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Hardback. The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414423
ISBN
9781421414423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.25
€ 82.16

Hardback. It shows how the industry's massive pollution loads significantly disrupted local environments and communities, leading to a long struggle to regulate and control that pollution. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 7 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 9 graphs. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418780
ISBN
9781421418780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.42
€ 51.74

Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140192469
ISBN
9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.77

paperback. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349449132
ISBN
9781349449132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This beautifully written history traces the fortunes of Charles Darwin and his contemporaries in Chile. It explains how they showed Chileans a new way to see their own natural environment, teaching a younger generation of scientists there and forging international networks that helped to shape the modern world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 309 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JH; HBTB; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137286055
ISBN
9781137286055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Hardback. Contains various important historical essays that Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) published during WWII on the emergence of modern science. This title is suitable for students in early modern social history/history of science, professional philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science. Editor(s): Raven, Diederick; Krohn, Wolfgang; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792364573
ISBN
9780792364573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.31

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649573
ISBN
9780691649573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.21

Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464395
ISBN
9781349464395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.85

Hardback. The attribution of the "Speculum Astronomiae" to Albertus Magnus became a controversial issue when the neo-Thomist historian, Pierre Mandonnet suggested that the author was Roger Bacon rather than Albert. This historiographical case-study considers this debate in the light of an analysis of texts by Albert himself. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 787.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792313809
ISBN
9780792313809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.51

Paperback. Based on interviews with physicists of all ages this text examines how their hopes, dreams and ambitions have evolved. The study reveals how greatness eludes nearly all people in their heroic quests for extraordinary achievment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327679
ISBN
9780226327679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.76

Paperback.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857385987
ISBN
9780857385987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PHK; TBX; THR; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
I.E.E.E.Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780780311930
ISBN
9780780311930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.18

Hardcover. A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243260
ISBN
9780393243260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Lenoir, Timothy. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226471839
ISBN
9780226471839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00
€ 37.47

paperback. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JPA; PDX; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349494071
ISBN
9781349494071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardcover. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTW; PDX; RGY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438720
ISBN
9781137438720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.48

Paperback. The Technoscientific Witness of Rape is the first book to chart the thirty-year history of the sexual assault evidence kit and its role in a criminal justice system that re-victimizes many assault victims in their quest for medical treatment and justice. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JKV; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520601
ISBN
9781487520601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products - the prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology - have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories. Editor(s): Dolling, Lisa M.; Gianelli, Arthur F.; Statile, Glenn N. Num Pages: 760 pages, 70 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090856
ISBN
9780691090856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.50
€ 68.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521085946
ISBN
9780521085946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.18

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 397 pages, 6 halftones 6 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691606569
ISBN
9780691606569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.17
€ 51.13

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 397 pages, 6 halftones 6 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654386
ISBN
9780691654386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.22

Hardback. A product of Felix Klein's lectures from 1895, the Theory of the Top remains an informative and insightful text for students and mathematicians alike. Translator(s): Nagem, Raymond J.; Sandri, Guido. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDX; PHD; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2010
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648244
ISBN
9780817648244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.05

Hardcover. A product of Felix Klein's lectures from 1895, the Theory of the Top remains an informative and insightful text for students and mathematicians alike. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647209
ISBN
9780817647209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.31

Hardback. The theory of the top, originally made public as a lecture by Felix Klein at the University of Gottingen in 1895, was improved by Klein's collaboration with Arnold Sommerfeld. This volume provides a thorough and insightful account and includes recent advances. Translator(s): Nagem, Raymond J.; Sandri, Guido. Num Pages: 262 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDX; PHD; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648268
ISBN
9780817648268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.55

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