Philosophy of science
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Philosophy of science
Hardback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895807
- ISBN
- 9780801895807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.76
€ 93.76
Paperback. This unique book explores the captivating colors that appear in the atmosphere of the earth: coronas, glories, halos, rainbows, dawn and dusk. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDA; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 11. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Adonis Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932776488
- ISBN
- 9780932776488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Series: Edge Question Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061899676
- ISBN
- 9780061899676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.59
€ 23.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the Universe infinite? This book takes you on a tour of these questions and discusses the answers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443728
- ISBN
- 9780099443728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. "Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science." Keith Stewart Thomson, "American Scientist"" Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327778
- ISBN
- 9780226327778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92
Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943495
- ISBN
- 9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.43
€ 70.43
Hardcover. This text examines the organizational aspects of discovery in science. The contribution of such organizational matters as: the selection of scientists; their development and training; and scientific leadership, management and supervision are all explored. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471969631
- ISBN
- 9780471969631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.63
€ 224.63
hardcover. The 'Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science' offers an overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies on Galileo and Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society. Editor(s): Heilbron, John L. Num Pages: 994 pages, numerous halftones and figures and 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3J; GB; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Academic United States
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195112290
- ISBN
- 9780195112290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.14
€ 177.14
Paperback. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell uses conceptual puzzles and paradoxes as a window into fundamental concepts of mathematics and physics. Num Pages: 170 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813025
- ISBN
- 9781554813025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.66
€ 49.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Editor(s): Mol, Annemarie. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w photos, 2 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. Social Studies of Knowledge Practices. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. 280 pages, 4 b&w photographs. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328469
- ISBN
- 9780822328469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.95
€ 37.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. John Losee looks at rejected scientific theories through an analysis of case studies from the history of science. Each excerpt is of sufficient length to make clear the particular evaluative problem under consideration, and each discussion of scientific evaluative practice includes what scientists and philosophers have written on the topic. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958734
- ISBN
- 9780822958734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.56
€ 69.56
Paperback. John Polkinghorne, theoretical physicist and theologian, explores the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science. In this study, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that the inquiries of these "intellectual cousins" are parallel. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099492
- ISBN
- 9780300099492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. aeo The first comprehensive, critical study of one of the foremost twentieth--century philosophers of science -- Paul Feyerabend. aeo The book will be an excellent introduction to Feyerabenda s work for students in philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616766
- ISBN
- 9780745616766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.43
€ 27.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Zebrowski, John A. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213779
- ISBN
- 9781600213779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.99€ 138.53
€ 204.99
€ 138.53
Paperback. The Body Politic is the first comprehensive history of the significance and struggles over science in America. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934137383
- ISBN
- 9781934137383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.51
€ 20.99
€ 19.51
hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198796572
- ISBN
- 9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.90
€ 117.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFR; JFHC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936239443
- ISBN
- 9781936239443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.42
€ 25.99
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293844
- ISBN
- 9780226293844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.42
€ 41.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482892
- ISBN
- 9780801482892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.41
€ 46.99
€ 41.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293677
- ISBN
- 9780226293677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.79€ 89.90
€ 107.79
€ 89.90
Hardcover. Tracing the roots of brutal 20th-century human experimentation and extermination to worldviews that dehumanize perpetrators and victims in distinctive ways, Vining finds a parallel between them and "total theory" - beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process that claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268043629
- ISBN
- 9780268043629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.19
€ 28.19
Paperback. A critique of the Law & Economics movement, this book draws connections between conceptions of science and efforts at legitimating American legal theory as an objective enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339984
- ISBN
- 9780822339984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239351
- ISBN
- 9780823239351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.41
€ 95.41