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Philosophy of science

Paperback. Covering such topics as designation of uses, antidegradation, procedures for review and revision of water quality standards, and the water-quality-based approach to pollution control, this handbook provides readers with guidance on complying with the Water Quality Standards Regulation, 40 CFR 131. Num Pages: 482 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; TB; TQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 265 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865874688
ISBN
9780865874688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 229.77

Hardback. Exploring what two foundational figures, Plato and Aristotle, have to say about the nature of human awareness and understanding, Aryeh Kosman concludes that ultimately the virtues of thought are to be found in the joys and satisfactions that come from thinking philosophically, whether we engage in it ourselves or witness others' participation. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPM; HPQ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674730809
ISBN
9780674730809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91
€ 57.91

Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Tyndall Scientific
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993242007
ISBN
9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Pakis, Valentine A. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 104 pages, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678228
ISBN
9780816678228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

Hardback. A study of the politics of science, emphasizing the importance of the political origins and impact of scientific ideas. It traces the origins of value-neutrality before the 18th century, explores the exclusion of politics and morals with the emergence of the social sciences and reviews critiques. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674931701
ISBN
9780674931701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.63
€ 90.07

Hardcover. Argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532622
ISBN
9780226532622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.76
€ 78.29

Paperback. The author argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Num Pages: 160 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006628
ISBN
9780226006628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Weingart, Peter; Padberg, Britta. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JNK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626162
ISBN
9783837626162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.34

Hardback. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691033433
ISBN
9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.95

Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of science. Introduces the key topics, such as the scientific method, rationalism and empiricism, as well as more advanced topics such as realism and antirealism. Num Pages: 304 pages, further reading, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415221573
ISBN
9780415221573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.88

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

Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC United States
Number of pages
92
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561017
ISBN
9781937561017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.82

paperback. A collection of lectures given by Chandrasekhar, the astrophysicist. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 halftones, 8 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100876
ISBN
9780226100876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.46

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

Paperback.
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727860
ISBN
9780804727860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.75

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: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141980874
ISBN
9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244297
ISBN
9780851244297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249978
ISBN
9780823249978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249961
ISBN
9780823249961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Crossway Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581342413
ISBN
9781581342413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.16

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