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History of science

Paperback. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids. The author investigates two such automata - both depicting piano-playing women. She demonstrates that only in a later age of industrial factory production did mechanical androids instill the fear that societies had become indistinguishable from machines. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX; TJFM1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034164
ISBN
9780226034164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801487859
ISBN
9780801487859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31. BIC Classification: 1D; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489181
ISBN
9780801489181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944492
ISBN
9780822944492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.91

Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808482
ISBN
9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. Containing chapters on the nature of calendars and on their astronomical background, on the history of writing and counting, on the week, and on the history of calendar reform, this book serves as an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world. Num Pages: 460 pages, black and white plates and tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192862051
ISBN
9780192862051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AMX; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 219. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138247673
ISBN
9781138247673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. An introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phrases of the scientific revolution. Series Editor(s): Basalla, George; Hannaway, Owen. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 172 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some discolouring
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0007943
ISBN
9780521293280
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Hill, Carol. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825444210
ISBN
9780825444210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 34. BIC Classification: PDX; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475177
ISBN
9780801475177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691026022
ISBN
9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.55

Paperback. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 72 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521008846
ISBN
9780521008846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.43

Paperback. What makes our species capable of thinking scientifically? Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, the author traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and shows how the science of plants and animals has emerged from common conceptions of folk-biology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521438711
ISBN
9780521438711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.50

Hardcover. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, this title explores Darwin's global appeal from the perspective of several generations of Arabic readers and shows how Darwin's writings helped alter the social and epistemological landscape of the Arab learned classes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001302
ISBN
9780226001302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. What can we learn when we study people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? In this title, the author asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different stages of their careers at a variety of universities across the country. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line drawing, 29 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005645
ISBN
9780226005645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Hardcover. By the late nineteenth century, engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, and by 1901 scientists were able to manipulate them to transmit messages across long distances. This title documents this monumental discovery and the advances in radio ionospheric propagation research that occurred in its aftermath. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 halftones, 68 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHK; TJKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015194
ISBN
9780226015194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226017297
ISBN
9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.39
€ 51.57

Hardcover. Examines scientific views about children's emotional needs and mother love from World War II until the 1970s, paying particular attention to John Bowlby's ethological theory of attachment behavior. In this title, the author tracks the development of Bowlby's work and the research that he used to support his theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020556
ISBN
9780226020556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.37

Hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034027
ISBN
9780226034027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 79.10

Paperback. Focusing on the aspects of Galileo's scientific life that extended beyond court culture and patronage, this title offers an account of the different systems of exchanges, communication, and credibility at work in Galileo's career. It is intended for readers interested in the history of astronomy and the history of science in general. Num Pages: 316 pages, 16 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045627
ISBN
9780226045627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

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