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Science: general issues
Hardback. Selected Contributed Papers of the Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence, August 1995 Editor(s): Dalla Chiara, Maria Luisa; Guintini, Roberto (University of Cagliari, Italy); Laudisa, Frederico (University of Florence, Italy). Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 344
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357278
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- 9780792357278
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€ 193.79
€ 193.79
Hardback. This work describe the contributions of a behavioural perspective to the major issues of philosophy. Topics include the origins of behaviourism as a philosophy of science, the basic principles of behaviourism, ontology, epistemology, values and ethics, and language and verbal behaviour. Editor(s): Thyer, Bruce A. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 261
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- New
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- V9780792357360
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- 9780792357360
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€ 128.59
€ 128.59
Hardback. Ranges from reviews of Nietzsche and the wide variety of epistemic traditions - not only pre-Socratic, but Cartesian, Leibnizian, Kantian, and post-Kantian - through essays on Nietzsche's critique of knowledge via his critique of grammar and modern culture. Editor(s): Babich, Babette E. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357421
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- 9780792357421
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€ 279.64
€ 279.64
Hardback. A collection on Nietzsche and the Sciences that features essays addressing truth, epistemology, and the philosophy of science. It also explores Nietzsche's contributions to the philosophy of language and epistemology, and to the social history of truth and the historical and cultural analyses of Serres and Baudrillard. Editor(s): Babich, Babette E.; Cohen, Robert S. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 400
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357438
- ISBN
- 9780792357438
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€ 194.96
€ 194.96
Einstein Meets Magritte - an Interdisciplinary Reflection
. Ed(S): Aerts, Diederik; Broekaert, Jan; Mat...
hardcover. The contributions elaborate on fundamental questions of science, with regard to the contemporary world, and push beyond the borders of traditional approaches. This title presents insights of the speakers of the interdisciplinary Einstein meets Magritte conference (1995, Brussels Free University). Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Broekaert, Jan; Mathijs, Ernest. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357575
- ISBN
- 9780792357575
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€ 124.27
€ 124.27
Hardback. Social change is due not only to changes in technology and economy, but also to the changing strategies of social scientists. What will this change lead to in the 21st century? What kind of society lies ahead? This work examines the relationships between social sciences and social changes. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Gutwirth, Serge; Smets, Sonja (Free University of Brussels, Belgium); Langenhove, Luk van. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357599
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- 9780792357599
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€ 124.59
€ 124.59
Hardback. How do scientists approach science? Scientists, sociologists and philosophers were asked to write on this intriguing problem and to display their results at the International Congress 'Einstein Meets Magritte'. This book presents the outcome of their effort and includes various views on science. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Smets, Sonja (Free University of Brussels, Belgium); Bendegem, Jean Paul van. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1430.
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- Hardback
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- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 310
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357629
- ISBN
- 9780792357629
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€ 278.92
€ 278.92
Hardback. Proceedings of the First Conference of the International Society for Hermeneutics and Science Editor(s): Feher, Marta; Kiss, Olga (Department of Philosophy, University of Economics, Budapest, Hungary); Ropolyi, Laszlo (Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary). Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 399 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 399
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792357988
- ISBN
- 9780792357988
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€ 194.69
€ 194.69
Hardback. Coverage includes: the topological effects of quantum mechanics, including Bohm-Aharonov and Aharonov-Casher effects and their generalisations; the toroidal moments, anapoles and their generalisations; the numerical investigation of Tonomura experiments testing the foundations of quantum mechanics; and, the time-dependent Bohm-Aharonov effect. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 351
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358008
- ISBN
- 9780792358008
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€ 193.97
€ 193.97
Hardback. Serves as a general introduction to the area of mathematical modelling. This book presents the important fundamental concepts of mathematical modelling and demonstrates their use in solving certain scientific and engineering problems. It also considers continuous and discrete modelling, and consists of realistic case studies. Series: Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDE; TBJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 300
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358206
- ISBN
- 9780792358206
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€ 70.30
€ 70.30
Plant Biotechnology and in Vitro Biology in the 21st Century
. Ed(S): Altman, Arie; Ziv, Meira; Izhar, Sha...
