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History of science

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610393218
ISBN
9781610393218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.28

Hardback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744911
ISBN
9780804744911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.74

Hardcover. The 19th century was an age of transformation in science, when scientists were rewarded for their new discoveries with increased social status and authority. This book shows the scientific life of Victorian Britain by placing the sciences in the wider cultural marketplace. It links larger societal changes to the evolution of "popular science." Editor(s): Fyfe, Aileen; Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 432 pages, 54 halftones, 17 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226276502
ISBN
9780226276502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.73
€ 50.51

* Much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. * Emphasises the crucial part that science has played in the bigger picture of twentieth century history, from Einstein s new physics to the Human Genome Project. Series: History of Science. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634692
ISBN
9780745634692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Reingold, Nathan. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. 8vo . Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0284966
ISBN
9780226709475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. In Denmark, the natural sciences (as also applies to other sciences, and culture in general) have developed mainly through the reception of and adaptation to science from abroad. This work describes the high points of the Danish contributions. Editor(s): Nielsen, Henry; Kragh, Helge; Kjaergaard, Peter C.; Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfeldt. Num Pages: 607 pages, colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
607
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343177
ISBN
9788779343177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.85

hardcover. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759618
ISBN
9780804759618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.50

Hardcover. Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068633
ISBN
9780226068633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.73
€ 50.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; JNB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 303 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634310901
ISBN
9781634310901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.43

Hardback. This collection of essays examines select historical questions about the interrelationship between the sciences and Harvard University as an organizational, intellectual, and social context for science in the United States. The essays span the period from the seventeenth century to World War II. Editor(s): Rossiter, Margaret W. Num Pages: 380 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223126
ISBN
9780934223126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.64

Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026022
ISBN
9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.48
€ 55.56

hardcover. Charting an important process in modern Indian history, this book gives an assessment of the introduction of Western science into India. It is intended for scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought. Series: India in the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415402095
ISBN
9780415402095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.01

Hardback. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 119, 36 black & white illustrations, 83 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417745
ISBN
9781421417745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.90

Paperback. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 119, 36 black & white illustrations, 83 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417752
ISBN
9781421417752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674794757
ISBN
9780674794757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 585. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074332
ISBN
9780252074332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was largely stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science and faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226276489
ISBN
9780226276489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.69

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781509518920
ISBN
9781509518920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518937
ISBN
9781509518937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

Paperback. Weissenbacher, Stephen P. Weldon, and Tomoko Yoshida Editor(s): Ferngren, Gary B. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421728
ISBN
9781421421728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.65

Paperback. Explores the many ways in which religion - its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions - interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This work explores those interactions by focusing on a sequence of major religious and intellectual movements. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23, 20 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884009
ISBN
9780801884009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

Grizzle provides a history of science/religion interactions, with an emphasis on Christianity. He also examines his own history of dialogue, which involves self-reflection and interactions with others on science and religion. He focuses on what we have learned about the structure, history, and functioning of creation. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761858058
ISBN
9780761858058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.79

Paperback. Science can answer any question we choose to put to it, even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour, and our cultures. The author here, puts forth her corrective view that without poetry or literature, or music, or history, or even theology we cannot hope to understand our humanity. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415378482
ISBN
9780415378482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. The 'fascinating and clearly written' (New Scientist) history of the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution between the eighth and fifteenth centuries. Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; HRAM3; HRH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785782022
ISBN
9781785782022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.37

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