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History of science

Hardcover. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408019
ISBN
9781421408019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Paperback / so. Series: Abhandlungen Der Nordrhein-Westfealischen Akademie Der Wisse. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; HD; KC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531099392
ISBN
9783531099392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.14

Paperback / so. Translator(s): Calvani, M. Series: I Blu. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX; PG; PHR; PHVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer Verlag Italy
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847006737
ISBN
9788847006737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300150919
ISBN
9780300150919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Low, M. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; HBJF; JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530571
ISBN
9781349530571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. Editor(s): Low, Morris. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 523.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968326
ISBN
9781403968326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319546537
ISBN
9783319546537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.79

Hardback. Exploring the connections between sociological, psychological and biological theories of exhaustion, this book examines how exhaustion manifests in the rise of burnout, depression and chronic fatigue, and analyses the interplay between mental health diagnoses, socio-cultural transformations and individual illness experiences. Editor(s): Schaffner, Anna Katharina; Neckel, Sighard; Wagner, Greta. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; MBS; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319528861
ISBN
9783319528861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.67

Paperback. Examines the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we call "deep time" was pieced together. This title explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology. Num Pages: 732 pages, 145 halftones, 34 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2182.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
732
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731131
ISBN
9780226731131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, William. Translator(s): Moore, Patrick. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 551 pages, 318 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX; PGS; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
551
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319344775
ISBN
9783319344775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 196.12

Paperback. In this fun, informative book, a scientist demonstrates how intelligence and faith can-and should-go hand in hand. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Thomas Nelson United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780785287896
ISBN
9780785287896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Dimension: 136 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Folklore Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864312
ISBN
9781894864312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

paperback. Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349444809
ISBN
9781349444809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. A new therapeutic strategy could break the stalemate in the war on cancer by targeting not all cancerous cells but the small fraction that lie at the root of cancers. Lucie Laplane offers a comprehensive analysis of cancer stem cell theory, based on an original interdisciplinary approach that combines biology, biomedical history, and philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: MJCL; PDX; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088740
ISBN
9780674088740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Drieschner, Michael. Series: Springerbriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice / Texts and Protocols. Num Pages: 201 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319036700
ISBN
9783319036700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

paperback. Editor(s): Raiser, Konrad. Series: Springerbriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice / Texts and Protocols. Num Pages: 185 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 297.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319037035
ISBN
9783319037035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartosch, Ulrich. Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice. Num Pages: 194 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319134451
ISBN
9783319134451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HPC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287536
ISBN
9781349287536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Paperback. This expansive guide to more than two dozen European Cartesians who placed empiricism at the heart of their praxis in the seventeenth century shows that Descartes' followers were active promoters of the experimental method in all the natural sciences. Editor(s): Dobre, Mihnea; Nyden, Tammy. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 339 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBLH; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9789402405804
ISBN
9789402405804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardcover. Cartesian Empiricisms Editor(s): Dobre, Mihnea; Nyden, Tammy. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 339 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400776890
ISBN
9789400776890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.05

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