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History of science

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194058
ISBN
9789992194058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Propelled to fame by his "Two Cultures" lecture, scientist-turned-novelist C. P. Snow (1905--1980) here tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how vital decisions were ultimately determined by politics. Today scientists and politicians are more contentious, but Snow's dramatic narrative remains the best guide. Series: Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government & the Duties of the Citizen. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPH; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072374
ISBN
9780674072374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

paperback. Editor(s): Petitjean, Patrick; Jami, Catherine (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, REHSEIS, Paris, France); Moulin, A.M. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 431 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JPA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401051453
ISBN
9789401051453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 250.63

Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252288
ISBN
9780230252288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Paperback. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, B.; Hodge, J. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321902
ISBN
9781349321902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardback. Science and Eastern Orthodoxy provides a wealth of new information concerning Orthodoxy and secular knowledge-and the reactions of the Orthodox Church to modern sciences. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 10 colour illustrations, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402987
ISBN
9781421402987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 54.92

Paperback. This text presents 15 lectures by Hermann von Helmholtz, a leading 19th-century scientist who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. Topics covered include: the origins of the planetary system; the problems of perception; and the relation of optics to painting. Num Pages: 400 pages, 71 engravings. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JFC; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226326597
ISBN
9780226326597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Sir Norman Lockyer left Nature, the world's leading scientific journal, as his lasting memorial. But his life, and controversial theories, are an important part of science history. His ideas were at the forefront of public debate, and ranged from brilliant to perverse. This entertaining book is a fascinating insight into his eventful life Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 677.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220201
ISBN
9780230220201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.97

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics. Num Pages: 124 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDX; PHQ; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 203.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319201276
ISBN
9783319201276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.52

Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPK; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401072915
ISBN
9789401072915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.41

Hardcover. Offering an account of Schrodinger's successive interpretations of quantum mechanics, culminating in their final synthesis in the 1950s, this title analyzes his original position in the realism-anti-realism debate. His views on the wave-corpuscle issue are contrasted with Bohr's, and his conceptions of the measurement problem are compared. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792342663
ISBN
9780792342663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.82

Hardback. Translator(s): Cooke, R. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764325725
ISBN
9783764325725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.81

Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731056
ISBN
9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. In economics, the existence of capital is taken for granted, yet it is difficult to establish for it a robust definition. This title is an exploratory essay on the origins of capital and the foundations of thermodynamics. It is suitable for historians and philosophers of science and economics, and engineering thermodynamicists. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347606
ISBN
9780792347606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.53

paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice. Num Pages: 161 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; LNKJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Switzerland
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319011158
ISBN
9783319011158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.74

Paperback. This remarkable book gives a comprehensive account of the longest manned space mission of the time. It details the people involved and the crews assigned to operate Salyut. The book ends by looking forward to a continuation of the mission of Salyut. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 454 pages, 103 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 244 x 28. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387735856
ISBN
9780387735856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. The subject of this book is largely unknown, but of great interest to engineers, scientists, and mechanics. The book also contains information about the history of Bauman University, the TMM department, and the Russian specialists who created the collection. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD; TGBN; TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048179831
ISBN
9789048179831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. The untold story of the woman who helped to make one of humanity's greatest discoveries - DNA - but who was never given credit for doing so. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; BG; PDX; PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006552116
ISBN
9780006552116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.40

Hardcover. What Socrates Couldn't Know provides a comprehensive historic view on the foundations of contemporary technologies. Avoiding misleading metaphors and analogies, the text revisits mathematical and other abstract scientific concepts in an surprisingly easy-to-understand, but exact, manner. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
449
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642120619
ISBN
9783642120619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.03

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