Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
hardcover. A case study of the interrelationship between mathematics and physics during the Scientific Revolution. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 half-tones, 25 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036981
- ISBN
- 9780521341400
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037015
- ISBN
- 9789027707635
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Num Pages: 648 pages, 125 halftones, 40 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 70 x 100 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTS0036563
- ISBN
- 9780226731285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Ornek, Funda; Saleh, Issa M. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNU; PD; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Information Age Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617356087
- ISBN
- 9781617356087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.92
€ 59.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ornek, Funda; Saleh, Issa M. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNU; PD; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Information Age Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617356094
- ISBN
- 9781617356094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.16
€ 113.16
hardcover. An examination of longstanding foundational controversies in the philosophy of ecology. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037361
- ISBN
- 9780521804325
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This collection of essays pays tribute to the Victorian intellectual, William Whewell, whose influence can be traced in fields as diverse as moral philosophy, mineralogy, architecture, the politics of education, physics and engineering. Editor(s): Fisch, Menachem; Schaffer, Simon. Num Pages: 418 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037373
- ISBN
- 9780198249009
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A life of the eminent Victorian who 'sold' science to the imperial government. Num Pages: 306 pages, 7 colour illus. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 589. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037376
- ISBN
- 9780521335379
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The general public has come to accept that technology is the greatest new growth frontier with an infinite amount of potential. Conventional thinking states that never before has such a golden era existed in which technology thrived and blossomed so fully. This work deals with this kind of hype. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNTX; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 90 x 61 x 7. . Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill / Europe, Middle East & Africa
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037401
- ISBN
- 9781576753705
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. These essays by leading Descartes scholars, previously unpublished in English, represent an overview of contemporary research on Descartes' philosophy and science. Editor(s): Voss, Stephen. Num Pages: 364 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 525. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037411
- ISBN
- 9780195075519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Goss, Stephen; Anthony, Kate. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT; PDR; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403900609
- ISBN
- 9781403900609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.48
€ 48.99
€ 40.48
paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037544
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This text explains the surprisingly simple analytical structure that underlies the determination of the force necessary to maintain ideal planetary motion. It sets the problem in historical and conceptual perspective, showing Newton's debt to the works of Descartes and Galileo. Num Pages: 330 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 113 figures. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036651
- ISBN
- 9780520202177
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Flickering Light explores neon's technological and intellectual history, from the discovery of the noble gas in a late nineteenth-century London laboratory to its flickering career in the art spaces of our time. Num Pages: 224 pages, 25 colour, 10 black and white. BIC Classification: AMV; PDR; THR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230917
- ISBN
- 9781780230917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.22
€ 42.22
The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Po...
. Ed(S): Frickel, Scott (Asst. Professor Of S...
paperback. Given the new way in which scientific knowledge is used and produced, this book takes a sociological approach to examine the implications of these changes on aspects of life such as health, politics, and the environment. Editor(s): Frickel, Scott (Asst. Professor of Sociology, Tulane University, USA); Moore, Kelly. Series: Science & Technology in Society. Num Pages: 500 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299213343
- ISBN
- 9780299213343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCC91; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cowley Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781561012350
- ISBN
- 9781561012350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.82
€ 14.99
€ 12.82
hardcover. Tracks the growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Biblereading public. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, this book attempts to prove that geology's success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001173
- ISBN
- 9780226616681
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Editor(s): M. Capek. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 634 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1067. Volume XXII only. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037583
- ISBN
- 9789027703552
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Editor(s): Hacking, Ian. Series: Oxford Readings in Philosophy. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228. (1992 reprint). Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- OUP: Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037639
- ISBN
- 9780198750512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Editor(s): Grmek, Mirko Drazen; Cohen, Robert S.; Cimino, Guido. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492. Vol 36 only. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037643
- ISBN
- 9789027711236
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037662
- ISBN
- 9780262660563
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This book examines James Clerk Maxwell, creator of the electromagnetic theory of light and kinetic theory of gases. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 545. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037696
- ISBN
- 9780521561020
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Presents the history of the development of fibre optic technology, from its beginning in 19th-century attempts to guide light, for purposes of illuminating the insides of the human body, to the communications technologies. This book also describes the medical technologies developed in the 1960's. Series: Sloan Technology. Num Pages: 348 pages, 16 pp black and white plates, 6 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHJ; TJK; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 649. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037718
- ISBN
- 9780195108187
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Springer
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037733
- ISBN
- 9789027716484
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00