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Ultimately, she shows how a few gifted students of nature changed the way we see ourselves and the universe. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 200 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HPK; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896552
- ISBN
- 9780801896552
Condition: New
€ 63.14
€ 63.14
hardcover. This volume offers broad reflections on the Scientific Revolution by leading scholars on 1500-1600 science. Editor(s): Lindberg, David C.; Westman, Robert S. Num Pages: 581 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 912. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032870
- ISBN
- 9780521342629
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGC; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983219
- ISBN
- 9780141983219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Hardback. This important text will be of interest to a wide range of historians-of science, of scholarly practices and the book, and of early-modern intellectual and cultural history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 30, 28 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421773
- ISBN
- 9781421421773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001302
- ISBN
- 9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.90
€ 123.90
Hardback. The first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 31, 30 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HPDC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897399
- ISBN
- 9780801897399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 103 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631178610
- ISBN
- 9781631178610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.88€ 44.83
€ 60.88
€ 44.83
Paperback. This work is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinking. It is also an account of what makes the science of probalitity daunting in our own day. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674107465
- ISBN
- 9780674107465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.73
€ 34.99
€ 30.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJ; BGT; PDX; PN; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 755.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062416162
- ISBN
- 9780062416162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Argues that the long abeyance of the Diversity Project points to larger, fundamental questions about how to understand knowledge, democracy, and racism in an age when expert claims about genomes increasingly shape the possibilities for being human. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; PDR; PDX; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118574
- ISBN
- 9780691118574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226320885
- ISBN
- 9780226320885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951362
- ISBN
- 9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.72
€ 18.99
€ 13.72
paperback. Gives a dramatic history of quantum theory, a fundamental scientific revolution and the divisive debate at its core. This book shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth century. It focuses on the conflict between Einstein and Niels Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16-page b/w picture section. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848310353
- ISBN
- 9781848310353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.28
€ 12.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. In examining the role that timing can play in the establishment of theory and explanation, this book argues that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was accepted not because it was better than David Bohm's (who supplied an alternative explanation), but because it appeared first. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132044
- ISBN
- 9780226132044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.25
€ 74.25
Hardback. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience-UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP- and gives easy recipes to test other dubious notions so that the reader can ascertain what lies in the realm of real science and what more properly deserves the tag of pseudoscience. Illustrator(s): Harris, Sidney. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44. BIC Classification: PDX; PHVB; VXQB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 2. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190620295
- ISBN
- 9780190620295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.68
€ 74.68
Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095523
- ISBN
- 9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.78
€ 97.78
Paperback. In the 1930s, physics was in a crisis. In the post-World War II period, four eminent physicists rose to the challenge and developed a calculable version of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED). This book tells the story of these four physicists, blending discussions of their scientific work with biographical sketches. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 28 halftones 47 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PHK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033273
- ISBN
- 9780691033273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.48
€ 113.48
hardcover. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. This title explains, Pythagoras had much the same idea - but 2,500 years earlier. It tells the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 632. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036078
- ISBN
- 9781848311923
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. Offers a study of how science bears the marks of its place of production. This title establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102849
- ISBN
- 9780226102849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.05
€ 30.05
Paperback. Hunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24, 16 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PH; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893599
- ISBN
- 9780801893599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.61
€ 25.99
€ 24.61