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Paperback. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734811
ISBN
9780226734811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Hardcover. After Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, his second declaration, after socialism, was that Cuba would become a leader in international science. This book shows how Cuba came to compete with US pharmaceutical giants - despite a trade embargo and crippling national debt. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226709178
ISBN
9780226709178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in science and literature have supported, at various points in history and in various places in the circum-Atlantic world, fantasies of human embodiment and human difference that serve to naturalize existing hierarchies. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349463954
ISBN
9781349463954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardback. Ultimately, he reveals the crucial role played by the cybernetics moment-when cybernetics and information theory were seen as universal sciences-in setting the stage for our current preoccupation with information technologies. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10, 6 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416717
ISBN
9781421416717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 52.34

Paperback. Originally published in 1979, "The Darwinian Revolution" was a comprehensive synthesis of the history of evolutionary thought. For this edition, Michael Ruse has written an afterword that takes into account the research published since his book's first appearance. Num Pages: 362 pages, 12 halftones, 28 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731698
ISBN
9780226731698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Series: European Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 713.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319448671
ISBN
9783319448671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 8 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319317076
ISBN
9783319317076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.39

Hardback. An understanding of developments in Arabic mathematics between the IXth and XVth century is vital to a full appreciation of the history of classical mathematics. This book highlights one of the major developments in Arabic mathematical thinking, provoked by the double fecondation between arithmetic and the algebra of al-Khwarizmi. Translator(s): Armstrong, Angela. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792325659
ISBN
9780792325659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.09

Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from leading experts, and offering much-needed insight, this book analyses historical problems in the use of mathematics in physics, the use of physics in mathematics and the emergence of the discipline of Mathematical Physics. Editor(s): Barbin, E.; Pisano, Raffaele. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBX; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753792
ISBN
9789400753792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609792
ISBN
9780230609792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. Featuring a figure of early modern science, this text explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work. Philosophical, legal, experimental and religious traditions that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice are examined. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734972
ISBN
9780226734972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 46.16

Hardback. Featuring a figure of early modern science, this text explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work. Philosophical, legal, experimental and religious traditions that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice are examined. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 763.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734958
ISBN
9780226734958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.63
€ 97.77

Paperback. This work describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. It portrays a man who suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service to his country and to physics was confronted by the brutalities of World War I and the Third Reich. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BG; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004399
ISBN
9780674004399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? This title includes tales that follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the mad scientists who discovered them. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552777506
ISBN
9780552777506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of time. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808420
ISBN
9780226808420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the "predictive art" of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066632
ISBN
9780674066632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.10
€ 59.01

Paperback. Tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Num Pages: 542 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226103204
ISBN
9780226103204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

Hardcover. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This title explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111810
ISBN
9780226111810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This book explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Num Pages: 360 pages, 14 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212050
ISBN
9780226212050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Damodaran, V.; Winterbottom, Anna; Lester, A. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; PDX; RGB; RGC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349491094
ISBN
9781349491094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 204.56

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