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History of science

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History of science

Paperback. Tracing the cultural and scientific history of such drastically opposed convictions, this title introduces us to the scientists, venturesome medical practitioners, determined police interrogators, and, in some cases, incorrigible sensation seekers who sought to master this mysterious power. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JMRM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226084541
ISBN
9780226084541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rafelski, Johann. Num Pages: 439 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319175447
ISBN
9783319175447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.40

Paperback. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343805
ISBN
9781349343805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. This volume provides the first systematic examination of medicine and the market in England, North America and India between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Editor(s): Jenner, M.; Wallis, P. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349352937
ISBN
9781349352937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.29

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. "-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. Contains 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, this book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402011665
ISBN
9781402011665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.81

Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; JFCX; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349292677
ISBN
9781349292677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Ariew, Roger. Translator(s): Ariew, R. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169231
ISBN
9780226169231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFD; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349250455
ISBN
9781349250455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Hardback. Mechanisms in Ancient Chinese Books with Illustrations Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 637.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319020082
ISBN
9783319020082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. This book presents a unique approach for studying mechanisms and machines that were depicted unclearly in ancient Chinese texts. It uses illustrated examples to detail how ancient mechanisms with uncertain structures can be reconstructed. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 316 pages, 221 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TGBN; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319376943
ISBN
9783319376943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; MFC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899034
ISBN
9780801899034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.22

Paperback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899041
ISBN
9780801899041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHD; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319323114
ISBN
9783319323114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Paperback. Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Num Pages: 428 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226733623
ISBN
9780226733623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
3rd ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673032
ISBN
9780816673032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PDA; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048160679
ISBN
9789048160679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardback. A historical-epistemological study of one the most consequential idea of early modern celestial mechanics: Robert Hooke's proposal to 'compoun[d] the celestial motions of the planets of a direct motion by the tangent and an attractive motion towards a central body,' a proposal which Isaac Newton adopted and realized in his "Principia". Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402007323
ISBN
9781402007323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.74

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