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History of science
Results 1821 - 1840 of 1948
History of science
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040598
- ISBN
- 9780268040598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 53.33
€ 53.51
€ 53.33
Paperback. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 383 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPX; PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319488622
- ISBN
- 9783319488622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.77
€ 35.99
€ 31.77
Paperback. "This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue"-- Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329458
- ISBN
- 9781349329458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245211
- ISBN
- 9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141980874
- ISBN
- 9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBD; TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416826
- ISBN
- 9780674416826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardback. What were the fundamental questions asked by the early pioneers of molecular biology? This book is suitable for science students and research scientists. In each chapter, the development of a particular aspect of modern biology is described in a historical and logical context, taking into account human aspects of the protagonists of the story. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSB; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010927
- ISBN
- 9781402010927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.86
€ 200.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PBC; PBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461253969
- ISBN
- 9781461253969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.12
€ 117.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Klein, Ursula. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402001000
- ISBN
- 9781402001000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.98
€ 132.98
Hardcover. Editor(s): Walsh, Lynda; Boyle, Casey. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319512679
- ISBN
- 9783319512679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Myskja, Arne; Espvik, Ola. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Tapir Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788251918282
- ISBN
- 9788251918282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.13€ 40.83
€ 51.13
€ 40.83
Paperback. The author applies modified versions of pre-modern philosophy (including Aristotle and Aquinas) to psychiatry, arguing that the work of the Aristotelian philosopher, Christian and former Marxist, Alasdair MacIntyre is ideally placed to bring about a transformation of psychiatry from its current captivity to the modern scientific technical paradigm. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MMH; MMJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349449217
- ISBN
- 9781349449217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Surveys the materials and experimental practices of radioactivity research in early twentieth century Vienna, focusing on radioactive materials, instruments, women's work in physics, and gendered skills. This title shows how experimental cultures in radioactivity are constructed and reshaped by politics as well as scientists of different genders. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJC; HBTB; PDN; PDX; PN; TBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135580
- ISBN
- 9780231135580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.07
€ 105.07
Paperback. Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25, 13 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866104
- ISBN
- 9780801866104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.00
€ 32.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; PDR; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504725
- ISBN
- 9781349504725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological travelling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. This book covers different periods of time and local settings, and uses a variety of methodological approaches. Editor(s): Simoes, Ana (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Carneiro, Ana (New University of Lisbon, Portugal); Diogo, Marian Paula (New University of Lisbon, Portugal). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HDDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012594
- ISBN
- 9781402012594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.32
€ 201.32
Hardback. A biography that provides an understanding of William Bateson as well as a reconciliation of diverging views (for example, the hierarchical thinking of Gould and the genocentrism of George Williams and Richard Dawkins). Num Pages: 750 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 169 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387756875
- ISBN
- 9780387756875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.75
€ 199.75
Hardback. Translator(s): Beyer, Robert T. (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA). Num Pages: 227 pages, 56 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDS; TTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319203607
- ISBN
- 9783319203607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.67
€ 205.67
Paperback. Pietsch has spent decades collecting and researching the origin and meaning of these evolutionary trees and presents a visually breathtaking and intellectually brilliant history of the form. Num Pages: 376 pages, 231, 226 black & white line drawings, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411859
- ISBN
- 9781421411859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55