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History of science
Paperback. John Waller describes the changing ideas concerning heredity from antiquity to the modern biological understanding, considering both the efforts over the centuries to identify the physiological mechanisms involved and how views of heredity have been used to justify or condemn inequalities of class, gender, and race. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 23 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX; PSAK. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790457
- ISBN
- 9780198790457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.92
€ 14.99
€ 13.92
Hardback. Henry More (1614-1687), the Cambridge Platonist, is often presented as an elusive and contradictory figure, who defended the existence of witchcraft and wrote on the nature of the soul and the world of spirits. This book places his religious and philosophical preoccupations centre-stage, and provides a coherent interpretation of his work. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402015021
- ISBN
- 9781402015021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.94
€ 199.94
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutton, Sarah. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300953
- ISBN
- 9780792300953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.83
€ 256.83
Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486277400
- ISBN
- 9780486277400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Brier, Soren; Glanville, Ranulph. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845911
- ISBN
- 9780907845911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
Paperback. Burnham's sweeping narrative makes sense of medical practice, medical research, and human frailties and foibles, opening the door to a new understanding of our current concerns. Num Pages: 616 pages, 142, 99 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416083
- ISBN
- 9781421416083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.88
€ 45.88
Paperback. This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460373
- ISBN
- 9781349460373
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Emphasizing the changes worked by circulation and copying, interpretation and debate, this book uses the case to explore how pictures succeed and fail, gain acceptance and spark controversy. It reveals how embryonic development was made a process that we can see, compare, and discuss, and how copying - usually dismissed as unoriginal. Num Pages: 392 pages, 202 colour plates, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 296 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1884.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226046945
- ISBN
- 9780226046945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.97
€ 50.99
€ 39.97
Hardback. Growing the Tree of Science examines the creation of a culture of science at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, one of Indias premier scientific institutions founded by Homi Bhabha. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199466900
- ISBN
- 9780199466900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.20
€ 76.20
Paperback. Addresses a shift in the hierarchy of scientific explanations Editor(s): Wise, M. Norton. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822333197
- ISBN
- 9780822333197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duquesne
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820704999
- ISBN
- 9780820704999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.44€ 63.16
€ 73.44
€ 63.16
Paperback. Exactly what was the four-footed bird? Find out the answer to this and other weird and wonderful discoveries made by Victorian explorers and scientists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445645421
- ISBN
- 9781445645421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.06
€ 19.06
Paperback. Presents a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs, and education. Num Pages: 512 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195173246
- ISBN
- 9780195173246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.47
€ 29.47
Hardback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400753600
- ISBN
- 9789400753600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.72
€ 230.72
Hardcover. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 452 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400754423
- ISBN
- 9789400754423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.87
€ 210.87
Paperback. Brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. This title offers readers an unprecedented view of gravitational wave research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226052298
- ISBN
- 9780226052298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. The Golden Oldies series of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation reprints key papers in general relativity theory that were published 30 or more years ago and are either hard to obtain or were originally printed in a language other than English. Editor(s): Krasinski, Andrzej; Ellis, George F. R.; MacCallum, Malcolm A. H. Num Pages: 498 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642345043
- ISBN
- 9783642345043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.79
€ 130.79
Paperback. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous for his work on color theory, but he was also an accomplished all-round scientist, studying and writing on anatomy, geology, botany, zoology and meteorology. This book draws together, in Goethe's own words, his key ideas on nature, science and scientific method. Editor(s): Naydler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RNA; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863152375
- ISBN
- 9780863152375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.90
€ 19.99
€ 15.90
paperback. Presents a narrative history that reveals the roots of modern science in the medieval world. This book debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth is flat, nor did Columbus 'prove' that it is a sphere; the Inquisition burnt nobody for their science nor was Copernicus afraid of persecution. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848311503
- ISBN
- 9781848311503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.41
€ 14.99
€ 12.41
Hardcover. This is an analysis of how 16th- and 17th-century astronomers and theologians in Northern Protestant Europe used science and religion to challenge and support one another. It argues that these schemes can solve the enduring problem of how theological interpretation and investigation interact. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JD; 3JF; HRCM; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010454
- ISBN
- 9780268010454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32