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History of science
Hardback. Dahl covers more than a century of activity in this comprehensive account of the search for superconductivity, beginning with late 19th-century theoretical developments in low-temperature physics, and culminating in recent applications of ceramic oxides, which have redrawn the boundaries of solid-s Num Pages: 419 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHFC; PHK; TBX; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883188484
- ISBN
- 9780883188484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.06
€ 76.06
Hardback. This illustrated chronicle of discoveries about the brain aims to cover the historical sweep of neuroscience from the second millennium BC to the late 20th century. Editor(s): Marshall, L.H.; Magoun, H. W. Num Pages: 323 pages, 283 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC; MJN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1216.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896034358
- ISBN
- 9780896034358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.26
€ 201.26
Hardback. Series: History of Modern Physics and Astronomy. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Tomash Publishers,US United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938228066
- ISBN
- 9780938228066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.32
€ 72.32
Hardback. Series: History of Modern Physics and Astronomy. Num Pages: 685 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Tomash Publishers,US United States
- Number of pages
- 685
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938228073
- ISBN
- 9780938228073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.02
€ 134.02
Hardback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBA; PDA; PDX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302977
- ISBN
- 9781137302977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.22
€ 139.22
Hardcover. The Business of Electronics explores the vibrant history of electronics and uses case studies to examine the companies and people that made history, and explain how we ended up where we are today. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330420
- ISBN
- 9781137330420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Hardcover. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTW; PDX; RGY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438720
- ISBN
- 9781137438720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.48
€ 68.48
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516855
- ISBN
- 9781137516855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.34
€ 106.34
Hardback. This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519412
- ISBN
- 9781137519412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife. Num Pages: 112 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBZ; JKV; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538277
- ISBN
- 9781137538277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.71
€ 40.71
Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal: Historical and Socio...
. Ed(S): Heinze, Thomas; Munch, Richard
hardcover. Editor(s): Heinze, Thomas; Munch, Richard. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 9 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 256 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137594198
- ISBN
- 9781137594198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Crick, Brian; Ferns, John. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349077793
- ISBN
- 9781349077793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349085460
- ISBN
- 9781349085460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
paperback. An exploration of the relationship between scientific ideas, technology, government and politics, demonstrated by examples from the last 150 years, including the birth of the NHS, the Channel Tunnel, radiation protection, the atomic bomb and power, and nuclear power in the US and USSR. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349095162
- ISBN
- 9781349095162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
Paperback. A text which describes the ways that European powers used science and scientific inquiry to enforce their supposed cultural superiority on societies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Editor(s): Meade, Teresa A.; Walker, Mark. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349124473
- ISBN
- 9781349124473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458028
- ISBN
- 9781349458028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349684120
- ISBN
- 9781349684120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters, is also highly topical: scientists continue to struggle with quantum physics, their role in wartime and the public's misunderstanding. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349729111
- ISBN
- 9781349729111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.83
€ 48.99
€ 39.83
Paperback. Contains important historical essays Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) published during WWII on the emergence of modern science. Editor(s): Raven, Diederick; Krohn, Wolfgang; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402013591
- ISBN
- 9781402013591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 288.89
€ 288.89