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Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199330966
- ISBN
- 9780199330966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753729854
- ISBN
- 9780753729854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.54
€ 19.99
€ 5.54
Paperback. D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Editor(s): Bonner, John Tyler. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 366 pages, 181 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PSC; PSF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107672567
- ISBN
- 9781107672567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226320090
- ISBN
- 9780226320090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
Paperback. Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. This collection offers an examination of the history of scientific observation in its own right, as both epistemic category and scientific practice. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine; Lunbeck, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 colour plates, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136783
- ISBN
- 9780226136783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. Series: Perspectives on Global Health. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421734
- ISBN
- 9780821421734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102329
- ISBN
- 9780739102329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.63
€ 130.63
Hardback. Ultimately, he reveals the crucial role played by the cybernetics moment-when cybernetics and information theory were seen as universal sciences-in setting the stage for our current preoccupation with information technologies. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10, 6 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416717
- ISBN
- 9781421416717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.44€ 52.34
€ 56.44
€ 52.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, 25 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319246406
- ISBN
- 9783319246406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.01
€ 84.01
Paperback. The story of the most significant biological breakthrough of the century - the discovery of the structure of DNA. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202. 8vo.Good copy. First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KEX0293307
- ISBN
- 9780753828434
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. It alters present perceptions not only of the scientific revolution but of the role of Renaissance humanism in the forging of modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413167
- ISBN
- 9781421413167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038360
- ISBN
- 9780141038360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521085939
- ISBN
- 9780521085939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.75
€ 108.75
Paperback. Known as the 'father' of electrical engineering, Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574315
- ISBN
- 9780199574315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. This title traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line-drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRH; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177718
- ISBN
- 9780300177718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 166 x 247 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1987th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387965413
- ISBN
- 9780387965413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardcover. Explores the development of physics in the 18th century centered upon the fundamental contributions of Leonhard Euler to physics and mathematics. This book devoted to Euler as a physicist examines how he coordinated his progress in mathematics with his progress in physics. Num Pages: 362 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2009 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540748632
- ISBN
- 9783540748632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.72
€ 134.72
Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590439
- ISBN
- 9780099590439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
This book explores the scientific career of a man whose 1846 discovery of Neptune made him the most famous astronomer of his time, while his arrogance and bad temper made him many enemies, even to the point of his dismissal as Director of the Paris Observatory. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 733.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461455646
- ISBN
- 9781461455646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.51
€ 196.51