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Hardback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027713636
ISBN
9789027713636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Lenoir, Timothy. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226471839
ISBN
9780226471839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Hardcover. A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243260
ISBN
9780393243260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PHK; TBX; THR; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
I.E.E.E.Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780780311930
ISBN
9780780311930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.18

Paperback.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857385987
ISBN
9780857385987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMB; JMR; JMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319487892
ISBN
9783319487892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.62

Paperback. Proceedings of the Symposium on Soviet Scientific Research, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Semptember 24-26,1986 Editor(s): Sinclair, Craig. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JPA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401081320
ISBN
9789401081320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. This book traces the careers of Athanasius Kircher and Galileo Galilei, reviewing Kircher's work translating hieroglyphs, developing sundials and even preceding Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve, and Galileo's on scales, telescopes and sun spots. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 191 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319002996
ISBN
9783319002996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.85

Paperback. This book traces the careers of Athanasius Kircher and Galileo Galilei, reviewing Kircher's work translating hieroglyphs, developing sundials and even preceding Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve, and Galileo's on scales, telescopes and sun spots. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 191 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PDZ; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319375571
ISBN
9783319375571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.71

Paperback. Based on interviews with physicists of all ages this text examines how their hopes, dreams and ambitions have evolved. The study reveals how greatness eludes nearly all people in their heroic quests for extraordinary achievment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327679
ISBN
9780226327679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.14

Hardback. The attribution of the "Speculum Astronomiae" to Albertus Magnus became a controversial issue when the neo-Thomist historian, Pierre Mandonnet suggested that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert. This historiographical case-study considers this debate in the light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 787.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792313809
ISBN
9780792313809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.53

Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464395
ISBN
9781349464395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.82

Hardback. Contains various important historical essays that Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) published during WWII on the emergence of modern science. This title is suitable for students in early modern social history/history of science, professional philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science. Editor(s): Raven, Diederick; Krohn, Wolfgang; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364573
ISBN
9780792364573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.09

Paperback. This book presents classics of Marxist historiography of science: Boris Hessen's, "The Social and Economic Roots of Newton's Principia;" Henryk Grossman's, "The Social Foundation of Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture;" and Descartes' New Ideal of Science. Editor(s): Freudenthal, Gideon; McLaughlin, Peter. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791930
ISBN
9789400791930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.14

Hardback. This book presents classics of Marxist historiography of science: Boris Hessen's, "The Social and Economic Roots of Newton's Principia;" Henryk Grossman's, "The Social Foundation of Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture;" and Descartes' New Ideal of Science. Editor(s): Freudenthal, Gideon; McLaughlin, Peter. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402096037
ISBN
9781402096037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.51

Hardcover. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; HBTB; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286055
ISBN
9781137286055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

paperback. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349449132
ISBN
9781349449132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140192469
ISBN
9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.76

Hardback. It shows how the industry's massive pollution loads significantly disrupted local environments and communities, leading to a long struggle to regulate and control that pollution. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418780
ISBN
9781421418780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 52.34

Hardback. The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414423
ISBN
9781421414423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.90
€ 82.36

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