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History of science

Results 1921 - 1940 of 1955

History of science

paperback. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 423 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JNU; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493952700
ISBN
9781493952700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 884 pages, 165 line illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
884
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674823600
ISBN
9780674823600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.16
€ 190.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 610 pages, 1 halftone, 3 maps, 143 illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1948
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674823204
ISBN
9780674823204
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.73
€ 154.89

Paperback. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 788. Civility and Science in Seventeenth-century England. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight: 700.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
516
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750194
ISBN
9780226750194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Paperback. The author describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This title is about his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 185 x 39. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Edition
23rd Impression
Condition
New
SKU
9781784161859
ISBN
9781784161859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Hardback. Jeremy Bernstein guides readers through high-energy physics from early twentieth-century atomic models to leptons, mesons, quarks, and the newly discovered Higgs boson, drawing them into the excitement of a universe where 80 percent of all matter has never been identified. From molecules to galaxies, the more we discover, the less we seem to know. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 halftones, 11 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072510
ISBN
9780674072510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardback. Traces the path of electricity through early American culture, exploring how the relationship between human, natural, and divine powers was understood in the 18th Century. This book offers a view of the origins of American science and the cultural meaning of the American Enlightenment. It talks about the revolutionary New World of wonder. Num Pages: 378 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022997
ISBN
9780674022997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Alexander; Proust, Christine; Steele, John M. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 353 pages, 54 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 695.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319258638
ISBN
9783319258638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.27

Hardcover. Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454122
ISBN
9780226454122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.51

Paperback. A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300197136
ISBN
9780300197136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.62

Hardcover. Offers an easy to read history of thermodynamics. This book describes the long development of thermodynamics, from the misunderstood and misinterpreted to the conceptually simple and extremely useful theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540462262
ISBN
9783540462262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 233.81

Paperback. Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20, 15 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420332
ISBN
9781421420332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.33

Paperback. Includes stories that reveal how DNA determines the characteristics of the adult organism. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471240
ISBN
9780099471240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607542
ISBN
9780691607542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07
€ 45.21

Hardback. An engaging defence and critique of the various arguments from both science and religion on the fine-tuning of the Universe. Num Pages: 388 pages, 49 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107156616
ISBN
9781107156616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.73

Paperback. 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: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226213484
ISBN
9780226213484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118620779
ISBN
9781118620779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.66

Paperback. The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike. Editor(s): McNeill, Professor J. R.; Stewart Mauldin, Erin. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RG; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118977538
ISBN
9781118977538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.96

Hardcover. A Brief History of String Theory Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 251 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642451270
ISBN
9783642451270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

Hardcover. A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks Editor(s): Pisano, Raffaele. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 582 pages, 93 black & white illustrations, 63 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401796446
ISBN
9789401796446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.10

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