hardcover. Proceedings of the IX International Congress of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, Jerusalem, Israel 14-19 June 1998 Editor(s): Altman, Arie; Ziv, Meira; Izhar, Shamay. Series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture. Num Pages: 794 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PSTL; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1288.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
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- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 794
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358268
- ISBN
- 9780792358268
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€ 363.11
€ 363.11
Hardback. 8th European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, 29 August-2 September, Enschede, The Netherlands Editor(s): Greve, Jan; Puppels, Gerwin Jan; Otto, Cees. Num Pages: 705 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PN; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1210.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 705
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358473
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- 9780792358473
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€ 362.83
€ 362.83
Hardback. Argues that a reconstruction of scientific laws should give an account of laws relating phenomena to underlying mechanisms generating them, as well as of laws relating this mechanism to its inherent capacities. This book is intended for philosophers of science and philosophers of social science, as well as for natural and social scientists. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358527
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- 9780792358527
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€ 127.74
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Hardback. Deals with the coupling of two or more angular momenta, angular momentum coupling coefficients, rotation matrices, tensor operators, evaluation of matrix elements, the gradient formula, identical particles, statistical tensors and polarization phenomena, traces of angular momentum matrices, the helicity formalism and the Dirac particle. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358664
- ISBN
- 9780792358664
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€ 192.20
€ 192.20
Hardback. Conceived in the strife of the debate on energetics at the Lubeck Naturforscherversammlung, this book seeks to achieve several objectives. It tries to revise, clarify and defend Helm's own development of energetic theory in order to rebut critics, especially Boltzmann and Planck. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 427
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358749
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- 9780792358749
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€ 125.77
€ 125.77
Hardback. Presents a theoretical framework and control methodology for a class of complex dynamical systems characterised by high state space dimension, multiple inputs and outputs, significant nonlinearity, parametric uncertainty, and unmodeled dynamics. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 510 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBWR; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 510
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792358923
- ISBN
- 9780792358923
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€ 133.45
€ 133.45
Hardback. Summarizes the theory, research, and practice related to pedagogical content knowledge. Editor(s): Gess-Newsome, Julie; Ledermann, Norman G. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1390.
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- Hardback
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- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 319
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359036
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- 9780792359036
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€ 193.33
€ 193.33
Hardback. Focuses on the Proto-Scientific Revolution, which is that distinctive period, essentially High Renaissance in character, which paved the way for the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. This work brings the works of Copernicus and Vesalius together, by placing them within the context of the Proto-Scientific Revolution as a whole. Editor(s): Freeland, Guy; Corones, Anthony. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 420 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 420
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359135
- ISBN
- 9780792359135
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€ 195.18
€ 195.18
Hardback. Provides an overview of the theory of causation, including counterfactual, singularist, nomological and causal process approaches. This book also covers work on the nature of laws of nature, with emphasis on the scientific essentialist theory that laws of nature are, at base, the fundamental dispositions or capacities of natural kinds of things. Editor(s): Sankey, Howard. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1530.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 375
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359142
- ISBN
- 9780792359142
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€ 194.24
€ 194.24
Hardback. Presents the analytic-bilinear approach to integrable hierarchies, which gives a consistent and technically simple description of integrable hierarchies. This book shows a different way to understand rather complicated structures, using mostly standard complex analysis. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 267
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359197
- ISBN
- 9780792359197
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€ 69.92
€ 69.92
Hardback. Presents a survey of some of the most important concepts of mathematics. This book pays attention to their technical features, historical development and broader philosophical significance. It is suitable for students and teachers of mathematics, science and philosophy. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 250
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359722
- ISBN
- 9780792359722
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€ 128.27
€ 128.27
hardcover. Quine is one of the twentieth century's most important and influential philosophers. This book contains essays that touch on the turnings in Quine's work. It also features an essay by Quine himself, and his replies to each of the papers. Editor(s): Orenstein, Alex; Kotatko, Petr. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 457 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 457
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- New
- SKU
- V9780792359869
- ISBN
- 9780792359869
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€ 73.32
€ 73.32
Hardback. Some think that issues to do with scientific method are stale debate; Popper was an advocate of methodology, but Kuhn, Feyerabend, and others are alleged to have brought the debate about its status to an end. This volume shows that issues in methodology are alive. Some of the papers reinvestigate issues in the debate over methodology. Editor(s): Nola, Robert; Sankey, Howard. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360322
- ISBN
- 9780792360322
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€ 127.06
€ 127.06
Hardback. Presents aeronautical research and a range of mechanisms by which flight technology has advanced in the twentieth century. This book offers examinations of specific developments such as turbines and flight test equipment to investigations of patents policies and accident investigations. It is suitable for those in flight and aircraft design. Editor(s): Galison, Peter; Roland, Alex. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 383 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 871.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360377
- ISBN
- 9780792360377
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€ 332.41
€ 332.41