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hardcover. Provides a contribution to the ongoing debate on the distinction between a 'context of justification' and a 'context of discovery'. Spanning a range of disciplines, this title combines the viewpoint of philosophers and scientists and casts an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of observation and experimentation. Editor(s): Galavotti, Maria Carla. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 367 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9781402012518
ISBN
9781402012518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.82

Hardback. Offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological travelling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. This book covers different periods of time and local settings, and uses a variety of methodological approaches. Editor(s): Simoes, Ana (University of Lisbon, Portugal); Carneiro, Ana (New University of Lisbon, Portugal); Diogo, Marian Paula (New University of Lisbon, Portugal). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HDDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402012594
ISBN
9781402012594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.39

Hardback. Meant for physicists, historians, and philosophers of physics as well as students, this book offers an introduction to debates in relativistic and quantum physics. With contributions by physicists, philosophers, and historians of science, it is designed for use in graduate level courses in the history and philosophy of science. Editor(s): Ashtekar, Abhay; Cohen, Robert S.; Howard, Don; Renn, Jurgen; Sarkar, Sahotra; Shimony, A. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 650 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402012846
ISBN
9781402012846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.78

Hardback. Deals with the entrenched misunderstandings of Feyerabend's philosophy that have arisen through a lack of appreciation of the target of Feyerabend's criticisms. This book brings together the positive elements to be found in Feyerabend's work, and presents these elements as a coherent alternative conception of scientific rationality. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402013508
ISBN
9781402013508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.32

hardcover. Addresses moral reasoning and socioscientific discourse. This title provides a theoretical framework to reconsider what a functional view of scientific literacy entails, by examining how nature of science issues, classroom discourse issues, and cultural issues contribute to habits of mind about socioscientific content. Editor(s): Zeidler, Dana L. (University of South Florida). Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9781402014116
ISBN
9781402014116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.12

Hardback. Includes versions of papers presented to the Third International Conference of the European Science Education Research Association, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in August 2001. This book handles several theoretical approaches, research overviews and research methodologies as well as the topic of teaching and learning of science. Editor(s): Psillos, Dimitris; Kariotoglou, Petros (Department of Early Childhood Education of Florina, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Tselfes, Vassilis (Faculty of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece); Hatzikraniotis, Evripides; Fassoulopoulos, George (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece); Kallery, Maria (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece). Num Pages: 481 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 923.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
481
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014123
ISBN
9781402014123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.35

Paperback. Using the studies of more than 75 researchers in 15 countries, this book examines as to what extent they offer evidence for an identity as a distinctive field of research. It addresses the relation between research and practice to see teaching and learning in the science classroom as interdependent with national policies and curriculum traditions. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JN; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014680
ISBN
9781402014680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.39

Hardback. Brings together contributions that resemble spotlights thrown on the past twenty-five years of science and technology studies. This title covers a broad range: history of science; science and politics; science and contemporary democracy; science and the public; science and the constitution; and, science and metaphors. Editor(s): Joerges, Bernward; Nowotny, Helga. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014819
ISBN
9781402014819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.30

Paperback. Brings together contributions that resemble spotlights thrown on the past twenty-five years of science and technology studies. This title covers a broad range: history of science; science and politics; science and contemporary democracy; science and the public; science and the constitution; and, science and metaphors. Editor(s): Joerges, Bernward; Nowotny, Helga. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014826
ISBN
9781402014826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 191.04

Hardback. Attempts to provide an articulation of issues surrounding scientific realism, scientific rationality, the epistemology of non-classical physics, the type of revolutionary changes in the development of science, the naturalization of epistemology within frameworks of cognitive science and structural linguistics, and others. Editor(s): Ginev, Dimitur (University of Sofia, Bulgaria). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402014963
ISBN
9781402014963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardback. Containing stochastic non-linear models of biological systems, this book in biomathematics presents results for scalar and vector difference equations in random media with applications to the stochastic biological systems. It also offers an approach to the study of stochastic biological systems in random media such as random evolution approach. Series: Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015540
ISBN
9781402015540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.00

hardcover. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Manoa, Hawaii, U.S.A., 2-6 October 2002 Editor(s): Nation, James (Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA); Trofimova, Irina (Collective Intelligence Lab, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada); Rand, John D. (Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA); Sulis, William (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada). Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9781402015670
ISBN
9781402015670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.19

Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Manoa, Hawaii, U.S.A., 2-6 October 2002 Editor(s): Nation, James (Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA); Trofimova, Irina (Collective Intelligence Lab, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada); Rand, John D. (Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA); Sulis, William (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada). Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015687
ISBN
9781402015687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.78

Hardback. Presents an overview of higher-order Hamilton geometry with applications to higher-order Hamiltonian mechanics. This book contains the general theory of higher order Hamilton spaces, semisprays, the canonical nonlinear connection, the N-linear metrical connection, and the Riemannian almost contact metrical model of these spaces. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015748
ISBN
9781402015748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Acquafredda, Maratea, Italy from 19 May to 1 June 2002 Editor(s): Swinbank, Richard; Shutyaev, Victor (Institute of Numerical Mathemat ics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia); Lahoz, William (Albert Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading). Series: NATO Science Series IV. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; RBG; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 693.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402015939
ISBN
9781402015939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.48

Hardback. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Communities and Technologies; C&T 2003 Editor(s): Huysman, Marleen; Wenger, Etienne; Wulf, Volker. Num Pages: 484 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402016110
ISBN
9781402016110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.81

Hardback. How can educators bridge the gap between 'big' ideas about teaching students to think and educational practice? This book addresses this question. It looks at science instruction with regard to two sets of explicit goals: one set refers to teaching science concepts and the second set refers to teaching higher order thinking. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JN; PD; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
22
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402018527
ISBN
9781402018527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

hardcover. Contains eleven essays by eminent scholars which focus on Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, and the history of Newton scholarship. This book includes accounts of the attempts over the last quarter of the twentieth century, to publish Sir Isaac Newton's theological manuscripts. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Hutton, Sarah. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9781402019692
ISBN
9781402019692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the fortune of Galileo's theory of motion in Europe and of the various physical, mathematical, and ontological arguments that were used in favour and against it. Editor(s): Palmerino, Carla Rita; Thijssen, Professor Johannes M. M. H. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
2004th Edition
SKU
V9781402024542
ISBN
9781402024542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardback. This is the first volume in a series aimed at considering the scientific enterprise in light of recent developments in logic and philosophy. This work explores new ways of achieving the integration of science in all its diversity. Editor(s): Rahman, Shahid; Symons, John; Gabbay, Dov M.; Bendegem, Jean Paul van. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402028076
ISBN
9781402028076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.13

Hardback. Addresses key issues concerning visualization in the teaching and learning of science at any level in educational systems. This book focuses on visualization in science education. It draws on the insights from cognitive psychology, science, and education. It unites these with the practice of science education. Editor(s): Gilbert, Professor John K. Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402036125
ISBN
9781402036125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.95

Hardcover. This book gives a complete overview of how the different views of scientific progress have developed since the time of the Vienna Circle. In the process, it introduces a completely new, non-relativistic philosophy of science. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pelican
Edition
4th Corrected ed. 2007, Corr. 3rd printing 2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402063534
ISBN
9781402063534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.53

Hardback. Presents the results of biological and medical research with the statistical methods used to obtain them. Editor(s): Di Bacco, M.; D'Amore, G. (Universita di Firenze, Italy); Scalfari, F. (Polo Universitario Asti Studi Superiori, Italy). Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402075483
ISBN
9781402075483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.52

Hardback. Contains selected chapters on hardware/software support for high performance scientific and engineering computing from various workshops in the fields such as PACT-SHPSEC, IPDPS-PDSECA and ICPP-HPSECA. This volume is basically divided into six main sections which include invited material from prominent researchers around the world. Editor(s): Yang, Laurence Tianruo; Pan, Yi. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402075803
ISBN
9781402075803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.30

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