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Science: general issues
Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science: v. 2
Stillman (Selected By N.M. Swerdlow And T.H. ...
paperback. Stillman Drake was one of the 20th century's authors on the subject of Galileo's scientific work. This 3 volume collection includes 80 of the 130 papers Drake published, most on Galileo but some on medieval and early modern science in general (principally mechanics). Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034788
- ISBN
- 9780802081643
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hardcover. Ruestow examines the social unease that spurred the discoveries of the pioneers of microscopic research. Num Pages: 364 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDND; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034814
- ISBN
- 9780521470780
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hardcover. Mark Peterson makes an extraordinary claim in this fascinating book focused around the life and thought of Galileo: it was the mathematics of Renaissance arts, not Renaissance sciences, that became modern science. Painters, poets, musicians, and architects brought about a scientific revolution that eluded the philosopher-scientists of the day. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 line illustrations; 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; BGH; HBLH; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034819
- ISBN
- 9780674059726
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paperback. Is life written into the laws of nature, or just a bizarre accident, unique in the universe? How can a mix of non-living chemicals be transformed into something as complex as the living cell? This title reveals the theories set to transform the understanding of our place in the universe. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034835
- ISBN
- 9780141013022
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paperback. Distinguished philosophers, Buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists examine the contrasts and connections between the worlds of Western science and Buddhism. Contributors, the Dalai Lama among them, assess not only the fruits of inquiry from East and West, they shed light on the underlying assumptions of these disparate world views. Editor(s): Wallace, B. Alan. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034839
- ISBN
- 9780231123358
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paperback. Robert Boyle ranks with Newton and Einstein as one of the world's most important scientists. This biography of Boyle navigates Boyle's voluminous published works as well as his personal letters and papers. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0034846
- ISBN
- 9780300169317
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hardcover. This book, first published in 2004, provides a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins. Editor(s): Dembski, William A.; Ruse, Michael. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 half-tones 1 table. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000414
- ISBN
- 9780521829496
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hardcover. Based on the observation that the enterprise of science is, and has been, directed toward two distinct but frequently conflated ends - doing and knowing, this title considers how science as such has evolved, and how it has marshaled itself to make sense of the world. It is designed for aficionados, as well as historians of science. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000425
- ISBN
- 9780226139487
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hardcover. The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1785 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. This title investigates two such automata depicting piano-playing women. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000428
- ISBN
- 9780226034027
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€ 15.00
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paperback. Biography of Humphry Davy Num Pages: 199 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sutton Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000436
- ISBN
- 9780750932318
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hardcover. The untold story of Newton's private papers, hidden for centuries, sold for a pittance and then painstakingly reconstructed to reveal a man altogether stranger and more complicated than the genius of legend. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 b/w. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000470
- ISBN
- 9780199951048
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hardcover. This is a clear and well-written guide to the philosophy of laws of nature and offers a critical survey of the main positions debated in the current literature on the nature of 'laws of nature'. Series Editor(s): Friggieri, Professor Joseph; Gatens, Professor Moira; Glendinning, Dr. Simon; Goldman, Professor Alan; Helm, Professor Paul; Lamb, Professor David; Lipton, Professor Peter; Musgrave, Professor Alan; Oates, Moore. Series: Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 406. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Illustrated covers, no DJ as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000481
- ISBN
- 9780754639947
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€ 15.00
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paperback. In these engaging tales describing the growth of knowledgeabout the brain -- from the early Egyptians and Greeks to the Dark Agesand the Renaissance to the present time -- Gross attempts to answer thequestion of how the discipline of neuroscience evolved into its modernincarnation through the twists and turns of history. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 273 pages, 50. BIC Classification: MJN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000504
- ISBN
- 9780262571357
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€ 15.00
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paperback. Presents an innovative view of time and contemporary physics. The author urges physicists, philosophers, and anyone who has ever pondered the paradoxes of time to look at the world from a fresh perspective, and throws light on some of the great mysteries of the universe. Num Pages: 320 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: HPCF; PD; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000521
- ISBN
- 9780195117981
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paperback. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000524
- ISBN
- 9780300143164
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€ 15.00
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paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000532
- ISBN
- 9781859181850
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€ 15.00
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paperback. Offers a tour of the world of light. This book explores theoretical, experimental, and historical themes, and covers such questions as how it is possible to achieve magnifications of a millionfold without a single lens or mirror. It also covers various elements of physical optics, including propagation, reflection, refraction, and diffraction. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 tables 92 line illus.8 halftones. BIC Classification: PD; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000536
- ISBN
- 9780691001135
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€ 15.00
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paperback. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever. Now he must publish and take the consequences. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000537
- ISBN
- 9780571216093
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€ 15.00
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paperback. This book describes how natural philosophy and exact mathematical sciences joined together to make the Scientific Revolution possible. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000545
- ISBN
- 9780521689571
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€ 15.00
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paperback. Science is at the heart of contemporary society and is therefore central to the social sciences. Yet science studies has often encountered resistance from social scientists. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000552
- ISBN
- 9780803986923
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
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