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Hardback. This book traces the origins of the CD system and the subsequent evolution of digital optical storage, with a focus on the contributions of Philips to this field, which released and demonstrated a prototype in March 1979. Series: Philips Research Book Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402095528
- ISBN
- 9781402095528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.33
€ 195.33
Hardback. This is a fascinating account of the lives of two Victorian naturalists. It follows many years of research into Charles Darwin's relationship with his cousin William Darwin Fox. New factual material on Darwin is presented, drawn from his cousin's diaries. Num Pages: 622 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BJ; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1201.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402092329
- ISBN
- 9781402092329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.03
€ 199.03
Hardback. The career of Ettore Majorana, who had an astounding talent for Physics, was cut short in 1938 when he mysteriously disappeared at the age of 32, leaving many unpublished works. This book makes these works accessible to the general audience. Editor(s): Esposito, Salvatore; Recami, Erasmo; Merwe, Alwyn van der; Battiston, Roberto. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402091131
- ISBN
- 9781402091131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.26
€ 268.26
Hardback. Experiment is subject to many kinds of failures. Combining historical and philosophical approaches, this book shows that it is fruitful to bring to light forgotten and lost failures, subject them to analysis and learn from their moral. Editor(s): Hon, Giora (University of Haifa, Israel); Schickore, Jutta; Steinle, Friedrich. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402088926
- ISBN
- 9781402088926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Hardback. This is a "popular science" book, designed as a sequel to our About Life. The text briefly surveys the nature of science and its emergence in post-Renaissance Europe, and investigates the similarities and differences between biology and other sciences. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402088650
- ISBN
- 9781402088650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardback. Here is a book that contains some of the most recent research discoveries of scientific and technological knowledge contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey. They suggest that the Greek Mycenean era (1450-1000 BC) was a very advanced civilization indeed. Editor(s): Paipetis, S. A. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 536 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402087837
- ISBN
- 9781402087837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.64
€ 197.64
Hardback. The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern science. This study is based on primary sources, presented in context: the authors examine the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical and scientific disciplines as well as in art and architecture. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402084478
- ISBN
- 9781402084478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 322.41
€ 322.41
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive study of the convergence of recurrent neural networks, which is used in applications relating to associative memory, image processing and pattern recognition. This book is suitable for professionals and researchers, as well as advanced graduate level students in neural computations, and neural networks. Series: Network Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX; UYQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402076947
- ISBN
- 9781402076947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardback. Combines mechanism design methodology with mechanical evolution and variation theory to set out how some ancient designs can be recreated. This title includes South pointing chariots, walking machines and the astronomical mechanical clock as illustrated examples. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TGBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402064593
- ISBN
- 9781402064593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25
€ 68.25
Hardback. Fluid Mechanics, as a scientific discipline in a modern sense, was established between the last third of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. This book analyses its genesis from two lines: resistance and discharge. Editor(s): Calero, Julian Simon. Translator(s): Watson, Veronica. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 532 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402064135
- ISBN
- 9781402064135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.67
€ 259.67
Hardcover. This book gives a complete overview of how the different views of scientific progress have developed since the time of the Vienna Circle. In the process, it introduces a completely new, non-relativistic philosophy of science. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pelican
- Edition
- 4th Corrected ed. 2007, Corr. 3rd printing 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402063534
- ISBN
- 9781402063534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.14
€ 200.14
Hardback. Features themes that include late-phase alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology. Editor(s): Principe, Lawrence M. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402062735
- ISBN
- 9781402062735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.23
€ 231.23
Hardback. Counters historiographies that search for the origins of modern science within the experimental practices of Europe's first scientific institutions, such as the Cimento. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 262 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402062452
- ISBN
- 9781402062452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.49
€ 287.49
Hardback. The distinction between the contexts of discovery and justification has left a turbulent wake in the philosophy of science. This book recognizes the need to re-open the debate about the nature, development, and significance of the context distinction, about its merits and flaws. Editor(s): Schickore, Jutta; Steinle, Friedrich. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 251 pages, 1 fig. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402042508
- ISBN
- 9781402042508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Universities and Science in the Early Modern Period
. Ed(S): Feingold, Mordechai; Navarro-Brotons...
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive synthesis of the fecundity of early modern universities, their receptivity to novel scientific ideas, and their contribution to the critical dialogue that vitalized the emergent European scientific community. This title also offers a fresh assessment of how this course of study affected generations of natural philosophers. Editor(s): Feingold, Mordechai; Navarro-Brotons, Victor (University of Valencia). Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JNMN; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402039744
- ISBN
- 9781402039744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.17
€ 200.17
The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century. Patterns of Change i...
. Ed(S): Anstey, Peter R.; Schuster, John A. ...
hardcover. The seventeenth century marked a critical phase in the emergence of modern science. The papers in this book focus on patterns of change in natural philosophy in the seventeenth century, aiming to encourage the use and articulation of this category in the historiography of science. Editor(s): Anstey, Peter R.; Schuster, John A. (University of Sydney). Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402036033
- ISBN
- 9781402036033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
The Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion in Seventeenth-Century...
. Ed(S): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Pro...
hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the fortune of Galileo's theory of motion in Europe and of the various physical, mathematical, and ontological arguments that were used in favour and against it. Editor(s): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402024542
- ISBN
- 9781402024542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.53
€ 133.53
hardcover. Contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. This book includes accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Hutton, Sarah. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402019692
- ISBN
- 9781402019692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.86
€ 132.86
Hardback. Meant for physicists, historians, and philosophers of physics as well as students, this book offers an introduction to debates in relativistic and quantum physics. With contributions by physicists, philosophers, and historians of science, it is designed for use in graduate level courses in the history and philosophy of science. Editor(s): Ashtekar, Abhay; Cohen, Robert S.; Howard, Don; Renn, Jurgen; Sarkar, Sahotra; Shimony, A. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 650 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012846
- ISBN
- 9781402012846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.94
€ 198.94
Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological travelling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. This book covers different periods of time and local settings, and uses a variety of methodological approaches. Editor(s): Simoes, Ana (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Carneiro, Ana (New University of Lisbon, Portugal); Diogo, Marian Paula (New University of Lisbon, Portugal). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HDDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402012594
- ISBN
- 9781402012594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.32
€ 201.32