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History of science
Paperback. This text describes the development of magnetic recording over the past century, by selecting major product designs and the innovative technology that they introduced. Separated into three parts, the book deals specifically with the history of audio recording, video recording and data recording. Editor(s): Daniel, Eric D.; Mee, C.D.; Clark, Mark H. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AJR; PDX; PHK; TBX; TJ; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780347090
- ISBN
- 9780780347090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 173.97
€ 173.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PHK; TBX; THR; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- I.E.E.E.Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780311930
- ISBN
- 9780780311930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Hardback. In 1833 the word 'scientist' was coined; forty years later science (increasingly specialised) was a becoming a profession. Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this period, this book is suitable for students of the history of science and for those interested in the foundations of the world as we know it today. Series: Polity History of Science Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636757
- ISBN
- 9780745636757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.10
€ 79.10
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 color illus. 75 line drawings 4 maps. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605869
- ISBN
- 9780691605869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.97€ 59.46
€ 76.97
€ 59.46
Hardback. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Illy, Jozsef; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Sauer, Tilman; Moses, Osik. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 1208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 269 x 206 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Documentary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164106
- ISBN
- 9780691164106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.28€ 148.06
€ 188.28
€ 148.06
Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160238
- ISBN
- 9780691160238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.93
€ 23.99
€ 17.93
Paperback. Includes documents that appears in the language in which it was written, and presents the English translations of select portions of non-English materials. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Hentschel, Professor, Dr. Klaus; Sauer, Tilman; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M.; Moses, Osik. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156743
- ISBN
- 9780691156743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 57.11
€ 73.42
€ 57.11
Hardback. Reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent ambiguities and paradoxes can we truly appreciate its beauty and harness its potential. This book challenges our most sacredly held beliefs about science, technology, and progress. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146843
- ISBN
- 9780691146843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139838
- ISBN
- 9780691139838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions. This book demonstrates that Stalin was determined to show how scientific truth and Party doctrine reinforced one another. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138251
- ISBN
- 9780691138251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Countering the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it, the author shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment. He makes a case for an enchanted secularism - a commitment to the value of the natural world and the human striving to understand it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136394
- ISBN
- 9780691136394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. This book tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides readers through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. Num Pages: 424 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; TBX; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133829
- ISBN
- 9780691133829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130538
- ISBN
- 9780691130538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. A reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, this work argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. It rejects the common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists". Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125404
- ISBN
- 9780691125404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.95
€ 109.95
paperback. Sets us within the cosmopolitan cultures of Enlightenment Europe to tell the story of Alessandro Volta - the brilliant man whose name is forever attached to electromotive force. This work depicts Volta as an inventor who used his international network of acquaintances to further his quest to harness the power of electricity. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691122267
- ISBN
- 9780691122267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.56
€ 54.99
€ 39.56
Paperback. Argues that the long abeyance of the Diversity Project points to larger, fundamental questions about how to understand knowledge, democracy, and racism in an age when expert claims about genomes increasingly shape the possibilities for being human. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; PDR; PDX; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118574
- ISBN
- 9780691118574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Offers a translation of the "Geography" and provides an introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the "Geography", and the later history of the work. This work also includes color reproductions of maps from manuscripts and early printed editions of the text. Translator(s): Berggren, J. Lennart; Jones, Alexander. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 maps, 20 line Illus., 2 tables, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092591
- ISBN
- 9780691092591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 51.18
€ 65.13
€ 51.18
Paperback. The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products - the prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology - have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories. Editor(s): Dolling, Lisa M.; Gianelli, Arthur F.; Statile, Glenn N. Num Pages: 760 pages, 70 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090856
- ISBN
- 9780691090856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.81€ 68.43
€ 88.81
€ 68.43
Paperback. Presents a provocative view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. This title shows that his alchemical quest positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050829
- ISBN
- 9780691050829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.67
€ 59.21
€ 46.67
Hardback. Johannes Kepler contributed importantly to every field he addressed. This book offers the study of Kepler's philosophical views and shows how those views helped him construct and justify the astronomy. It explores the complex interplay between changes in his philosophical views and the status of his astronomical discoveries. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 tables, 26 line illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050690
- ISBN
- 9780691050690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 83.22
€ 108.94
€ 83.22
Paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036663
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 64.07
€ 82.89
€ 64.07
Hardback. 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033433
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 83.04
€ 108.94
€ 83.04
Paperback. Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. This work examines how the big-bang theory drew inspiration from and eventually triumphed over rival views. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 tables 23 line illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005461
- ISBN
- 9780691005461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 50.91
€ 65.13
€ 50.91