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Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922843
- ISBN
- 9780226922843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 79.61
€ 95.06
€ 79.61
paperback. From quantum to biological and digital, here eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information. Editor(s): Davies, Paul; Gregersen, Niels Henrik. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 506 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107684539
- ISBN
- 9781107684539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.84
€ 25.99
€ 25.84
He argues that the human-machine systems used to coordinate forces were as critical to naval successes in World War II as the ships and commanders more familiar to historians. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JWMV2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410265
- ISBN
- 9781421410265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.81
€ 72.81
Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal: Historical and Socio...
. Ed(S): Heinze, Thomas; Munch, Richard
hardcover. Editor(s): Heinze, Thomas; Munch, Richard. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 9 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 256 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137594198
- ISBN
- 9781137594198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardback. This is the first account of the incorporation of insects in considerations of conservation, tracing the genesis of the discipline and its acceptance as a component of biodiversity conservation. Covers current and future scenarios and priorities for progress. Editor(s): New, Tim R. Num Pages: 436 pages, 10 black & white tables, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVT7; RNC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400729629
- ISBN
- 9789400729629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.04
€ 252.04
Hardback. This is an analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 20th-century Britain. Far from merely involving the replacement of one optical theory by another, the revolution also involved substantial changes in instruments and the practices that surround them. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363491
- ISBN
- 9780792363491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.35
€ 132.35
paperback. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058247
- ISBN
- 9789401058247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635200
- ISBN
- 9780691635200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.66
€ 233.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Stadler, Friedrich. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319532578
- ISBN
- 9783319532578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.74
€ 116.74
Hardback. Offering a variety of perspectives, this volume combines general reflections on the current state of history and philosophy of science with studies of the relationships between the two disciplines in specific historical and scientific cases. Editor(s): Schmaltz, Tad; Mauskopf, Seymour. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400717442
- ISBN
- 9789400717442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Hardback. In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401959
- ISBN
- 9781421401959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 199 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX; PSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319399218
- ISBN
- 9783319399218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardback. This collection of essays honors G.H. von Wright whose contributions have been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the thinking of Ludwig Wittgenstein. The book includes the first English translation of the Frege-Wittgenstein correspondence. Editor(s): Pellegrin, Enzo de. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HRAB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402099083
- ISBN
- 9781402099083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HP; JPA; JPS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349403042
- ISBN
- 9781349403042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. These proceedings contain papers by authors from around the world, covering the history of mechanical engineering and particularly the history of the theory of machines and mechanisms. The contributions address mainly technical aspects of historical developments. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363729
- ISBN
- 9780792363729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.29
€ 257.29
International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms
. Ed(S): Yan, Hong-Sen; Ceccarelli, Marco
Paperback. The HMMM2008 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms is the third event of a series started in 2000 as the main activity of the IFToMM Permanent commission for History of MMS; Mechanism and Machine Science. This book provides background information on the origin and the history of the invention of fundamental machines. Editor(s): Yan, Hong-Sen; Ceccarelli, Marco. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048181384
- ISBN
- 9789048181384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.06
€ 195.06
Paperback. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDA; PDE; PDX; TBJ; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048147397
- ISBN
- 9789048147397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 372.57
€ 372.57
Paperback. Here is a systematic account of the role of language in the development and interpretation of physics. Coverage includes analysis showing how a revised interpretation of physics impacts on philosophical issues: conceptual revolutions, realism and reductionism. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400795761
- ISBN
- 9789400795761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. A people's history of the global space race in the 1960s, beginning with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and astronaut Alan Shepard and ending with the close of the Mercury and Voskhod programs in 1965. Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 images and a frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBLW3; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226395
- ISBN
- 9780803226395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. Connecting laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, Intolerant Bodies reveals how doctors and patients have come to terms, often reluctantly, with this novel and puzzling mechanism of disease causation. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415338
- ISBN
- 9781421415338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.63
€ 31.99
€ 30.63