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An American Scientist on the Research Frontier. Edward Morley, Communi...
Ralph R. (University Of Oklahoma) Hamerla
Paperback. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048170388
- ISBN
- 9789048170388
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Benjamin Franklin's Enlightenment world of philosophy, spectacle and electricity Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785782077
- ISBN
- 9781785782077
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1629.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 1099
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319383637
- ISBN
- 9783319383637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 289.44
€ 289.44
Hardback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1783.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 1099
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319116709
- ISBN
- 9783319116709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.72
€ 290.72
hardcover. Offering an account of Lagrangian mechanics, this work uses the Principle of Virtual Work in conjunction with the Lagrangian Multiplier to solve the problems of statics. For the treatment of dynamics, a third concept had to be added to the first two - d'Alembert's Principle - in order to develop the Lagrangian equations of motion. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 639 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343493
- ISBN
- 9780792343493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 431.61
€ 431.61
Paperback. Translator(s): Boissonnade, Auguste; Vagliente, Victor N. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 639 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PBX; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048147793
- ISBN
- 9789048147793
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Condition: New
€ 430.59
€ 430.59
Paperback. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119025528
- ISBN
- 9781119025528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Hardcover. This book describes inventions and designs of engineers from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D., with a handful of exceptions from before and after. The inventions are documented by archaeological finds and range from those very well known to some hardly known at all. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; PDX; TBD; TGBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048122523
- ISBN
- 9789048122523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Paperback. This book provides an overview of the water technologies developed by a number of ancient civilizations, from those of Mesopotamia and the Indus valley to later societies such as the Mycenaeans, Minoans, Persians, and the ancient Egyptians. Editor(s): Mays, Larry. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; PDX; RNF; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793361
- ISBN
- 9789400793361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 227.27
€ 227.27
Paperback. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034164
- ISBN
- 9780226034164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034027
- ISBN
- 9780226034027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
Paperback. Plato's concept of the world as a cosmic living being, possessed of a soul, was vital to the Stoic and Neo-Platonic philosophers, but faded with the rise of Leibniz and the rationalists. This book discusses how and why the German Romantics of the late 1700s and early 1800s came back to embrace the existence of the world soul. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 449 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HRAB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400734265
- ISBN
- 9789400734265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 228.88
€ 228.88
Paperback. A study of the intimate relationship between science, colonialism, and the modern nation. It explores the complexities, contradictions, and profound importance of this relationship in the history of the subcontinent. It reveals how science served simultaneously as an instrument of empire and as a symbol of liberty, progress, and universal reason. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTQ; HBTR; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004532
- ISBN
- 9780691004532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roberts, Peder; Van der Watt, Lize-Marie; Howkins, Adrian. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 337 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTS; HBAH; HBJQ; HBL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545749
- ISBN
- 9781137545749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.24
€ 117.24
Hardcover. Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222677
- ISBN
- 9780226222677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.13€ 90.12
€ 108.13
€ 90.12
Paperback. Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBWN; JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222684
- ISBN
- 9780226222684
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Nadin, Mihai. Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages, 96 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319358253
- ISBN
- 9783319358253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Hardback. Anticipation: Learning from the Past Editor(s): Nadin, Mihai. Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages, 96 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 955.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319194455
- ISBN
- 9783319194455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.79
€ 130.79
Paperback. As Horwitz explores the history and multiple identities of anxiety-melancholia, nerves, neuroses, phobias, and so on-it becomes clear that every age has had its own anxieties and that culture plays a role in shaping how anxiety is expressed. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410807
- ISBN
- 9781421410807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.04
€ 33.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. The age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. Hersey explores the interrelations of the two developments and how they cross-fertilised. Num Pages: 280 pages, 52 colour plates, 106 halftones, 52 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AMA; PBM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327846
- ISBN
- 9780226327846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39