineer/physicist in the US. His autobiography is peppered with first-hand accounts of major historical events. It describes the first nuclear era, but also exposes its downside risks. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; PDX; PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Edition
- 1994th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563963582
- ISBN
- 9781563963582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.72
€ 48.99
€ 45.72
hardcover. Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) was an English clergyman and mathematician. Until around 1950, he was considered a minor contributor to the history of mathematics, and if he was known at all it was because his name was attached to a simple theorem in the calculus of probabilities. This book talks about the life and work of this person. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 670 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387004990
- ISBN
- 9780387004990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.59
€ 199.59
hardcover. Here is a selection of more than 400 letters from and to the Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, covering the period from 1883 until just before his death. The letters have been selected primarily according to scientific interest. Editor(s): Kox, A. J. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 804 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PHD; PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 804
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387779393
- ISBN
- 9780387779393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.34
€ 255.34