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Paperback. Propelled to fame by his "Two Cultures" lecture, scientist-turned-novelist C. P. Snow (1905--1980) here tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how vital decisions were ultimately determined by politics. Today scientists and politicians are more contentious, but Snow's dramatic narrative remains the best guide. Series: Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government & the Duties of the Citizen. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JPH; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072374
- ISBN
- 9780674072374
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.87
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Paperback. Presents a collection of essays which explains a reflection on the author's project to anthropologize the West. This book attempts to exoticize the Western constitution of reality, emphasizes those domains taken as universal, and shows how their claims to truth are linked to particular social practices, hence becoming effective social forces. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Printing, Underlining
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011585
- ISBN
- 9780691011585
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. Quantum mechanics is a subject that has captured the imagination of a range of thinkers. This book presents quantum field theory, and also offers a view of the theory and debates that surround the theory. It is aimed at students of physics as well as students of philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016276
- ISBN
- 9780691016276
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Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.46
€ 53.29
€ 42.46
paperback. Draws on the history and philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and the field of artificial intelligence to develop a theory of conceptual change capable of accounting for all major scientific revolutions. This book provides a comprehensive perspective on the transformation of scientific conceptual systems. Num Pages: 310 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691024905
- ISBN
- 9780691024905
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Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 51.06
€ 65.13
€ 51.06
Paperback. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. This book lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 color plates 224 figs. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029009
- ISBN
- 9780691029009
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
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
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Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 83.04
€ 108.94
€ 83.04
Paperback. Introduces the reader to the process of scientific thinking. Starting with historical examples, this book leads readers through the events, experiments, blind alleys, and thoughts of scientists in the midst of discovery and invention. It shows how scientists use a small number of powerful yet simple methods to construct realistic models. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095509
- ISBN
- 9780691095509
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
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Paperback. Reviews the history and development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences. This book offers an account of the developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095516
- ISBN
- 9780691095516
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Focuses on the philosophical relationship between mathematics and the natural sciences. This title shows that the axioms needed for the mathematics used in physics can also generate practically various fields of contemporary pure mathematics. It also provides a foundation for investigations in string theory and other areas of physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115306
- ISBN
- 9780691115306
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Condition: New
€ 71.05€ 55.26
€ 71.05
€ 55.26
Hardback. A collection of the author's general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author's exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135458
- ISBN
- 9780691135458
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Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.67
€ 59.21
€ 46.67
Paperback. Examines how advances in philosophy were led by scientific discoveries - the more humankind understood about the physical world, the more curious we became. Drawing on work by Descartes, Galileo, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, and Newton, this book helps readers understand science through the lens of philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141206
- ISBN
- 9780691141206
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Condition: New
€ 65.13€ 51.02
€ 65.13
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Hardback. Offers an examination of Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the empirical life sciences of his day, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. This title shows how these wide-ranging pursuits were not only central to Leibniz's philosophical interests. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 halftone. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141787
- ISBN
- 9780691141787
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Condition: New
€ 87.76
€ 87.76
Hardback. Reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by embracing science's inherent ambiguities and paradoxes can we truly appreciate its beauty and harness its potential. This book challenges our most sacredly held beliefs about science, technology, and progress. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146843
- ISBN
- 9780691146843
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1 halftone 4 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600512
- ISBN
- 9780691600512
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Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
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Paperback. * The author emphasises new post--empirical approaches to the philosophy of science and their application to the social sciences* Rich in examples and makes extensive use of case studies* The book offers an original introduction to the philosophy of social science; it should be widely adopted on undergraduate courses. . Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614083
- ISBN
- 9780745614083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.28
€ 27.28
Hardback. Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636931
- ISBN
- 9780745636931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardcover. Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. High-power microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685953
- ISBN
- 9780745685953
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Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Editor(s): Barlow, Nora. Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720448
- ISBN
- 9780814720448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
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Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720455
- ISBN
- 9780814720455
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
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Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720462
- ISBN
- 9780814720462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86