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History of science

Paperback. This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. Num Pages: 528 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; PDX; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521541176
ISBN
9780521541176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QRM; 3JB; 3JD; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894763
ISBN
9780801894763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardcover. Editor(s): Radin, Joanna; Kowal, Emma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. .
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035859
ISBN
9780262035859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.89

Hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226545707
ISBN
9780226545707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBT; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488498
ISBN
9780801488498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363569
ISBN
9780822363569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Paperback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363729
ISBN
9780822363729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Disasters and discoveries. Industrial espionage and invention. Warfare and biopiracy. The race to find gold, uranium, precious stones. The history of scientific discovery is packed with fascinating incident. Lars Ohrstrom tells illuminating stories, rich with human interest, each based around a chemical element and principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 51 black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198743927
ISBN
9780198743927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

paperback. A story of the astounding forces that underpin our existence; a horizon-expanding tour of the cosmos that unifies what we know about the universe with new thinking. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593560
ISBN
9780099593560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 718 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMC; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
718
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712000
ISBN
9780226712000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.02
€ 49.67

Paperback. Countering the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it, the author shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment. He makes a case for an enchanted secularism - a commitment to the value of the natural world and the human striving to understand it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136394
ISBN
9780691136394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. Reflections on science, culture, and society, by the acclaimed author of The Woods Hole Cantata and The Doctor with Two Heads Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004154
ISBN
9780738205977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831014
ISBN
9781408831014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Hardcover. Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with medicine and alchemy at home and in court, debated cosmological discoveries in salons and academies, and in their writings used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for women's intellectual equality to men. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504233
ISBN
9780674504233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.78
€ 52.64

Hardback. A cautionary tale of failed policies and corporate mismanagement that compellingly addresses previously unexplored issues of political ideology, organizational dynamics, and ethics, Days of Slaughter will appeal to readers everywhere who want a fuller explanation of what went awry in the US housing market. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCZ; KFFR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421933
ISBN
9781421421933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898667
ISBN
9788772898667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Hardback. Deeply researched, this book will interest historians of nineteenth-century American arts and science, politics, and technological development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ; PDX; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411040
ISBN
9781421411040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.25
€ 52.02

Paperback. "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition". Translator(s): Drake, Stillman. Num Pages: 495 pages, 3 black-and-white illustrations and 31 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
495
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520004504
ISBN
9780520004504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. This dictionary contains 1200 entries on figures who had an impact on British science in the 19th century. By examining how the theories and practices of scientists were shaped by Victorian beliefs about religion, gender, imperialism and politics, it examines the development of science. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; GBCB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 98 x 174. Weight in Grams: 4218.
Publisher
Thoemmes
Number of pages
2000
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855069992
ISBN
9781855069992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 2,960.33
€ 2,645.59

Paperback. This study examines 17th-century mathematical sciences - astronomy, optics and mechanics - not as abstract ideas, but as vital enterprises that involved practices related to both experience and experiment. Mersenne, Descartes, Pascal, Barrow, Newton, Boyle and the Jesuits are discussed. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226139449
ISBN
9780226139449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
227
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203549
ISBN
9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.64

Paperback. Looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science. This book examines the ways alchemy and chemistry were studied and practiced between 1400 and 1700. It shows how these approaches influenced their respective practitioners' ideas about nature and the world. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022492
ISBN
9780674022492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Learn all about DNA in this graphic filled guide. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142717
ISBN
9780231142717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629615
ISBN
9781442629615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.77

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