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Hardback. Editor(s): Schmidt-Bocking, Horst; Reich, Karin; Templeton, Alan; Trageser, Wolfgang; VILL, Volkmar (Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662469613
ISBN
9783662469613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Schmidt-Bocking, Horst; Reich, Karin; Templeton, Alan; Trageser, Wolfgang; VILL, Volkmar (Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662469637
ISBN
9783662469637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Schmidt-Bocking, Horst; Reich, Karin; Templeton, Alan; Trageser, Wolfgang; VILL, Volkmar (Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662469576
ISBN
9783662469576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.85

hardcover. Editor(s): Schmidt-Bocking, Horst; Reich, Karin; Templeton, Alan; Trageser, Wolfgang; VILL, Volkmar (Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Universitat Hamburg, Ge Universitat Ha Univ. of Hamburg, Germany Univ. of Hamburg, Germany). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Spektrum Germany
Edition
1. Aufl. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662469590
ISBN
9783662469590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.05

Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HR; JHB; JP; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500474
ISBN
9781487500474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.62

Paperback. Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JHB; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520359
ISBN
9781487520359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, (8-page colour plate section), Index. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004193
ISBN
9780008220594
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Describes the transformative role played by outsiders in the growth of the modern life sciences. This volume brings together biographical essays of some of the most remarkable outsiders of the modern era - from Noam Chomsky using linguistics to answer questions about brain architecture, to Erwin Schrodinger contemplating DNA as a physicist would. Editor(s): Harman, Oren; Dietrich, Michael R. Num Pages: 376 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226078403
ISBN
9780226078403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

hardcover. The 'Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science' offers an overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies on Galileo and Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society. Editor(s): Heilbron, John L. Num Pages: 994 pages, numerous halftones and figures and 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3J; GB; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Academic United States
Number of pages
994
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195112290
ISBN
9780195112290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.52

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; JMQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
295
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476138
ISBN
9781349476138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, Gerhild Scholz; Gunnoe, Charles D. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112116
ISBN
9781931112116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Gerhild Scholz; Gunnoe, Charles D. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112123
ISBN
9781931112123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 42.30

Paperback. The enigmatic sixteenth-century Swiss physician and natural philosopher Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus, is known for the almost superhuman energy with which he produced his innumerable writings. This anthology presents a selection of the moral thought of this man. Editor(s): Jacobi, Jolande. Translator(s): Guterman, Norbert. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 368 pages, 148 woodcuts. BIC Classification: HPCB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018768
ISBN
9780691018768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; JFF; MBX; MJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 575.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349452927
ISBN
9781349452927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Paperback. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038360
ISBN
9780141038360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. In this book, Salvatore Califano traces the ideas and theories in physical and theoretical chemistry throughout the 20th century. This seldom-told tale provides details of topics from thermodynamics to atomic structure, radioactivity and quantum chemistry. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642281792
ISBN
9783642281792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. In this book, Salvatore Califano traces the ideas and theories in physical and theoretical chemistry throughout the 20th century. This seldom-told tale provides details of topics from thermodynamics to atomic structure, radioactivity and quantum chemistry. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PNR; PNRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642444302
ISBN
9783642444302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Crutzen, Paul J.; Brauch, Hans Gunter. Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice. Num Pages: 267 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; RB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319274591
ISBN
9783319274591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.09

paperback. This fascinating insight into the minds of two great twentieth-century mathematicians affords an insider's view of the birth of modern probability theory as well as a revealing epistolary portrait spanning five decades of Levy and Frechet's academic careers. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 230 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBT; PDE; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Nature United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447172628
ISBN
9781447172628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Kennedy, Hubert C. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027710680
ISBN
9789027710680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.71

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