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History of science

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

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

€ 36.99

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
€ 15.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521085939
ISBN
9780521085939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.60

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
€ 10.82

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
€ 18.86

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
€ 17.73

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587433948
ISBN
9781587433948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer and author, the author places him at the centre of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years onwards. Num Pages: 354 pages, 24 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197297
ISBN
9780300197297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. This biography of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) studies and evaluates his career as an inventor and explores in detail how he created inventions that shaped the 20th century, including the electric light, photography, and over 1000 other items. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BG; PDX; TBX; TBY; THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471362708
ISBN
9780471362708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 48 line drawings and 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199668816
ISBN
9780199668816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521398381
ISBN
9780521398381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.77

Hardback. Explores the post-World War II transformation of economics by constructing a history of the proof of its central dogma - that a competitive market economy may possess a set of equilibrium prices. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156644
ISBN
9780691156644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518937
ISBN
9781509518937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.93

Hardcover. Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. By investigating the past, this book features contributors who hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future. Editor(s): Alexander, Denis R.; Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 448 pages, 30 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226608402
ISBN
9780226608402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.78
€ 99.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849739894
ISBN
9781849739894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Hardcover. A riveting road map to the development of modern scientific thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243260
ISBN
9780393243260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Wythoff, Grant. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900854
ISBN
9781517900854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Radin, Joanna; Kowal, Emma. Num Pages: 376 pages, 26 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. .
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035859
ISBN
9780262035859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.89

paperback. The text of two series of lectures given by one of the great philosopher-scientists of the twentieth century. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107431836
ISBN
9781107431836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Reingold, Nathan. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. 8vo . Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0284966
ISBN
9780226709475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 tables 22 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095523
ISBN
9780691095523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.14

Paperback. This generous selection from Galileo's writings contains all the essential texts. Newly translated by Mark Davie and William R. Shea, the contents include full representation from his scientific masterpieces, his contributions to the debate on science and religion, and key documents from his trial before the Inquisition in 1633. Translator(s): Davie, Mark. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, drawings and diagrams by Galileo. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583690
ISBN
9780199583690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

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 0. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181850
ISBN
9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

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