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History of science

hardcover. The seventeenth century marked a critical phase in the emergence of modern science. The papers in this book focus on patterns of change in natural philosophy in the seventeenth century, aiming to encourage the use and articulation of this category in the historiography of science. Editor(s): Anstey, Peter R.; Schuster, John A. (University of Sydney). Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
2005th Edition
SKU
V9781402036033
ISBN
9781402036033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.74

Paperback. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, this book reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists. Num Pages: 431 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
431
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620886
ISBN
9780226620886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418803
ISBN
9781421418803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.97

Hardback. Explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made. This book helps you discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Copernicus' ideas were contentious and what the discovery of DNA meant. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409350156
ISBN
9781409350156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Hardback. This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405223
ISBN
9781421405223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.14

Paperback. Along with its coverage of the history and development of Mossbauer's Nobel-winning research, this volume features expert reviews of the many applications of the 'Mossbauer effect' in a plethora of sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. Editor(s): Kalvius, Michael; Kienle, Paul. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PDX; PDZ; PNFS; PNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642438899
ISBN
9783642438899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.56

Hardback. Along with its coverage of the history and development of Mossbauer's Nobel-winning research, this volume features expert reviews of the many applications of the 'Mossbauer effect' in a plethora of sciences, including physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. Editor(s): Kalvius, Michael; Kienle, Paul. Num Pages: 436 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2012
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642179518
ISBN
9783642179518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.58

Paperback. Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415723466
ISBN
9780415723466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415267694
ISBN
9780415267694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.51

Paperback. Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, early photography, and mass-scale printing, the author looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, grand opera, positivism, utopian socialism, and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 472 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226214801
ISBN
9780226214801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. In the years immediately following Napoleon's defeat, French thinkers in all fields set their minds to the problem of how to recover from the long upheavals that had been set into motion by the French Revolution. This book intends to alter our understanding of the scientific and cultural landscape of the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226812205
ISBN
9780226812205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

hardcover. The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives Editor(s): Hansson, Sven Ove. Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2015th Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401797610
ISBN
9789401797610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 100 halftones. 41 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 49.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175812
ISBN
9780691175812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 498 pages, 116 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078861
ISBN
9780226078861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 50.94

Paperback. The first account of the emergence and demise of preventive health care for workers. It explores how trade unions, employers, doctors and the government reconfigured the relationship between health, productivity and the factory over the course of the twentieth century within a broader political, industrial and social context. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329045
ISBN
9781349329045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319284118
ISBN
9783319284118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Clarke, Adela E.; Fujimura, Joan H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603421
ISBN
9780691603421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.47

Hardback. How did Europeans three centuries apart respond to two mysterious beasts a living rhinoceros previously known only from ancient texts and a nameless monster's massive bones? Juan Pimentel shows that their reactions reflect deep cultural changes but also the enduring power of image and imagination to shape our understanding of the natural world. Translator(s): Mason, Peter. Num Pages: 324 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737129
ISBN
9780674737129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. A unique insight into one of Australia's most iconic land mammals. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21 colour and black & white photographs, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; PDX; PSVW71; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing Australia
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781486301553
ISBN
9781486301553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048166589
ISBN
9789048166589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

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