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History of science
Paperback. Focusing on the aspects of Galileo's scientific life that extended beyond court culture and patronage, this title offers an account of the different systems of exchanges, communication, and credibility at work in Galileo's career. It is intended for readers interested in the history of astronomy and the history of science in general. Num Pages: 316 pages, 16 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045627
- ISBN
- 9780226045627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.08
€ 34.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science. This book introduces the author's choice of the ten great ideas of science. It aims to lead the reader through the emergence of the concepts, and then present them in an effective manner. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous halftones & figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198609414
- ISBN
- 9780198609414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
paperback. From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX8; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025751
- ISBN
- 9781857027129
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, the author suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary myths that have masqueraded too long as historical truths. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780674057418
- ISBN
- 9780674057418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.12
€ 33.99
€ 30.12
Paperback. Here is an authoritative account on the foundations of preclassical mechanics as laid down by Galileo. While the author lets Galileo speak for himself , he also makes full use of our present day knowledge to make the reader better understand the perspective. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642427305
- ISBN
- 9783642427305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612195
- ISBN
- 9780691612195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 64.47
€ 83.17
€ 64.47
Paperback. In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, halftones and drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854568
- ISBN
- 9780192854568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Goethe, Norma B.; Beeley, Philip; Rabouin, David. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 210 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401796637
- ISBN
- 9789401796637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
paperback. Editor(s): MacLeod, Roy; Johnson, Jeffrey A. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 298 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPA; KCS; KJMV5; PDX; TDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400790964
- ISBN
- 9789400790964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 227.37
€ 227.37
Hardback. An overview of the history of astroparticle physics, starting with the discovery of cosmic rays (Victor Hess, 1912) and its background (X-ray, radioactivity). Editor(s): Falkenburg, Brigitte; Rhode, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400754218
- ISBN
- 9789400754218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.76
€ 195.76
Hardback. Editor(s): D'Onofrio, Mauro. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 814 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 69 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHR; PHVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 814
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319310046
- ISBN
- 9783319310046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.95
€ 254.95
From the Ps to the Lhc - 50 Years of Nobel Memories in High-Energy Phy...
. Ed(S): Alvarez-Gaume, Luis; Mangano, Michel...
Paperback. This unique and fascinating collection of lectures and essays by eminent researchers, many of them nobel laureates, is an outgrowth of a 2009 event held at CERN, coinciding with the startup of research at the Large Hadron Collider. Editor(s): Alvarez-Gaume, Luis; Mangano, Michelangelo; Tsesmelis, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHP; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642444753
- ISBN
- 9783642444753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
From the PS to the LHC - 50 Years of Nobel Memories in High-energy Phy...
. Ed(S): Alvarez-Gaume, Luis; Mangano, Michel...
Hardback. This unique and fascinating collection of lectures and essays by eminent researchers, many of them nobel laureates, is an outgrowth of a 2009 event held at CERN, coinciding with the startup of research at the Large Hadron Collider. Editor(s): Alvarez-Gaume, Luis; Mangano, Michelangelo; Tsesmelis, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHP; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642308437
- ISBN
- 9783642308437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.60
€ 161.60
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Molecular Science / Springerbriefs in History of Chemistry. Num Pages: 105 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 189.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642274152
- ISBN
- 9783642274152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Paperback. This expanded autobiography of the theoretical physicist Isaak Khalatnikov, first head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, describes life and work in the "golden age" of Soviet science. Many of the stories included are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHN; TJFD5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642428609
- ISBN
- 9783642428609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardback. This expanded autobiography of the theoretical physicist Isaak Khalatnikov, first head of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, describes life and work in the "golden age" of Soviet science. Many of the stories included are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHN; TJFD5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642275609
- ISBN
- 9783642275609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific C...
Hon, Giora (University Of Haifa, Israel); Gol...
paperback. The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern science. This study is based on primary sources, presented in context: the authors examine the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical and scientific disciplines as well as in art and architecture. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; HPN; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048178841
- ISBN
- 9789048178841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 316.34
€ 316.34
Hardback. The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern science. This study is based on primary sources, presented in context: the authors examine the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical and scientific disciplines as well as in art and architecture. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402084478
- ISBN
- 9781402084478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 322.41
€ 322.41
Paperback. Although highly influential, Brentano's doctrines from Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint were taken up and changed by his students and subsequent thinkers. Tassone's study of this important text offers readers a better understanding of PES and outlines its ongoing relevance for contemporary philosophy of mind. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPCF3; HPM; JMR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440078
- ISBN
- 9781349440078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90