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History of science
paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 369 pages, 22figs. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036271
- ISBN
- 9780486605098
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036134
- ISBN
- 9780582491335
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€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This book covers the case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 half-tones, 3 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 46. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036129
- ISBN
- 9780521367516
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036060
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This collection of essays analyses the development, meaning and problems of twentieth-century evolutionary theory. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 68. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036041
- ISBN
- 9780521254083
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
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. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035848
- ISBN
- 9780226545707
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Transformation and Tradition in the Sciences: Essays in Honour of I Be...
Everett) (Edited By Mendelsohn
hardcover. A collection of essays on the development of science and the history of ideas. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 239 x 170. Weight in Grams: 957. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035829
- ISBN
- 9780521267243
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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hardcover. Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution. Evolution, derives from ancient, even pagan, ideas about our rootedness in nature and the transience of various life forms. What happened to reverse these two movements' fortunes? This work provides an understanding of this debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035826
- ISBN
- 9781840468045
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 606 pages, 11 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 9 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 982.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016859
- ISBN
- 9780674016859
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Condition: New
€ 126.30
€ 126.30
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Candy Jar Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957154865
- ISBN
- 9780957154865
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.69
€ 23.99
€ 23.69
paperback. Examines the development of chemistry in Britain 1760-1820 and relates it to civic life. Num Pages: 358 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; JHM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000736
- ISBN
- 9780521659529
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
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paperback. Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000701
- ISBN
- 9780226136721
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000598
- ISBN
- 9780801433863
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This 1997 book views the substantive achievements of the Middle Ages as they relate to early modern science. Series Editor(s): Basalla, George; Hannaway, Owen. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 266 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000568
- ISBN
- 9780521567626
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000545
- ISBN
- 9780521689571
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€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Now he must publish and take the consequences. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000537
- ISBN
- 9780571216093
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000532
- ISBN
- 9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000524
- ISBN
- 9780300143164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. In these engaging tales describing the growth of knowledgeabout the brain -- from the early Egyptians and Greeks to the Dark Agesand the Renaissance to the present time -- Gross attempts to answer thequestion of how the discipline of neuroscience evolved into its modernincarnation through the twists and turns of history. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 273 pages, 50. BIC Classification: MJN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000504
- ISBN
- 9780262571357
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. The untold story of Newton's private papers, hidden for centuries, sold for a pittance and then painstakingly reconstructed to reveal a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000470
- ISBN
- 9780199951048
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000428
- ISBN
- 9780226034027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Based on the observation that the enterprise of science is, and has been, directed toward two distinct but frequently conflated ends - doing and knowing, this title considers how science as such has evolved, and how it has marshaled itself to make sense of the world. It is designed for aficionados, as well as historians of science. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000425
- ISBN
- 9780226139487
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. This biography of Boyle navigates Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0034846
- ISBN
- 9780300169317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 line illustrations; 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBLH; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034819
- ISBN
- 9780674059726
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00