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Philosophy of science
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026022
- ISBN
- 9780691026022
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Condition: New
€ 70.70€ 54.68
€ 70.70
€ 54.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Bashour, Bana; Muller, Hans D. Num Pages: 210 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138957244
- ISBN
- 9781138957244
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Condition: New
€ 61.60
€ 61.60
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813025
- ISBN
- 9781554813025
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.64
€ 48.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Many social scientists have sought to show that nature is not an eternal constant but an intrinsically unstable concept - a historical, cultural and social construct with powerful emotional, moral and political connotations. This book sets out to explore some of the implications of and lacunae in this push to 'denaturalise nature'. Editor(s): Roepstorff, Andreas; Bubandt, Nils. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889450
- ISBN
- 9788772889450
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Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Hardback. The author was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution. His writing career started with a much-quoted article in "Science" titled "More is Different" in 1971. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814350129
- ISBN
- 9789814350129
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Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Paperback. Seeking to break the deadlock in the ongoing wars between philosophers of science and sociologists of science, this text argues that social interaction actually assists us in securing firm, rationally-based knowledge, clarifying the philosophical points at issue. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088761
- ISBN
- 9780691088761
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.88
€ 54.99
€ 39.88
Paperback. This book provides an easily accessible introduction to the roles that values play in scientific research. It examines case studies from a wide variety of research areas, and it highlights multiple strategies for fostering engagement between stakeholders so that value influences can be identified and subjected to critical scrutiny. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190260811
- ISBN
- 9780190260811
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Condition: New
€ 69.83
€ 69.83
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006628
- ISBN
- 9780226006628
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Condition: New
€ 27.37
€ 27.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588340
- ISBN
- 9781595588340
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. A guide to some of the developments that have occurred in the philosophy of biology. Covering such issues as evolutionary theory, creationism, teleology, nature versus nurture and sociobiology, this book provides an overview of the current state of play in this rapidly-changing discipline. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813391267
- ISBN
- 9780813391267
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Condition: New
€ 80.67
€ 80.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Monkfish Book Publishing
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974935973
- ISBN
- 9780974935973
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.34
€ 18.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Examining the geographical dimensions of environmental management and conservation activities implemented on landscapes worldwide, this title collects case studies to explore the interaction of humans and their environment. Bridging the gap between geography and life science, it is of interest to students of the environment. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 halftones, 14 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226983448
- ISBN
- 9780226983448
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 31.48
€ 52.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. Philosophers of quantum mechanics have generally addressed exceedingly simple systems. Laura Ruetsche offers a much-needed study of the interpretation of more complicated systems, and an underexplored family of physical theories, such as quantum field theory and quantum statistical mechanics, showing why they repay philosophical attention. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PH; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199681068
- ISBN
- 9780199681068
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.10
€ 53.99
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Hardback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816656882
- ISBN
- 9780816656882
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Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Paperback. This volume presents Steven Weinberg's essays which each struggle in one way or another with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no hint of a special status for human beings. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011205
- ISBN
- 9780674011205
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.22
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€ 38.22
Paperback. Presents an argument that bodies are knowable only through culture and history; they are not in any simple way natural, nor free of relations of power. This book traces the construction of particular deviant bodies, including the homosexual body, the HIV-infected body, the infertile body, the deaf body, the colonized body, and the criminal body. Editor(s): Terry, Jennifer; Urla, Jacqueline L. Series: Race, Gender, & Science. Num Pages: 424 pages, 27 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253209757
- ISBN
- 9780253209757
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Paperback. Shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realize just how "unnatural" science is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the book argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and contrary to common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 0. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003133
- ISBN
- 9780571169726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Makes the argument that the philosophy and practices of Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen the gaps between the best and worst off around the world. Series: Race and Gender in Science Studies S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073045
- ISBN
- 9780252073045
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. * Feyerabend was one of the most important philosophers of science of the second half of the 20th century. His most famous book, Against Method, was an international bestseller that sold hundreds of thousands of copies. * This book is based on one of the last texts he wrote, shortly before he died in 1994. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651903
- ISBN
- 9780745651903
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Condition: New
€ 18.89
€ 18.89
Paperback. 496 pages, 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables. Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA; TB. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349570
- ISBN
- 9780822349570
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. Hans Reichenbach was a formidable figure in early-twentieth-century philosophy of science. In the two decades following World War II, logical positivism was the reigning theory of the philosophy of science and Reichenbach was at the peak of his career. He wrote this book to introduce logical positivism to English speakers. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 184 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040550
- ISBN
- 9780268040550
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.69
€ 49.99
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Paperback. Does two and two equal four? Ask someone and they should answer yes. An equation such as this seems the very definition of certainty, but is it? Helen Verran describes how she went from the conclusion that logic and maths are culturally relative, to a new understanding of all generalizing logic. Num Pages: 282 pages, 9 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHM; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226853918
- ISBN
- 9780226853918
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Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
Hardback. The philosophy of chemistry has emerged in recent years as a new and autonomous field within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition. With the development of this new discipline, Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher's "The Philosophy of Chemistry" is a timely and definitive guide to all current thought in this field. Editor(s): Scerri, Eric; Fisher, Grant. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190494599
- ISBN
- 9780190494599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.86
€ 137.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521092616
- ISBN
- 9780521092616
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Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49