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Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148305
ISBN
9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of the architecture of matter. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
Phoenix Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808406
ISBN
9780226808406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.17

Hardback. This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3J; HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137527936
ISBN
9781137527936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.75

Paperback. .
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849901154
ISBN
9781849901154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Richly illustrated with archival photos from The Henry Ford, The Model T is the definitive history of an iconographic piece of American technology. Num Pages: 168 pages, 110, 102 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; PDX; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 255 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421179
ISBN
9781421421179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBD; TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416826
ISBN
9780674416826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HPCB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173238
ISBN
9780691173238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. In 1935 geneticist Nikolai Timofeeff-Ressovsky, radiation physicist Karl G Zimmer, and quantum physicist Max Delbruck published "On the Nature of Gene Mutation and Gene Structure", known subsequently as the "Three-Man Paper". This title presents a translation of the "Three Man Paper". Editor(s): Sloan, Phillip R.; Fogel, Brandon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 11 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767833
ISBN
9780226767833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Hardback. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 862 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319517766
ISBN
9783319517766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 179 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226294797
ISBN
9780226294797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Hardback. He reveals massive logistical operations as critical in determining the war's outcome. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 10 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419374
ISBN
9781421419374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 47.68

Paperback. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
648
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731292
ISBN
9780226731292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

Hardcover. Many scientists look at the universe and conclude we are here by chance. The astronomer and historian Owen Gingerich looks at the same evidence--and the fact that the universe is comprehensible to our minds--and sees it as proof for the intentions of a Creator-God. The more rigorous science becomes, the more clearly God's handiwork can be understood. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417106
ISBN
9780674417106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardback. Leitch regards Wikipedia as an ideal instrument for probing the central assumptions behind liberal education, making it more than merely, as one of its severest critics has charged, "the encyclopedia game, played online." Series: Tech.edu: A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JNM; JNP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415352
ISBN
9781421415352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.77

Paperback. Weissenbacher, Stephen P. Weldon, and Tomoko Yoshida Editor(s): Ferngren, Gary B. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421728
ISBN
9781421421728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Felt, Ulrike; Fouche, Rayvon; Miller, Clark A.; Smith-Doerr, Laurel. Num Pages: 1208 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1846.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
fourth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035682
ISBN
9780262035682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.36

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319546537
ISBN
9783319546537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.79

Paperback. This concluding volume of Charles Darwin's biography looks closely at the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences which responded to Darwin's ideas. It considers the Darwinian revolution from his point of view and what it was like to become a scientific celebrity. Num Pages: 608 pages, 24pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712668378
ISBN
9780712668378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Leads us on a tour of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. This book ponders the impact of microbes on the evolution of civilization. It offers various tales into an account of the nature of fungi. It discusses topics such as the role of fungi in the Irish potato famine. It is intended for science enthusiasts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 color illus. 43 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSQ; PSTP; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
5th
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070162
ISBN
9780691070162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830840670
ISBN
9780830840670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.22

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