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History of science
Paperback. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is most famous for his work on color theory, but he was also an accomplished all-round scientist, studying and writing on anatomy, geology, botany, zoology and meteorology. This book draws together, in Goethe's own words, his key ideas on nature, science and scientific method. Editor(s): Naydler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RNA; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863152375
- ISBN
- 9780863152375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 258 x 35. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940363806
- ISBN
- 9781940363806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.78
€ 26.99
€ 24.78
Hardback. Facts and figures have been thoroughly updated and the work includes a comprehensive Guide to Resources, incorporating the major published literature along with a vetted list of websites and Internet resources for students and lay readers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 119, 36 black & white illustrations, 83 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417745
- ISBN
- 9781421417745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.41
€ 85.41
Paperback. In this fun, informative book, a scientist demonstrates how intelligence and faith can-and should-go hand in hand. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780785287896
- ISBN
- 9780785287896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Stigler shows how statistics arose from the interplay of mathematical concepts and the needs of several applied sciences. His emphasis is upon how methods of probability theory were developed for measuring uncertainty, for reducing uncertainty, and as a conceptual framework for quantitative studies in the social sciences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 28 halftones; 25 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674403413
- ISBN
- 9780674403413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.33
€ 47.99
€ 40.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156394
- ISBN
- 9780231156394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.78
€ 44.78
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€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Hardcover. Using the story of cinchona bark, and drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford shows how indigenous healers, labourers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 Illusrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JD; 3JF; HBLL; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944522
- ISBN
- 9780822944522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.03
€ 77.03
Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226053899
- ISBN
- 9780226053899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.56
€ 95.24
€ 79.56
Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Editor(s): Darwin, Sir Francis. Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Volume 10
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720530
- ISBN
- 9780814720530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.99
€ 33.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. This work is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinking. It is also an account of what makes the science of probalitity daunting in our own day. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674107465
- ISBN
- 9780674107465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.02
€ 36.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TVK; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437040
- ISBN
- 9780226437040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.65
€ 44.99
€ 34.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Bartholomew, Craig; Green, Dr Joel; Seitz, Christopher. Series: Studies in Theological Interpretation. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801035951
- ISBN
- 9780801035951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.91
€ 30.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898686
- ISBN
- 9780801898686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
€ 38.99
€ 33.07
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635200
- ISBN
- 9780691635200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.30
€ 236.30
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€ 39.52
€ 44.99
€ 39.52
Hardback. An international team of biologists, philosophers, and historians of science explores the critically important process of replication in biological and biomedical research Editor(s): Shavit, Ayelet; Ellison, Aaron M. Num Pages: 344 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209549
- ISBN
- 9780300209549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.55€ 44.71
€ 56.55
€ 44.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Slp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848317505
- ISBN
- 9781848317505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.26
€ 25.99
€ 17.26
Paperback. Are the problems we define and pursue freely chosen according to our conscious interests? Or does the historical process itself determine which phenomena merit examination at any one time? This title discusses these issues in the far-ranging philosophical terms, while illustrating them with specific examples. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024332
- ISBN
- 9780691024332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. This is the third book in a series presenting Nobel Prizes in life sciences using the remarkably rich archives of nominations and reviews which are kept secret for 50 years after the awards have been made. The two previous books are Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences (2010) and Nobel Prizes and Nature's Surprises (2013). Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 202 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813144644
- ISBN
- 9789813144644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.93
€ 43.99
€ 40.93