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Paperback. If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, the author suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary myths that have masqueraded too long as historical truths. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780674057418
ISBN
9780674057418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.12

paperback. From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRCX8; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025751
ISBN
9781857027129
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science. This book introduces the author's choice of the ten great ideas of science. It aims to lead the reader through the emergence of the concepts, and then present them in an effective manner. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous halftones & figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198609414
ISBN
9780198609414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and to its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Now, Mario Biagioli shows how Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he examined, his methods, and even his conclusions. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045603
ISBN
9780226045603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer and author, the author places him at the centre of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years onwards. Num Pages: 354 pages, 24 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197297
ISBN
9780300197297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.78

Hardback. Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity's view of its place in the cosmos. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; TDPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736917
ISBN
9780674736917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Ernst, Waltraud; Horwath, Ilona. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837624342
ISBN
9783837624342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.19

hardcover. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758147
ISBN
9780804758147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.81

Paperback. In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc, a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising $38 million in its initial public stock offering. This title provides portraits of the people significant to Genentech's science and business, and focuses on how personality affects the growth of science. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPN; KNDH1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045511
ISBN
9780226045511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. Greene's history sheds light on the controversies shadowing the success of generics: problems with the generalizability of medical knowledge, the fragile role of science in public policy, and the increasing role of industry, marketing, and consumer logics in late-twentieth-century and early twenty-first century health care. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17, 8 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421643
ISBN
9781421421643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Trenn, T.J.; Bradley, F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226253251
ISBN
9780226253251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Hardcover. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720807
ISBN
9780226720807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.10
€ 78.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; BTC; HBJK; PDX; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613735220
ISBN
9781613735220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.60

Hardcover. Gathers essays that deftly navigate the spaces of science in this significant period and reveal how each is embedded in wider systems of meaning, authority, and identity. This title makes clear that the science of this era varied in its constitution and reputation in relation to place and personnel. Editor(s): Livingstone, David N.; Withers, Charles W. J. Num Pages: 488 pages, 41 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226487267
ISBN
9780226487267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.33
€ 59.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801487859
ISBN
9780801487859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.84

Hardback. Examines key elements of science in societies across Spanish America, Europe, West Africa, India, and Asia as they increasingly overlapped each other. Chapters focus on the range of participants in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science, their concentrated effort in description and taxonomy, and advances in techniques for sharing knowledge. Editor(s): Manning, Patrick; Rood, Daniel. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944546
ISBN
9780822944546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616145996
ISBN
9781616145996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.83

Hardcover. Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence--and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds--and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God's handiwork can be understood. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417106
ISBN
9780674417106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.93

paperback. Presents a narrative history that reveals the roots of modern science in the medieval world. This book debunks many of the myths about the Middle Ages, showing that medieval people did not think the earth is flat, nor did Columbus 'prove' that it is a sphere; the Inquisition burnt nobody for their science nor was Copernicus afraid of persecution. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311503
ISBN
9781848311503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous for his work on color theory, but he was also an accomplished all-round scientist, studying and writing on anatomy, geology, botany, zoology and meteorology. This book draws together, in Goethe's own words, his key ideas on nature, science and scientific method. Editor(s): Naydler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RNA; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Floris Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863152375
ISBN
9780863152375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Brings to life science's efforts to detect cosmic gravitational waves. This title offers readers an unprecedented view of gravitational wave research and explains what it means for an analyst to do work of this kind. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 halftones, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226052298
ISBN
9780226052298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Presents a history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon of physics such as Galileo, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking. This title also offers portraits of their great moments of discovery, their bitter feuds, their relations with family and friends, their religious beliefs, and education. Num Pages: 512 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195173246
ISBN
9780195173246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Paperback. Exactly what was the four-footed bird? Find out the answer to this and other weird and wonderful discoveries made by Victorian explorers and scientists. Num Pages: 288 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445645421
ISBN
9781445645421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duquesne
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704999
ISBN
9780820704999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.83
€ 62.60

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