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History of science
Hardcover. Examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of The Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new professional scientific elite. Editor(s): Dawson, Gowan; Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109503
- ISBN
- 9780226109503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.25
€ 54.99
€ 43.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Stephen T.; Walls, Laura Dassow. Translator(s): Person, Mark W. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226422473
- ISBN
- 9780226422473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.74
€ 39.74
Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tyndall Scientific
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993242007
- ISBN
- 9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
Hardback. Written by a cancer researcher and teacher, this book offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology. It looks at various crucial scientific advances and offers an insider's perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131124
- ISBN
- 9780231131124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.35€ 80.02
€ 103.35
€ 80.02
Paperback. Written by a cancer researcher and teacher, this book offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology. It looks at various crucial scientific advances and offers an insider's perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131131
- ISBN
- 9780231131131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. i>A Vital Rationalist brings together for the first time a selection of Canguilhem's most important writings, including excerpts from previously unpublished manuscripts and a critical biography by Camille Limoges. Editor(s): Delaporte, Francois. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299731
- ISBN
- 9780942299731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.63
€ 36.99
€ 27.63
hardcover. Vitalizing Nature in the Enlightenment analyzes a major shift in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature in the middle of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034413
- ISBN
- 9780520241350
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Sets us within the cosmopolitan cultures of Enlightenment Europe to tell the story of Alessandro Volta - the brilliant man whose name is forever attached to electromotive force. This work depicts Volta as an inventor who used his international network of acquaintances to further his quest to harness the power of electricity. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691122267
- ISBN
- 9780691122267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 40.03
€ 54.99
€ 40.03
paperback. Describes an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. It features the journeys of renowned adventurers with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, and is intended to assist navigation and trade. Editor(s): Beeching, Jack. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430738
- ISBN
- 9780140430738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 55 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212754
- ISBN
- 9780300212754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.63
€ 16.99
€ 13.63
Hardback. Darwin is credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but Alfred Russel Wallace saw the same process at work in nature and elaborated the same theory. Dispelling misperceptions of Wallace as a secondary figure, James Costa reveals the two naturalists as equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729698
- ISBN
- 9780674729698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.46
€ 54.99
€ 46.46
Hardback. Shows how the key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. This title traces how the recursive argument method was first developed by Buddhist scholars and was spread by them throughout ancient Central Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155319
- ISBN
- 9780691155319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 color plates, 33 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058764
- ISBN
- 9780226058764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.95€ 79.50
€ 93.95
€ 79.50
Hardback. Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In this title, the author argues that this investigation and engagement with Vesuvius was paramount to the development of modern volcanology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923710
- ISBN
- 9780226923710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.44
€ 72.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719059940
- ISBN
- 9780719059940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.05
€ 21.05
Paperback. Traces humanity's journey from the mythical origins of religion, through the struggles to make sense of Christianity in the fourth century, and the strangely similar struggles to make sense of quantum theory in the twentieth century, to modern quantum cosmology. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846943201
- ISBN
- 9781846943201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
Hardcover. What did the Romans know about their world? The author contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science - that umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people roamed the earth and that the stars foretold human destinies - their claims turn out not to be so radically different from our own. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538. An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking. 288 pages, 6 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. What did the Romans know about their world? The author contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science - that umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people roamed the earth and that the stars foretold human destinies - their claims turn out not to be so radically different from our own. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226471143
- ISBN
- 9780226471143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.88
€ 121.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452970
- ISBN
- 9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.42
€ 48.99
€ 46.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704390
- ISBN
- 9781501704390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.20
€ 35.99
€ 33.20
paperback. Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604667
- ISBN
- 9781107604667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30