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History of science

Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674794757
ISBN
9780674794757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.50

Paperback. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 119, 36 black & white illustrations, 83 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417752
ISBN
9781421417752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Hardback. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 119, 36 black & white illustrations, 83 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417745
ISBN
9781421417745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.62

Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students of American history, and for scientists and others who want to better understand modern science and science in America, this title offers the significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal Isis. Editor(s): Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory; Kaiser, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, 59 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226925141
ISBN
9780226925141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.55

hardcover. Charting an important process in modern Indian history, this book gives an assessment of the introduction of Western science into India. It is intended for scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought. Series: India in the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415402095
ISBN
9780415402095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.94

Paperback. Charts the early development of science in India, its role in the secularization of Indian society, and the subsequent reassertion, adaptation and rejection of traditional modes of thought. This book explores the beliefs of key Indian scientists, including Jagadish Chandra Bose, PC Roy and SN Bose. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415481342
ISBN
9780415481342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026022
ISBN
9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 600 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback Edition 1990
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226360515
ISBN
9780226360515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.61

paperback. Examines the development of chemistry in Britain 1760-1820 and relates it to civic life. Num Pages: 358 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; JHM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000736
ISBN
9780521659529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Hardback. This collection of essays examines select historical questions about the interrelationship between the sciences and Harvard University as an organizational, intellectual, and social context for science in the United States. The essays span the period from the seventeenth century to World War II. Editor(s): Rossiter, Margaret W. Num Pages: 380 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JNM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934223126
ISBN
9780934223126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; JNB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 303 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Pitchstone Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634310901
ISBN
9781634310901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.13

Hardcover. Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068633
ISBN
9780226068633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.65

hardcover. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759618
ISBN
9780804759618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776561
ISBN
9780804776561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.90

Hardcover. In Denmark, the natural sciences (as also applies to other sciences, and culture in general) have developed mainly through the reception of and adaptation to science from abroad. This work describes the high points of the Danish contributions. Editor(s): Nielsen, Henry; Kragh, Helge; Kjaergaard, Peter C.; Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfeldt. Num Pages: 607 pages, colour illus & maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
607
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343177
ISBN
9788779343177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Reingold, Nathan. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. 8vo . Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0284966
ISBN
9780226709475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. * Much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. * Emphasises the crucial part that science has played in the bigger picture of twentieth century history, from Einstein s new physics to the Human Genome Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 48. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634708
ISBN
9780745634708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.85

* Much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. * Emphasises the crucial part that science has played in the bigger picture of twentieth century history, from Einstein s new physics to the Human Genome Project. Series: History of Science. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634692
ISBN
9780745634692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.60

Paperback. In the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. What Riskin describes as a 'sentimental empiricism' is the ideology which brought together ideas and institutions, practices and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720791
ISBN
9780226720791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25 halftones, 11 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226432366
ISBN
9780226432366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.67

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