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Hardcover. Editor(s): Gotsiridze, Sergo. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612099705
ISBN
9781612099705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.00
€ 151.27

Paperback. Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use. Num Pages: 384 pages, 163 maps and charts, 12 portraits. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767475
ISBN
9780226767475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

hardcover. .
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753729854
ISBN
9780753729854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 5.54

Paperback. Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: PDX; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231144131
ISBN
9780231144131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Using both personal and general historical contexts, this book offers an authoritative account of the rational asymptotic modeling approach. It traces the developments in the field from its early beginnings to the present day. Num Pages: 178 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF; PHU; PHVG; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662522424
ISBN
9783662522424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.44

Hardcover. Five Decades of Tackling Models for Stiff Fluid Dynamics Problems Num Pages: 178 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF; PHU; PHVG; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642395406
ISBN
9783642395406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Hardback. A description of the development of a class of statistical fitting procedures between 1750 and 1900. It contains detailed algebraic descriptions of the fitting of linear relationships by the method of least squares and the least absolute deviations and minimax absolute deviations procedures. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387985985
ISBN
9780387985985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.34

Paperback. Students of consumer studies and the history of technology, as well as scholars and general readers, will be captivated by Josephson's insights into the complex relationship between society and technology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417837
ISBN
9781421417837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

hardcover. Robert Hooke was long the intellectual center of the Royal Society of London, serving as curator of experiments for thirty years and briefly as secretary. He was also key in rebuilding London after the fire. This book chronicles Hooke's scientific work. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034600361
ISBN
9783034600361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.71

Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; PDX; T; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Purdue Scholarly Publishing Services United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626710368
ISBN
9781626710368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.95

Hardcover. Fireworks are synonymous with celebration in the twenty-first century. But pyrotechnics have exploded in sparks and noise to delight audiences in Europe ever since the Renaissance. This title shows that fireworks helped foster advances in natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and many other branches of the sciences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX; TTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893778
ISBN
9780226893778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 50.94

Hardback. Explores the post-World War II transformation of economics by constructing a history of the proof of its central dogma - that a competitive market economy may possess a set of equilibrium prices. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156644
ISBN
9780691156644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781905674381
ISBN
9781905674381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.81
€ 76.74

Paperback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 247 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999104
ISBN
9780295999104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Series: Feminist Technosciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFFK; JFSJ; JHBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999098
ISBN
9780295999098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Examines Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism with the tools of literary criticism, exploring questions of meaning, structure, and style. This title presents a definitive argument against Hertz's claim that Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations. Num Pages: 190 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Green Lion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888009316
ISBN
9781888009316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Hardcover. By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226011226
ISBN
9780226011226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 50.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137580924
ISBN
9781137580924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.94

Hardcover. Feverish Bodies, Enlightened Minds considers the scientific controversy about the cause of yellow fever to examine and conduct of scientific practice in the early United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; MB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797405
ISBN
9780804797405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662302866
ISBN
9783662302866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.44

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