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History of science
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction maps the historical development of chemistry from man's earliest exploration in the Stone Age to the nanotechnology of today's materials science. In this succinct but comprehensive overview Brock balances the approaches to - and interpretations of - the subject, revealing chemistry's rich and diverse history. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 17 black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716488
- ISBN
- 9780198716488
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
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paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199215430
- ISBN
- 9780199215430
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.92
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€ 10.92
Paperback. Weaving together intellectual history, philosophy, and social studies, this book offers an appraisal of the history of science and the nature of this discipline. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686810
- ISBN
- 9781851686810
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His emphasis is upon how methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 halftones; 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674403413
- ISBN
- 9780674403413
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
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Paperback. In addition to providing an insightful account of life and work in nineteenth-century urban America, The Horse in the City brings us to a richer understanding of how the animal fared in this unnatural and presumably uncomfortable setting. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400433
- ISBN
- 9781421400433
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.82
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€ 32.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633880740
- ISBN
- 9781633880740
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.69
€ 30.99
€ 29.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465063826
- ISBN
- 9780465063826
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Condition: New
€ 29.66
€ 29.66
Paperback. A richly illustrated introduction to the engineering triumphs that made America modern In this age of microchips and deep space probes, it's hard to imagine life before electricity or passenger trains. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; PDR; PDX; TBC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471140962
- ISBN
- 9780471140962
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Condition: New
€ 104.90
€ 104.90
Paperback. Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549005
- ISBN
- 9781848549005
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages, 16pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141040837
- ISBN
- 9780141040837
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.68
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€ 16.68
Hardcover. The Principle of Least Action underlies all physics and leads into quantum mechanics and Einstein's Relativity. There are some textbooks that do the calculations, and one book with nice pictures, but no book (before this one) that explains what 'action' is, and why nature follows this principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198743040
- ISBN
- 9780198743040
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Condition: New
€ 54.44
€ 54.44
Hardback. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, this book contains an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy. Translator(s): Morrison, Robert G. Series: Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship. Num Pages: 410 pages, 79 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287990
- ISBN
- 9780520287990
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Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 72.41
€ 95.24
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Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821411926
- ISBN
- 9780821411926
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088078
- ISBN
- 9780674088078
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.69
€ 30.99
€ 25.69
Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226053899
- ISBN
- 9780226053899
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Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.56
€ 95.24
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558616134
- ISBN
- 9781558616134
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Condition: New
€ 25.05
€ 25.05
Hardcover. The first history of bioethics in Britain Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; PDX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096198
- ISBN
- 9780719096198
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Condition: New
€ 60.31
€ 60.31
Hardback. In 1833 the word 'scientist' was coined; forty years later science (increasingly specialised) was a becoming a profession. Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this period, this book is suitable for students of the history of science and for those interested in the foundations of the world as we know it today. Series: Polity History of Science Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636757
- ISBN
- 9780745636757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.56
€ 79.56
Paperback. Contents 1. A A country boy 2. A Pins and string 3. A Philosophy 4. A Learning to juggle 5. A Blue and yellow make pink 6. A Saturn and statistics 7. A Cast of characters 8. A Spinning cells 9. A The beautiful equations 10. A The Laird at home 11. A The Cavendish 12. A Last days 13. A Maxwella s legacy 14. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 108 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470861714
- ISBN
- 9780470861714
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.42
€ 18.99
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Hardcover. Cyril Darlington was one of the most celebrated biologists of the 20th century, but fell from grace after theorising that chromosomes held the biological truths behind dark truths about man and his culture. This biography traces the life of a gifted and passionate scientist. Num Pages: 342 pages, 13 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013339
- ISBN
- 9780674013339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.18€ 85.82
€ 95.18
€ 85.82