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History of science
Hardback. This work consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. It includes essays on Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363637
- ISBN
- 9780792363637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 430.77
€ 430.77
Hardcover. Astronomy in India: A Historical Perspective Editor(s): Padmanabhan, Thanu. Num Pages: 162 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; PDX; PGC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 212 x 15. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788184899979
- ISBN
- 9788184899979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.50
€ 137.50
Hardcover. Editor(s): Soden, Dennis L. Num Pages: 252 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560723028
- ISBN
- 9781560723028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.33€ 104.77
€ 136.33
€ 104.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932813961
- ISBN
- 9780932813961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.02
€ 19.02
Hardcover. This book tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy and details the 100 most important discoveries. Spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, portray distant corners of the universe. Num Pages: 234 pages, 200 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 252 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441978103
- ISBN
- 9781441978103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.22
€ 55.22
Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; PHVJ; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889844
- ISBN
- 9780801889844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.24
€ 76.24
Paperback. Drawing on declassified material such as MI6's Farm Hall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives, Atomic presents a brilliant new account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 black & white plates, 16-page b/w photo section. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBW; JWMN; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319929
- ISBN
- 9781848319929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.40
€ 15.99
€ 11.40
Hardback. August Weismann's 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this full-length biography, Frederick Churchill situates Weismann in the swirling intellectual currents of his day and shows how his work paved the way for the modern synthesis of genetics and evolution. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674736894
- ISBN
- 9780674736894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.06€ 56.94
€ 61.06
€ 56.94
Paperback. Provides a glimpse into the mind of one of the world's intellectual giants - Charles Darwin . Honest and illuminating, these memoirs reveal a man who was isolated by his controversial beliefs and whose towering achievements were attained by a life-long passion for the discoveries of science. Editor(s): Neve, Michael. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433906
- ISBN
- 9780140433906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
Hardback. This is a fascinating and illuminating discussion of liberal and contemplative scholarship and adds significantly to the growing body of contemporary philosophical literature. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802079985
- ISBN
- 9780802079985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.68
€ 80.68
Ballpoint: A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Inventio...
Ballpoint Tale Genius Grit Perilous P
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLW; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Europe Books
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982578117
- ISBN
- 9780982578117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.18
€ 16.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. Draws readers inside the circle of intellectuals, scientists, politicians, businessmen, and clergymen who brought Charles Darwin's controversial ideas to post - Civil War America. This title situates Darwinism in the context of the Gilded Age. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893846
- ISBN
- 9780226893846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. Presents a perspective on the study of early modern science. This title examines science in the context of the baroque, analyzes the tensions, paradoxes, and compromises that shaped the New Science of the seventeenth century and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 320 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923987
- ISBN
- 9780226923987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Instead of celebrating the triumph of reason and rationality, the authors study the paradoxes and anxieties that stemmed from the New Science and the intellectual compromises that shaped it and enabled its spectacular success. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212982
- ISBN
- 9780226212982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPN; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486258
- ISBN
- 9780801486258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.58
€ 38.99
€ 35.58
Paperback. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349443598
- ISBN
- 9781349443598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140315
- ISBN
- 9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 51.49
€ 64.65
€ 51.49
paperback. Galileo's trial for heresy in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the history of science. This book focuses on the church's official theological position against Galileo. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780268022105
- ISBN
- 9780268022105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663198666
- ISBN
- 9783663198666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.07
€ 95.07
Paperback. Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136721
- ISBN
- 9780226136721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92