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History of science
Paperback. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119025528
- ISBN
- 9781119025528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
hardcover. Offering an account of Lagrangian mechanics, this work uses the Principle of Virtual Work in conjunction with the Lagrangian Multiplier to solve the problems of statics. For the treatment of dynamics, a third concept had to be added to the first two - d'Alembert's Principle - in order to develop the Lagrangian equations of motion. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 639 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343493
- ISBN
- 9780792343493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 435.35
€ 435.35
Paperback. Benjamin Franklin's Enlightenment world of philosophy, spectacle and electricity Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785782077
- ISBN
- 9781785782077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.82
€ 11.99
€ 9.82
Hardback. In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later founded and ran the American Red Cross. This book tells the story of this charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Num Pages: 404 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407388
- ISBN
- 9781421407388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.73
€ 57.73
Hardback. Series: History of Modern Physics and Astronomy. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Tomash Publishers,US United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938228066
- ISBN
- 9780938228066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.32
€ 72.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 530 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359274
- ISBN
- 9780226359274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
hardcover. Raising fascinating questions of consumption, environment, and desire, Upcycling Aluminum is for anyone interested in industrial and environmental history, discard studies, engineering, product design, music history, or antiques. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20, 18 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; TDM; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000388
- ISBN
- 9781421421865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.31
€ 8.31
Paperback. Alfred Weber was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. This study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440740
- ISBN
- 9781349440740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography, and climatology, and his role as a popularizer of the sciences. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press Paperback Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731490
- ISBN
- 9780226731490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 25.81
€ 28.00
€ 25.81
Paperback. Using the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin, as their guide, William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 325 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Paperback Ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226577029
- ISBN
- 9780226577029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160238
- ISBN
- 9780691160238
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.82
€ 21.99
€ 17.82
Hardcover. The author enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. In this title, she shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476698
- ISBN
- 9780226476698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.50€ 45.64
€ 52.50
€ 45.64
Hardback. A highly accomplished historian, Heyck relays this complicated story with unusual clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 recorded music items, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; J; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417103
- ISBN
- 9781421417103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.49
€ 73.49
Paperback. Affect and Artificial Intelligence is the first in-depth analysis of affect and intersubjectivity in the computational sciences. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990477
- ISBN
- 9780295990477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.98
€ 43.98
hardcover. Affect and Artificial Intelligence is the first in-depth analysis of affect and intersubjectivity in the computational sciences. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990514
- ISBN
- 9780295990514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardback. Translator(s): Connor, Peter James. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635941
- ISBN
- 9780691635941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 344.01
€ 344.01
Paperback. Traces the history of the idea of non-Adamic humanity, and the debates surrounding it, from the Middle Ages onwards. From heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, this book tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, 'Where did we come from?' Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26, 24 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRA; HRLB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400655
- ISBN
- 9781421400655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587433948
- ISBN
- 9781587433948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. In the early eighteenth century, the modern German word that would later mean "science," naturwissenschaft, was not even included in dictionaries. By 1850, however, the term was in use everywhere. This title follows the emergence of this important new category within German-speaking Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226667379
- ISBN
- 9780226667379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.34€ 50.37
€ 58.34
€ 50.37
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 582 pages, 98 halftones 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PBJ; PBK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632360
- ISBN
- 9780691632360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 380.64
€ 380.64
Paperback. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093192
- ISBN
- 9780226093192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 55. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190232993
- ISBN
- 9780190232993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.27
€ 70.27
Hardcover. Robison did much to educate the broader public in the natural sciences through his many contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (3rd edition). David Brewster collected Robison's contributions to the Britannica and publishing them under the title, "A System of Mechanical Philosophy". Num Pages: 3000 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 269. Weight in Grams: 5216.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes
- Number of pages
- 3000
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843710745
- ISBN
- 9781843710745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 2,916.81€ 2,613.12
€ 2,916.81
€ 2,613.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 884 pages, 165 line illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 884
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674823600
- ISBN
- 9780674823600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.12€ 187.25
€ 211.12
€ 187.25