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History of science

Paperback. Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Num Pages: 428 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226733623
ISBN
9780226733623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899041
ISBN
9780801899041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.45

Hardback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; MFC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801899034
ISBN
9780801899034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFD; PDX; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349250455
ISBN
9781349250455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Ariew, Roger. Translator(s): Ariew, R. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169231
ISBN
9780226169231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; JFCX; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349292677
ISBN
9781349292677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.05

Paperback. Their long experience in medical charity led to the creation of the first hospitals, a singular Christian contribution to health care. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420066
ISBN
9781421420066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412160
ISBN
9781421412160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412153
ISBN
9781421412153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. This volume provides the first systematic examination of medicine and the market in England, North America and India between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Editor(s): Jenner, M.; Wallis, P. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349352937
ISBN
9781349352937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.32

Paperback. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343805
ISBN
9781349343805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Paperback. Tracing the cultural and scientific history of such drastically opposed convictions, this title introduces us to the scientists, venturesome medical practitioners, determined police interrogators, and, in some cases, incorrigible sensation seekers who sought to master this mysterious power. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: JMRM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226084541
ISBN
9780226084541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Hardcover. Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they lost forever? This book shows that the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 32 halftones, 6 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226902586
ISBN
9780226902586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Van Riper chronicles the Victorian debate over the idea of prehistoric human origins within the context of Victorian science, showing how the notion of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human evolution and the relationship of science to Christianity. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HDDA; JHMP; PDX; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226849928
ISBN
9780226849928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671628185
ISBN
9780671628185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; TBX; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 106 x 14. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529310
ISBN
9780262529310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.13

paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349470037
ISBN
9781349470037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.95

Paperback. Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3J; DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228107
ISBN
9780807892824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Known as the 'father' of electrical engineering, Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199574315
ISBN
9780199574315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403986030
ISBN
9781403986030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.48

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