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History of science

Hardback. Written by a cancer researcher and teacher, this book offers a personal and professional reflection on the most significant developments in molecular genetics and cell biology. It looks at various crucial scientific advances and offers an insider's perspective on what scientists have actually learned from them. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231131124
ISBN
9780231131124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.85

Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Tyndall Scientific
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993242007
ISBN
9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aime Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century. This book features his influential work - and his personal favorite. Editor(s): Jackson, Stephen T.; Walls, Laura Dassow. Translator(s): Person, Mark W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; RGM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923185
ISBN
9780226923185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Stephen T.; Walls, Laura Dassow. Translator(s): Person, Mark W. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226422473
ISBN
9780226422473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.74

Hardcover. Examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of The Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new professional scientific elite. Editor(s): Dawson, Gowan; Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226109503
ISBN
9780226109503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.11

Hardcover. Focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title examines more than thirty of the popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. It offers insights into the role of women in scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 68 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481180
ISBN
9780226481180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.71

Hardback. Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America's white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement. Num Pages: 262 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971561
ISBN
9780674971561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.83

User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401928
ISBN
9781421401928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.96

Hardback. Explores the evolutionary aspects of epistemology by focusing on seven major aspects, since philosophers tend to view evolution from a cultural as well as biological point of view. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847676156
ISBN
9780847676156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.91

Hardcover. Includes Gauss' number-theoretic works. This title provides papers that include a fourth, fifth, and sixth proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law, researches on biquadratic residues, quadratic forms, and other topics. It also includes an appendix and concludes with a commentary on the papers. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 695 pages. BIC Classification: PBH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821842133
ISBN
9780821842133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.70

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
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Hardcover. Questions of national identity have long dominated China's political, social, and cultural horizons. This title uses the development of modern geology to explore this complex relationship between science and nationalism in Republican China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFN; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226090405
ISBN
9780226090405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

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

€ 129.24

Paperback. In "Moby-Dick", Ishmael declares, 'Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me'. This book recovers the story of Maurice versus Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the biblically sanctioned-view that the whale was a fish. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 color plates. 19 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146157
ISBN
9780691146157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards. Num Pages: 416 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226498072
ISBN
9780226498072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.23

Paperback. Pietsch has spent decades collecting and researching the origin and meaning of these evolutionary trees and presents a visually breathtaking and intellectually brilliant history of the form. Num Pages: 376 pages, 231, 226 black & white line drawings, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411859
ISBN
9781421411859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.70

Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
UNSW Press Australia
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742232690
ISBN
9781742232690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Paperback. Transforming Matter provides an accessible and clearly written introduction to the history of chemistry, telling the story of how the discipline has developed over the years. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25, 13 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801866104
ISBN
9780801866104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Hardcover. Editor(s): Myskja, Arne; Espvik, Ola. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251918282
ISBN
9788251918282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.91
€ 40.77

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