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History of science

Paperback. This text is a theoretically informed and empirically grounded study of the social process through which the credibility of expert advice is produced, challenged, and sustained. The author analyzes science advice as a form of performance, examining how advisory bodies work. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; DSG; JH; JP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736466
ISBN
9780804736466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.75

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
€ 42.59

Paperback. Series: i blu: Pagine de Scienza. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847010970
ISBN
9788847010970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.51

Multiple-component retail product. The writings and example of Isaac Newton transformed understandings of the practice and meaning of the sciences across Europe in the century or so following the publication of the "Principia" in 1687. This title surveys Newton's reception across Europe. Editor(s): Pulte, Helmut; Mandelbrote, Scott. Series: The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe. Num Pages: 1194 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
1194
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826479709
ISBN
9780826479709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 534.70
€ 427.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PBC; PBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461253969
ISBN
9781461253969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.12

Hardback. This volume gathers essays that focus on the worldliness of science, its inseparable engagement in the major institutional bases of social life: law, market, church, school, and nation. Editor(s): Biagioli, Mario; Riskin, Jessica. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 301 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
314
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102767
ISBN
9780230102767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.72

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

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

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

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
€ 31.02

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
€ 31.06

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
€ 34.69

Hardcover. Robison did much to educate the broader public in the natural sciences through his many contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (3rd edition). David Brewster collected Robison's contributions to the Britannica and publishing them under the title, "A System of Mechanical Philosophy". Num Pages: 3000 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 269. Weight in Grams: 5216.
Publisher
Thoemmes
Number of pages
3000
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843710745
ISBN
9781843710745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 2,970.53
€ 2,659.13

Hardback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289871
ISBN
9780230289871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

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

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609792
ISBN
9780230609792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

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
€ 33.19

Hardback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753600
ISBN
9789400753600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.76

Paperback. This book celebrates the contributions of Dr. Eugene Gaffney to the study of turtles, through a diverse collection of papers showcasing current research on one of the most intriguing groups of reptiles. Covers archeology, disease, genetic variation and more. Editor(s): Brinkman, Donald B.; Holroyd, Patricia A.; Gardner, James D. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 577 pages, 232 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; PSV; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1459.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401781510
ISBN
9789401781510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Zutt, J; Straus, E; Scheller, E. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1969
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642496479
ISBN
9783642496479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

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