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Philosophy of science

Paperback. An analysis of two heuristic strategies for the development of mechanistic models, illustrated with historical examples from the life sciences. Num Pages: 340 pages, 33 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262514736
ISBN
9780262514736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Richards, Robert J.; Daston, Lorraine. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 260 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317205
ISBN
9780226317205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786600882
ISBN
9781786600882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.61

Paperback. Extends and partially revises Bohr's philosophical views in light of scholarship in physics, science studies, and the philosophy of science as well as feminist, poststructuralist, and other critical social theories. This title reworks understandings of space, time, matter, causality, agency, subjectivity, and objectivity. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790. Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning. 544 pages, Illustrations. Extends and partially revises Bohr's philosophical views in light of scholarship in physics, science studies, and the philosophy of science as well as feminist, poststructuralist, and other critical social theories. This title reworks understandings of space, time, matter, causality, agency, subjectivity, and objectivity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 33. Weight: 764.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339175
ISBN
9780822339175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149297
ISBN
9780231149297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. A preeminent science studies scholar shows how feminist and postcolonial science studies challenge the problematic modernity versus tradition binary. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342823
ISBN
9780822342823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Explores the inner reality of objects, the nature of consciousness and the power of the imagination. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584201212
ISBN
9781584201212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. The author has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. This book tracks one curious man's journey to find out what's in store. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846683572
ISBN
9781846683572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

paperback. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 32 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165714
ISBN
9780691165714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JMRN; PDA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178426
ISBN
9780231178426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Why do ideas of how mechanisms relate to causality and probability differ so much across the sciences? Can progress in understanding the tools of causal inference in some sciences lead to progress in others? This book tackles these questions and others concerning the use of causality in the sciences. Editor(s): Illari, Phyllis McKay; Russo, Dr. Federica; Williamson, Jon. Num Pages: 952 pages, 79 line drawings plus 2 colour plates. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
952
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199574131
ISBN
9780199574131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.32

Paperback. An investigation of the boundaries of science. Gieryn argues that when scientific claims reach courtrooms, boardrooms and living rooms, we use cultural 'maps' to decide whom to believe and to demarcate science from ideology, faith or nonsense. He argues that there are no stable criteria to distinguish science from non-science. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226292625
ISBN
9780226292625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. The essays presented in 'The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science' discuss the principles behind the different sciences cultivated in the Islamic world from the third century of the Islamic era onwards and the place of science in relation to other branches of Islamic learning. Num Pages: 276 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621835
ISBN
9780946621835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Weinstein, Jami; Colebrook, Claire. Series: Critical Life Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF7; JFFR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172158
ISBN
9780231172158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, 'Politics of Nature' establishes the conceptual context for political ecology - transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents have thus far envisioned. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013476
ISBN
9780674013476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 18. Weight in Grams: 171.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174761
ISBN
9780691174761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt; Bubandt, Nils; Gan, Elaine; Swanson, Heather Anne. Num Pages: 368 pages, 57. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 51. .
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517902377
ISBN
9781517902377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 482 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662. 482 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDA. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 682.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
482
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226668017
ISBN
9780226668017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Hardback. Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: MFKC3; PDA; PDX; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725553
ISBN
9780674725553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.07

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
€ 34.25

Paperback. Attempts to acquaint students with the methodology of science and some of its achievements; reflects on the origins and universality of religion; and brings science and religion into a dialogue, showing that religious and philosophical reflections on the findings of science point to concerns that cannot be gained by scientific method. Num Pages: 298 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 300 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
ATF Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920691776
ISBN
9781920691776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.03

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486600895
ISBN
9780486600895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCF7; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180597
ISBN
9780231180597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 432 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103174
ISBN
9780226103174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

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