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Paperback. Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society. Editor(s): Schumann, D.; Ziemann, Benjamin. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326808
- ISBN
- 9781349326808
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Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback. Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507043
- ISBN
- 9780230507043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Hardback. Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772782
- ISBN
- 9780333772782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716747
- ISBN
- 9780198716747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907372902
- ISBN
- 9781907372902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.67
€ 52.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Are the problems we define and pursue freely chosen according to our conscious interests? Or does the historical process itself determine which phenomena merit examination at any one time? This title discusses these issues in the far-ranging philosophical terms, while illustrating them with specific examples. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024332
- ISBN
- 9780691024332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Boomgaard, P. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462513
- ISBN
- 9781349462513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Paperback / so. Series: Mathematik Im Kontext. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; HB; PB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662441497
- ISBN
- 9783662441497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.14
€ 91.14
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1916
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642940873
- ISBN
- 9783642940873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.08
€ 61.08
Paperback / so. Series: Meister Der Heilkunde. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709195710
- ISBN
- 9783709195710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.54
€ 70.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440441
- ISBN
- 9780801440441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.18
€ 72.18
Paperback. This work introduces the origins and current status of the world's emerging space powers. It includes countries such as Iran and Brazil, and the programs of Japan and India from 1999 to 2007. The book concludes by speculating how these programs may evolve. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 400 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908735
- ISBN
- 9781441908735
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Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 51.53
€ 52.93
€ 51.53
Hardback. Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: MFKC3; PDA; PDX; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725553
- ISBN
- 9780674725553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Elise Boulding: Autobiographical Writings and Selections from Unpublis...
J.Russell . Ed(S): Boulding
Hardback. Editor(s): Boulding, J.Russell. Series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice. Num Pages: 212 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; JFSJ1; JHBK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319465371
- ISBN
- 9783319465371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Paperback. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401075183
- ISBN
- 9789401075183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.47
€ 193.47
Paperback. Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic scientists, Klaus Fuchs and Rudolf Peierls, in the development of British nuclear culture, especially the practice of nuclear science and the political implications of the atomic scientists' work, from the start of the Second World War until 1959. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBWQ; JPA; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346677
- ISBN
- 9781349346677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 line drawings and 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199668816
- ISBN
- 9780199668816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.62
€ 21.62
Paperback. This book examines quantum mechanics, one of humanity's most remarkable intellectual achievements, through interviews with seventeen leading scientists and philosophers. They illuminate the discipline, offering valuable insight on its past, present and future. Editor(s): Schlosshauer, Maximilian A. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ; PHJ; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642269813
- ISBN
- 9783642269813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509843053
- ISBN
- 9781509843053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380791
- ISBN
- 9781137380791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52