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History of science

paperback. Series: Path in Psychology. Num Pages: 233 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; MMJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461498025
ISBN
9781461498025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.89

Paperback. Brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began, developed, and overlapped with a range of ideas and pursuits, this title illuminates the practice. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 colour plates, 23 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PN; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103792
ISBN
9780226103792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 436 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBW; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319495644
ISBN
9783319495644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 285.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; PDX; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
146
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319263342
ISBN
9783319263342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. The author of this book offers a uniquely comprehensive and documented history of theories of the atom from Democritus to the twentieth century. He has drawn on the results of his own scholarly research as well as that of others to produce a challenging work. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048123612
ISBN
9789048123612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Hardcover. Tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. This title features articles that offer an account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 illustrations, 150 in colour. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500251911
ISBN
9780500251911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. The author of this book offers a uniquely comprehensive and documented history of theories of the atom from Democritus to the twentieth century. He has drawn on the results of his own scholarly research as well as that of others to produce a challenging work. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400705333
ISBN
9789400705333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 131.00

Paperback. How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? This work explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. It concludes that the dance between science and philosophy is an evolutionary process, which will keep them forever entwined. Num Pages: 355 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540213741
ISBN
9783540213741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.38

Paperback. Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time. From astronomy to alchemy and medicine to geology, he tells this fascinating story from the perspective of the historical characters involved. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199567416
ISBN
9780199567416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The 16th and 17th centuries witnessed a fundamental transformation in how nature was understood and studied; a transformation which came to be known as the Scientific Revolution. This book introduces students to the best recent writings on this important era in the history of science. Editor(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631236306
ISBN
9780631236306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Paperback. The 16th and 17th centuries witnessed a fundamental transformation in how nature was understood and studied; a transformation which came to be known as the Scientific Revolution. This book introduces students to the best recent writings on this important era in the history of science. Editor(s): Hellyer, Marcus. Series: Blackwell Essential Readings in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631236290
ISBN
9780631236290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Paperback. Examines the body of work on the intellectual, social and cultural origins of early modern science. Cohen surveys a wide range of scholarship since the 19th century, offering new perspectives on how the Scientific Revolution changed the way we understand the natural world and our place in it. Num Pages: 680 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 232 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112800
ISBN
9780226112800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.79
€ 52.85

Paperback. Who are scientists? What kind of people are they? What capacities and virtues are thought to stand behind their considerable authority? This book tells the author's story about who scientists are, who we think they are, and why our sensibilities about such things matter. Num Pages: 486 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750255
ISBN
9780226750255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674794856
ISBN
9780674794856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.00
€ 85.93

hardcover. Here is a selection of more than 400 letters from and to the Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, covering the period from 1883 until just before his death. The letters have been selected primarily according to scientific interest. Editor(s): Kox, A. J. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 804 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PHD; PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
804
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387779393
ISBN
9780387779393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.34

Paperback. Examines particular cases of 'reception' in ways that emphasize pressing historiographical and methodological issues. This book discusses the transfer of scientific ideas, the mechanisms of their introduction, and the processes of their appropriation at the periphery. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792365631
ISBN
9780792365631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.95

Hardback. Deals with the Scientific Revolution, and the resistance encountered by new concepts. The book also looks at these new scientific concepts that rose out of several "centres" of European learning, the mechanisms of their introduction, and the processes of their appropriation at the periphery. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792355489
ISBN
9780792355489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.44

Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109404
ISBN
9780226109404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. This book presents the underlying theories of the different approaches for modeling cracking of concrete and offers a survey of the state-of-the-art in computational concrete mechanics. It covers a broad spectrum of topics related to modeling of cracks. Editor(s): Rodder, Simone; Franzen, Martina; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400792487
ISBN
9789400792487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 195.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Anstey, Peter R.; Schuster, John A. (University of Sydney). Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2005
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048169092
ISBN
9789048169092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

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