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History of science
paperback. This collection of essay explores two traditions of interpreting and manipulating nature in the early- modern and nineteenth-century Iberian world: one instrumental and imperial, the other patriotic and national. Num Pages: 248 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804755443
- ISBN
- 9780804755443
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758154
- ISBN
- 9780804758154
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. An innovative look at Japan's wartime discourse of science and nationalism and how it shaped postwar Japan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776561
- ISBN
- 9780804776561
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
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 Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720653
- ISBN
- 9780814720653
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
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 Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720684
- ISBN
- 9780814720684
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
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 Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720714
- ISBN
- 9780814720714
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Addresses a shift in the hierarchy of scientific explanations Editor(s): Wise, M. Norton. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822333197
- ISBN
- 9780822333197
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346050
- ISBN
- 9780822346050
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363569
- ISBN
- 9780822363569
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Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Paperback. This volume models a new path where historicized and cultural accounts of scientific practice retain their specificity and complexity without falling into the traps of cultural essentialism, examining issues that range from the history of quadratic equations in China to the studying of employment discrimination in the social sciences. Editor(s): Chemla, Karine; Keller, Evelyn Fox. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363729
- ISBN
- 9780822363729
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Specialists focus on Hungary's outstanding achievments in various fields, notably technology, literature and the arts, and sport. The volume includes a biographical dictionary, map, and illustrations. Editor(s): Somlyody, Laszlo; Somlyody, Nora. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; AC; JFC; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335331
- ISBN
- 9780880335331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Hardback. The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414423
- ISBN
- 9781421414423
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Condition: New
€ 90.90€ 82.36
€ 90.90
€ 82.36
Hardback. Illustrated with hundreds of Edison's drawings, these documents are further illuminated by meticulous research on a wide range of sources, including the most recently digitized newspapers and journals of the day. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 604, 9 black & white halftones, 589 black & white line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417493
- ISBN
- 9781421417493
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Condition: New
€ 115.26€ 103.58
€ 115.26
€ 103.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704390
- ISBN
- 9781501704390
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509518920
- ISBN
- 9781509518920
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Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781905674381
- ISBN
- 9781905674381
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Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 76.74
€ 99.81
€ 76.74
Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792001
- ISBN
- 9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.22€ 49.99
€ 58.22
€ 49.99
Paperback. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093192
- ISBN
- 9780226093192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109404
- ISBN
- 9780226109404
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, early photography, and mass-scale printing, the author looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, grand opera, positivism, utopian socialism, and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 472 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226214801
- ISBN
- 9780226214801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00