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History of science
Hardback. This full colour reproduction, with new explanatory information, makes Playfair's wisdom widely available for the first time in centuries. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: GBC; PBT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521855549
- ISBN
- 9780521855549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. This 1993 book explores how the 'critical assembly' of scientists at Los Alamos created the first atomic bombs. Num Pages: 528 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; PDX; TTMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780521541176
- ISBN
- 9780521541176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 115 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PDX; PDZM; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319473727
- ISBN
- 9783319473727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.39
€ 48.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. This wide-ranging and intensely interdisciplinary collection by one of the most distinguished historians and sociologists of science represents some of the leading edges of change in the scholarly understanding of science over the past several decades. Num Pages: 568 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894213
- ISBN
- 9780801894213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.60
€ 41.99
€ 39.60
Paperback. Groundbreaking biography of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists and religious heretics in history Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: BGH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822104
- ISBN
- 9780753822104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055982
- ISBN
- 9780465055982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.68
€ 30.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141980874
- ISBN
- 9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. This volume presents Steven Weinberg's essays which each struggle in one way or another with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no hint of a special status for human beings. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011205
- ISBN
- 9780674011205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197136
- ISBN
- 9780300197136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.62
€ 11.99
€ 9.62
Paperback. Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA Num Pages: 384 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minimal reading wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCD0022325
- ISBN
- 9780340712603
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A people's history of the global space race in the 1960s, beginning with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and astronaut Alan Shepard and ending with the close of the Mercury and Voskhod programs in 1965. Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 images and a frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBLW3; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226395
- ISBN
- 9780803226395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. The heroic narrative of monster-hunting in the twentieth century pits obstinate mainstream scientists against passionate amateur naturalists. Searching for Sasquatch shows that in actuality, many scientists eagerly sought out creatures like Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti, often risking their careers in the process. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; PDX; PDZ; VXQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349439
- ISBN
- 9781137349439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.08
€ 149.08
Hardcover. These essays focus on the life, work and faith of Georges Lemaitre, detailing the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues of Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering work of Lemaitre through to the modern day. Editor(s): Holder, Rodney Dennis; Mitton, Simon. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642322532
- ISBN
- 9783642322532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.47
€ 227.47
Paperback. If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, the author suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary myths that have masqueraded too long as historical truths. Editor(s): Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780674057418
- ISBN
- 9780674057418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.12
€ 33.99
€ 30.12
Hardcover. By examining writings of Kepler, Godwin, Hooke, Cyrano, Cavendish, Fontenelle, and others, this title shows that it was through the telling of stories - such as accounts of celestial journeys - that the Copernican hypothesis, for example, found an ontological weight that its geometric models did not provide. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226011226
- ISBN
- 9780226011226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 50.94
€ 59.41
€ 50.94
Hardcover. Revealing the life and career histories of successful 20th-century scientists, this resource offers students a research tool and a practical guide to launching a science career. Scientists mentioned in this book include: Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, Dian Fossey and Margaret Meade. Series: Popular Authors Series. Num Pages: 525 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; YNK; YNN; YQS. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 180 x 263 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563086748
- ISBN
- 9781563086748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.21
€ 95.21
Paperback. Who are scientists? What kind of people are they? What capacities and virtues are thought to stand behind their considerable authority? This book tells the author's story about who scientists are, who we think they are, and why our sensibilities about such things matter. Num Pages: 486 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750255
- ISBN
- 9780226750255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; LNTJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413037
- ISBN
- 9781421413037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs,U.S.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610393218
- ISBN
- 9781610393218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and the myths around why chocolate was thought to be bad for you. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MMG; PDX; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849734110
- ISBN
- 9781849734110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37