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History of science

Hardcover. This book recounts the history of the refractor telescope at Meudon, France, from the birth of the concept that drove Jules Janssen at the end of the nineteenth century, to the enormous progress it fostered in the visual observation of astronomical objects. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461472872
ISBN
9781461472872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3J; HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137527936
ISBN
9781137527936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.75

Hardback. Leonhart Fuchs's herbal recognized for more than four centuries as a masterpiece of Renaissance botany and one of the most beautiful books ever printed now appears in a facsimile edition, accompanied by a volume of commentary based on three decades of historical and botanical research. Num Pages: 1864 pages, 561 half-tones 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: MMG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 366 x 130. Weight in Grams: 6314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
1864
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738033
ISBN
9780804738033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 395.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174174
ISBN
9780691174174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 538 pages, 47 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RBGF; RBGH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 910.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
538
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731025
ISBN
9780226731025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 44.25

Hardcover. A major new volume which examines the significance of six iconic objects throughout American history and within American culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 b&w, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1904.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832973
ISBN
9781904832973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.71

Paperback. Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130538
ISBN
9780691130538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Hill, Carol. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825444210
ISBN
9780825444210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.79

paperback. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312. What You Should Know About Science. Series: Canto Classics. 212 pages, Illustrations. Second edition of a very well received title which demystifies science and is highly readable on complex subjects. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 10. Weight: 302.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107604650
ISBN
9781107604650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.07

Paperback. This volume tells the story of the Polish or Lvov-Warsaw School of analytic philosophy, founded by phenomenologist Kazimierz Twardowski, which presented an alternative "working" picture of the unity of science and originated some key philosophical trends. Editor(s): Lapointe, Sandra; Wolenski, Jan; Marion, Mathieu; Miskiewicz, Wioletta. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPL; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048184965
ISBN
9789048184965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. The German chemical industry has been a major site for the development and application of the science-based technologies that gave rise to these products. This volume explores the German chemical industry's scientific and technological dimension, its international connections, and its development after 1945. Editor(s): Lesch, John E. Series: Chemists and Chemistry (Closed). Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; KNDC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364870
ISBN
9780792364870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138247673
ISBN
9781138247673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.22

Paperback. Describes the activities of the explorers and map-makers of Renaissance and early modern Europe; the role of geography during the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Darwinian Revolution; and the interactions between geography and empire building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631185864
ISBN
9780631185864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 48.47

Hardback. Archimedes is regarded as one of the most brilliant scientists of all time. These proceedings contain original, unpublished papers with the primary emphasis on the scientific work of Archimedes and his extensive influence. Editor(s): Paipetis, S. A.; Ceccarelli, Marco. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 515 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
515
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048190904
ISBN
9789048190904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 268.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Watson, Veronica. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 532 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048176328
ISBN
9789048176328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 251.78

Hardback. Fluid Mechanics, as a scientific discipline in a modern sense, was established between the last third of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. This book analyses its genesis from two lines: resistance and discharge. Editor(s): Calero, Julian Simon. Translator(s): Watson, Veronica. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 532 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402064135
ISBN
9781402064135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 259.67

Paperback. Gives us an account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future. In this book, the story begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a "Unit of heredity". It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584575
ISBN
9780099584575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. IIASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Editor(s): Krelle, Wilhelm. Num Pages: 683 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
683
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662025888
ISBN
9783662025888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.83

Paperback. The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy examines Freud's transformation of German philosophical approaches to freedom, history, and self-knowledge; defends a theory of situated knowledge and agency; and considers the relevance of Freudian thought for contemporary cultural issues. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; HPM; JMAF; JMS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349442515
ISBN
9781349442515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. The Presocratics were the first in Western thought to interpret the universe critically. This book offers an accessible account of the founding and evolution of their thought, and it sheds unprecedented light on the scientific dimension of their work. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 309 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402097904
ISBN
9781402097904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.73

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