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History of science

Paperback. Editor(s): Bolt, John. Translator(s): Boonstra, Harry; Sheeres, Gerrit. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048678
ISBN
9780801048678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.29

Hardcover. Polydore Vergil's main point in "On Discovery" was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority. This is an English translation of a critical edition based on the Latin texts published in Polydore Vergil's lifetime. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Translator(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007895
ISBN
9780674007895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. This is the third book in a series presenting Nobel Prizes in life sciences using the remarkably rich archives of nominations and reviews which are kept secret for 50 years after the awards have been made. The two previous books are Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences (2010) and Nobel Prizes and Nature's Surprises (2013). Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 202 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789813144644
ISBN
9789813144644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. Are the problems we define and pursue freely chosen according to our conscious interests? Or does the historical process itself determine which phenomena merit examination at any one time? This title discusses these issues in the far-ranging philosophical terms, while illustrating them with specific examples. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691024332
ISBN
9780691024332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Icon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848317505
ISBN
9781848317505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.38

Hardback. An international team of biologists, philosophers, and historians of science explores the critically important process of replication in biological and biomedical research Editor(s): Shavit, Ayelet; Ellison, Aaron M. Num Pages: 344 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDN; PDX; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209549
ISBN
9780300209549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 44.78

Paperback. Our Battle for the Human Spirit is a comprehensive probe into what is happening to human life in the beginning of the 21st century. It explores how culture, experience, and symbolization have been replaced by scientific, discipline-based, approaches. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JHB; KC; KJ; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520359
ISBN
9781487520359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Series: I Blu. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; GBC; HPK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847008168
ISBN
9788847008168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.05

Hardback. The Duke and the Stars explores science and medicine as studied and practiced in fifteenth-century Italy, including how astrology was taught in relation to astronomy. It illustrates how the "predictive art" of astrology was often a critical, secretive source of information for Italian Renaissance rulers, particularly in times of crisis. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066632
ISBN
9780674066632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.10
€ 59.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Zutt, J; Straus, E; Scheller, E. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1969
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642496479
ISBN
9783642496479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Hardback. This book presents general relativity as a cornerstone of modern theoretical physics. It covers both classical general relativity and supergravity and offers plenty of historical background on the physicists relevant to the theories presented. Num Pages: 356 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHDV; PHR; PHS; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400753600
ISBN
9789400753600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898686
ISBN
9780801898686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.19

Paperback. Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230609792
ISBN
9780230609792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartholomew, Craig; Green, Dr Joel; Seitz, Christopher. Series: Studies in Theological Interpretation. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; HRCM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801035951
ISBN
9780801035951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Hardback. This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the Czech lands, and Hungary, the authors show how scientists in the late Habsburg Monarchy simultaneously nationalized and internationalized their knowledge. Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Surman, Jan. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDU; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289871
ISBN
9780230289871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. Robison did much to educate the broader public in the natural sciences through his many contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (3rd edition). David Brewster collected Robison's contributions to the Britannica and publishing them under the title, "A System of Mechanical Philosophy". Num Pages: 3000 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 269. Weight in Grams: 5216.
Publisher
Thoemmes
Number of pages
3000
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843710745
ISBN
9781843710745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 2,970.53
€ 2,659.13

Hardcover. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, this title shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TVK; TVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437040
ISBN
9780226437040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. This work is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinking. It is also an account of what makes the science of probalitity daunting in our own day. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674107465
ISBN
9780674107465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Editor(s): Darwin, Sir Francis. Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Volume 10
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814720530
ISBN
9780814720530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226053899
ISBN
9780226053899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

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