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Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBCR; HP; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1925
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642898037
ISBN
9783642898037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.12

Hardcover. Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. By investigating the past, this book features contributors who hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Editor(s): Alexander, Denis R.; Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 448 pages, 30 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226608402
ISBN
9780226608402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20
€ 100.64

Paperback. Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. By investigating the past, this book features contributors who hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Editor(s): Alexander, Denis R.; Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 448 pages, 30 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226608419
ISBN
9780226608419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Basel Switzerland
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034894470
ISBN
9783034894470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.01

Paperback. This study argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the 19th century. It traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional as well as intellectual changes in 19th-century German biology. Num Pages: 428 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map, 7 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBTB; JNU; PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226610887
ISBN
9780226610887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321223
ISBN
9781349321223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. When we talk about biomolecular sequencing, it is the relatively recent Human Genome Project that comes to mind. However, sequencing has a longer and more complex history which begins in the 1940s and is presented for the first time in this book. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543325
ISBN
9781137543325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardcover. Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230250321
ISBN
9780230250321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Draws on publicly available records and interviews with scientists and healers in Ghana, Madagascar, and South Africa to interpret how African scientists and healers, rural communities, and drug companies have sought since the 1880s to develop drugs from Africa's medicinal plants. Num Pages: 288 pages, 37 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; MX; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226086026
ISBN
9780226086026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141010649
ISBN
9780141010649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. Accompanying a BBC series, this book tells the story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and the courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785940248
ISBN
9781785940248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 118 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 221.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319212623
ISBN
9783319212623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.34

Paperback. An examination of how bodies and sexualities have been constructed, categorised, represented, diagnosed, experienced and subverted from the fifteenth to the early twenty-first century. It draws attention to continuities in thinking about bodies and sex: concept may have changed, but hey nevertheless draw on older ideas and language. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JMU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349329007
ISBN
9781349329007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartholomew, Craig; Green, Dr Joel; Seitz, Christopher. Series: Studies in Theological Interpretation. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801035951
ISBN
9780801035951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Eureka! Discover the real stories behind the history of science Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542013
ISBN
9781848542013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PDX; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319536514
ISBN
9783319536514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.40

Hardback. This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JH; PDX; UBJ; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737234
ISBN
9780804737234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JH; PDX; UBJ; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804738712
ISBN
9780804738712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Translator(s): Maquet, Paul. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 258 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319084961
ISBN
9783319084961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Paperback. Translator(s): Maquet, Paul. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 306 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319362168
ISBN
9783319362168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

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