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History of science

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History of science

Paperback. Disasters and discoveries. Industrial espionage and invention. Warfare and biopiracy. The race to find gold, uranium, precious stones. The history of scientific discovery is packed with fascinating incident. Lars Ohrstrom tells illuminating stories, rich with human interest, each based around a chemical element and principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743927
ISBN
9780198743927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.23

Paperback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363729
ISBN
9780822363729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363569
ISBN
9780822363569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Cox, C.; Luddy, Maria. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358540
ISBN
9781349358540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBT; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488498
ISBN
9780801488498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226545707
ISBN
9780226545707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Radin, Joanna; Kowal, Emma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. .
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035859
ISBN
9780262035859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. This is a follow-up to the volume "Discovering the Principles of Mechanics 1600-1800. It contains the essays of David Speiser on relationships between science, history of science, history of art and philosophy. It collates hard-to-find essays in a single work. Editor(s): Williams, Kim. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Basel Switzerland
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034801386
ISBN
9783034801386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QRM; 3JB; 3JD; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894763
ISBN
9780801894763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67

Paperback. This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. Num Pages: 528 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; PDX; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521541176
ISBN
9780521541176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. This book spans nearly 300 years of scientific history as it reconstructs episodes and experiments key to scientific progress, exploring the role played by controversies and rivalries among scientists. It includes guidelines for further research. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048181728
ISBN
9789048181728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282292
ISBN
9780520282292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

paperback. Forrest and Gross expose the scientific failure, the religious essence, and the political ambitions of "intelligent design" creationism highlighting its threat to public education and to the separation of church and state. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Updated ed.
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195319736
ISBN
9780195319736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.18

Hardback. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the history and philosophy of science, religious studies, and evolutionary theory, as well as policy makers and educators concerned about the spread of creationism in our time. Editor(s): Blancke, Stefaan; Hjermitslev, Hans Henrik; Kjaergaard, Peter C. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11, 7 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRAM3; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415628
ISBN
9781421415628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.40

Paperback. Film tie-in: an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542020
ISBN
9781848542020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137264282
ISBN
9781137264282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. In 1935 geneticist Nikolai Timofeeff-Ressovsky, radiation physicist Karl G Zimmer, and quantum physicist Max Delbruck published "On the Nature of Gene Mutation and Gene Structure", known subsequently as the "Three-Man Paper". This title presents a translation of the "Three Man Paper". Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R.; Fogel, Brandon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 11 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767833
ISBN
9780226767833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 435 pages, 193 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319177915
ISBN
9783319177915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.80

Paperback. T.A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits. "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is. "-The Times (London) "A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union.. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471291053
ISBN
9780471291053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.17

paperback. Editor(s): French, S.; Kamminga, Harmke. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048142293
ISBN
9789048142293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 250.39

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