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Paperback. Clinical psychologists have long shown considerable interest in the philosophy of science. This book presents an overview of current schools of thought in the philosophy of science that is accessible to non-specialists. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319033198
- ISBN
- 9783319033198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.22
€ 126.22
Paperback. This book describes the development of the first cobalt-60 unit, used in radiation treatments for cancer, and the man behind it, Leonard Grimmett. It tells the story of the development of one of the world's largest cancer centers and medical physics programs. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMPH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489995209
- ISBN
- 9781489995209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Paperback. Num Pages: XII, 266 pagg. BIC Classification: GPF; GPJ; HBWQ; PBH; PBX; PDX; TBX; UB; URY; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847003163
- ISBN
- 9788847003163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. What makes our species capable of thinking scientifically? Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, the author traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and shows how the science of plants and animals has emerged from common conceptions of folk-biology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521438711
- ISBN
- 9780521438711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
hardcover. Presents a cross-cultural comparative approach to the art of dyeing and printing with natural dyestuffs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book includes data from the vast historical heritage of natural dyestuffs from a range of European cities, to historiographic insights for the understanding of this technology. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; TDCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370222
- ISBN
- 9780792370222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
Hardcover. Illustrating that product marketing, patent litigation, and even ghostwriting pervaded natural history and medicine - the "big sciences" of the early modern era, this book argues that the growth of global trade during the Dutch Golden Age gave rise to an entrepreneurial network of transnational science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 colour plates, 39 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; KCLT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226117744
- ISBN
- 9780226117744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Hardcover. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407692
- ISBN
- 9781421407692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68
€ 60.68
Paperback. Arranged chronologically and thematically, the book highlights how ideas about the appropriate relationships among science, scientists, and the state changed over time. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407715
- ISBN
- 9781421407715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Hardback. This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519412
- ISBN
- 9781137519412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. This book pins down the methodological core of transcendental epistemology that must be used in order to throw light on the foundations of modern physics. A renewed understanding of modern physics is offered by the concept of constitution of objectivity. Editor(s): Bitbol, Michel; Kerszberg, Pierre; Petitot, Jean. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 837.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048181445
- ISBN
- 9789048181445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 229.87
€ 229.87
Paperback. Recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, the text suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; PDX; PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226667997
- ISBN
- 9780226667997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.52
€ 48.99
€ 38.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319509587
- ISBN
- 9783319509587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Paperback. Series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 280 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PDX; PHD; TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319357928
- ISBN
- 9783319357928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Hardcover. Continuum Mechanics Through the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 269 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PDX; PHD; TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319053738
- ISBN
- 9783319053738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1141 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 192 x 66. Weight in Grams: 2150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413196
- ISBN
- 9781607413196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 447.94€ 313.53
€ 447.94
€ 313.53
Hardback. In 1920s, a long-lasting controversy on the interpretation of nuclear beta spectrum arose between Lise Meitner and Charles Drummond Ellis. This controversy, and the reactions from the contending parties when it was settled, reflect clearly the difference between the scientific communities in Berlin and Cambridge at that time. Editor(s): Aaserud, Finn; Kragh, Helge; Stuewer, Roger H.; Rudinger, Erik. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764353131
- ISBN
- 9783764353131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.59
€ 71.59
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive study of the convergence of recurrent neural networks, which is used in applications relating to associative memory, image processing and pattern recognition. This book is suitable for professionals and researchers, as well as advanced graduate level students in neural computations, and neural networks. Series: Network Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX; UYQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402076947
- ISBN
- 9781402076947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Scientific ideas change the way we think about the world and our place in it. Nicolaus Copernicus developed a heliocentric view of the cosmos that displaced humans from the physical center of the universe. Charles Darwin developed an evolutionary theory that placed humans firmly within the organismic order of nature. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181839
- ISBN
- 9781405181839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. Scientific ideas change the way we think about the world and our place in it. Nicolaus Copernicus developed a heliocentric view of the cosmos that displaced humans from the physical center of the universe. Charles Darwin developed an evolutionary theory that placed humans firmly within the organismic order of nature. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181846
- ISBN
- 9781405181846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.94
€ 113.94
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199330966
- ISBN
- 9780199330966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89