Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Now we look to these fish as an inspiration for engineering new sensors, computer interfaces, autonomous undersea robots, and energy-efficient batteries. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK; PSVW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409818
- ISBN
- 9781421409818
Condition: New
€ 46.92
€ 46.92
Paperback. This work seeks to break down the barriers between science and religion, as well as between religions themselves, in order to extrapolate a comprehensive understanding of the science of meditation. It reveals ways of understanding the mystical and our search for wisdom in the modern world. Num Pages: 190 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA; VXA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217755
- ISBN
- 9780823217755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581342413
- ISBN
- 9781581342413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.87
€ 27.99
€ 20.87
Hardcover. Stands out for its crystal clear presentation of applied statistics. This book takes a practical approach to methods of statistical modeling and data analysis that are most often used in scientific work. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 195 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073401331
- ISBN
- 9780073401331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.21
€ 217.21
Paperback. In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates of the nineteenth century. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535750
- ISBN
- 9780199535750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardback. This full colour reproduction, with new explanatory information, makes Playfair's wisdom widely available for the first time in centuries. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: GBC; PBT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521855549
- ISBN
- 9780521855549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. Remembered today for his 'Brief Lives', John Aubrey (1626-97) was one of the foremost scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. This richly illustrated book is the first accessible guide to Aubrey's many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, and all-round virtuoso. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243198
- ISBN
- 9781851243198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.67
€ 41.67
Paperback. Using the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin, as their guide, William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 325 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Paperback Ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226577029
- ISBN
- 9780226577029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Paperback. Both the quest for natural knowledge and the aspiration to alchemical wisdom played crucial roles in the scientific revolution, as William R. Newman demonstrates in this work on George Starkey (1628-1665), America's first famous scientist. Num Pages: 340 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226577142
- ISBN
- 9780226577142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813531076
- ISBN
- 9780813531076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.89
€ 46.89
Hardback. This book challenges the accepted view of the early Royal Society of London that holds that its fellows did not seriously attempt to implement Francis Bacon's program for the methodological reform of the sciences. Instead, the book shows that Bacon's program shaped the society's earliest work in important, if often contradictory, ways. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; 3JD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732918
- ISBN
- 9780804732918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: ABQ; JKSN1; JNKG; KJS; KJVX; PDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 201.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566251594
- ISBN
- 9781566251594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.88
€ 19.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. When first published in 1853, William Whewell's book caused a bitter debate in Victorian England on science and religion. The book, presented in this text with Whewell's response to his critics, argues that no life can exist on any other planet because of the implications to religion. Editor(s): Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894362
- ISBN
- 9780226894362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.17
€ 52.17
paperback. Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034168
- ISBN
- 9780872200821
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth--including the dinosaurs--perished. Editor(s): Glen, William. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722865
- ISBN
- 9780804722865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Hardcover. A meeting of great minds at the intersection of the arts and sciences Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; PDA; PSAJ; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934137727
- ISBN
- 9781934137727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Hardcover. Statistical methodology plays a key role in ensuring that DNA evidence is collected, interpreted, analyzed, and presented correctly. With the recent advances in computer technology, this methodology is more complex than ever before. There are a growing number of books in the area but none are devoted to the computational analysis of evidence. Series: Statistics in Practice. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PBT; PDE; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470066362
- ISBN
- 9780470066362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.44
€ 147.44
Paperback. Addresses a shift in the hierarchy of scientific explanations Editor(s): Wise, M. Norton. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822333197
- ISBN
- 9780822333197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Hardback. Translator(s): Szreter, Richard. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639079
- ISBN
- 9780691639079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.61
€ 187.61
paperback. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Translator(s): Davies, Angela. Num Pages: 227 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century. 227 pages, 74 illustrations. This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JH; KNBL; PDX. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight: 270. Translator(s): Davies, Angela.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 227
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203549
- ISBN
- 9780520203549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22