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History of science
Paperback. Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130538
- ISBN
- 9780691130538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardcover. A major new volume which examines the significance of six iconic objects throughout American history and within American culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 b&w, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1904.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832973
- ISBN
- 9781904832973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 39.71
€ 52.99
€ 39.71
Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 538 pages, 47 halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RBGF; RBGH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 538
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731025
- ISBN
- 9780226731025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174174
- ISBN
- 9780691174174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. Leonhart Fuchs's herbal recognized for more than four centuries as a masterpiece of Renaissance botany and one of the most beautiful books ever printed now appears in a facsimile edition, accompanied by a volume of commentary based on three decades of historical and botanical research. Num Pages: 1864 pages, 561 half-tones 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: MMG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 366 x 130. Weight in Grams: 6314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738033
- ISBN
- 9780804738033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 395.02
€ 395.02
Hardback. This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3J; HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527936
- ISBN
- 9781137527936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75
Hardcover. This book recounts the history of the refractor telescope at Meudon, France, from the birth of the concept that drove Jules Janssen at the end of the nineteenth century, to the enormous progress it fostered in the visual observation of astronomical objects. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461472872
- ISBN
- 9781461472872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. Founded around 1700 by a group of German Lutherans known as Pietists, the Halle Orphanage became the institutional headquarters of a universal seminar that still stands largely intact today. The author reveals, those teaching and training in Halle Orphanage contributed to the transformation of scientific observation and its related activities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243771
- ISBN
- 9780226243771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Felt, Ulrike; Fouche, Rayvon; Miller, Clark A.; Smith-Doerr, Laurel. Num Pages: 1208 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1846.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- fourth edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035682
- ISBN
- 9780262035682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.36
€ 108.36
Paperback. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 269 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AVA; HPN; PDX; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319383521
- ISBN
- 9783319383521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
Hardcover. The Helmholtz Legacy in Physiological Acoustics Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 269 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PDX; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319066011
- ISBN
- 9783319066011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Paperback. Explores the life and scientific contributions of Alfred Russel Wallace, Victorian traveler, scientist, spiritualist, and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of natural selection. This biography also examines his travels in the western and eastern tropics. It casts light on his work and the importance of his relationship with Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 640 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130110
- ISBN
- 9780231130110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. Proceeds from about 1800 BC to 1800 AD, discussing, for example, the Renaissance method for solving cubic and quartic equations and providing rigorous elementary proof that certain geometrical problems posed by the ancient Greeks cannot be solved by ruler and compass alone. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 341 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PBB; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1995. Corr. 2nd printing 1998
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387945446
- ISBN
- 9780387945446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.35
€ 112.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages, 47 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PN; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 48. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877289289
- ISBN
- 9780877289289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.00€ 69.96
€ 77.00
€ 69.96
hardcover. The primary focus of this work is the mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution to the lunar problem using the Hill-Brown method. It describes the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441959362
- ISBN
- 9781441959362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.61
€ 129.61
paperback. The primary focus of this work is the mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution to the lunar problem using the Hill-Brown method. It describes the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461426141
- ISBN
- 9781461426141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
Paperback. Translator(s): Deltete, Robert J. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 427
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401059152
- ISBN
- 9789401059152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.32
€ 129.32
Paperback. From prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century, this title offers an introduction to the history of Western astronomy. It focuses on topics as the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy in later Antiquity, Kepler's conversion of astronomy into a branch of dynamics, and the explorations of the universe. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803061
- ISBN
- 9780192803061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Although they are often rendered in forms unfamiliar to Western eyes, maps have existed in most cultures. In this text contributors from a variety of disciplines collaborate to describe and address the significance of traditional cartographies. Series: History of Cartography. Num Pages: 500 pages, 24 colour plates, 267 halftones, 196 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 307 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226907284
- ISBN
- 9780226907284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 285.17€ 240.88
€ 285.17
€ 240.88
paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199215430
- ISBN
- 9780199215430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.92
€ 11.99
€ 10.92