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Science: general issues
Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394369
- ISBN
- 9781566394369
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. This volume presents reports from three recent scientific meetings on special topics. Editor(s): Editorial Staff of Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 111 x 3. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573318532
- ISBN
- 9781573318532
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Condition: New
€ 84.10
€ 84.10
Paperback. The papers collected here focus on probabilistic causality, addressing topics such as the search for casual mechanisms, epistemic and metaphysical views of causality, Baesian nets and causal dependance, and causation in the special sciences. The emphasis is on stochastic processes, however. Editor(s): Galavotti, Maria Carla; Suppes, Patrick; Costantini, Domenico. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HP; PBWL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781575863221
- ISBN
- 9781575863221
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Keren, Michael; Hawkins, Richard. Series: Cultural Dialectics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- AU Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771990332
- ISBN
- 9781771990332
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Leading experts on modern poetry and on literature and science explore how poets have used scientific language in their poems, how poetry can offer new perspectives on science, and how the 'Two Cultures' can and have come together in the work of poets from Britain and Ireland, America and Australia. Editor(s): Holmes, John. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSC; PD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318092
- ISBN
- 9781846318092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12
Hardback. Competition from emerging and developing countries, challenges related to energy and water, the continuing increase in the global population and the obligation to be sustainable are all impacting developed countries such as the United States, France, etc. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KJMV6; PDG; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848215788
- ISBN
- 9781848215788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.11
€ 178.11
Hardback. Nowadays approximately 6 billion people use a mobile phone and they now take a central position within our daily lives. The 1990s saw a tremendous increase in the use of wireless systems and the democratization of this means of communication. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; PHK; TJK; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781848218567
- ISBN
- 9781848218567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.22
€ 178.22
Hardback. Presents a series of perspectives that evaluate the merits of and potential for establishing institutionalized social valuation protocols within university settings. This title offers a comprehensive overview of the literature that addresses issues related to assessing the social value of university innovations. Editor(s): Libecap, Gary D. Series: Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJH; PDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848554665
- ISBN
- 9781848554665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.49
€ 121.49
Hardback. Shows the multifaceted and interactive character of the relationship between science and technology on the one hand, and business and innovation on the other. This book explores this non-linear relationship through a selection of case studies and discusses its implications for science as well as for business. Series: International Business & Management. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848554740
- ISBN
- 9781848554740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.25
€ 132.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781905674381
- ISBN
- 9781905674381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 76.26
€ 99.37
€ 76.26
Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792001
- ISBN
- 9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.97€ 49.46
€ 57.97
€ 49.46
Paperback. In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on metaphysics.This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250127
- ISBN
- 9780823250127
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093192
- ISBN
- 9780226093192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. Num Pages: 566 pages, 22 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109404
- ISBN
- 9780226109404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. McGaw; Joy Parr, Simon Fraser University. Editor(s): Lerner, Nina E.; Oldenziel, Ruth; Mohun, Arwen P. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872594
- ISBN
- 9780801872594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.10
€ 44.99
€ 37.10
Paperback. The author's first book, "The First Three Minutes", was about the earliest moments of the universe. This book looks at the smallest and most elusive things making up that universe. It relates the story of this search, specifically the development of the Superconducting Supercollider. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099223917
- ISBN
- 9780099223917
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.60
€ 20.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. Focusing on a set of celebrated technologies, including steam engines, early photography, and mass-scale printing, the author looks at how new conceptions of energy, instrumentality, and association fueled such diverse developments as fantastic literature, popular astronomy, grand opera, positivism, utopian socialism, and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 472 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226214801
- ISBN
- 9780226214801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, frontispiece, figures, charts. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271032559
- ISBN
- 9780271032559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.78
€ 37.99
€ 29.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duquesne
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820704999
- ISBN
- 9780820704999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.47€ 62.96
€ 74.47
€ 62.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Gerhild Scholz; Gunnoe, Charles D. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Truman State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931112123
- ISBN
- 9781931112123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 42.07
€ 53.99
€ 42.07