Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. Contains historical case studies, contributions, and applications to specific sciences. These papers illustrate the variety of functions of metaphors and analogies, as well as the many connections between the study of some of these functions and other subjects and disciplines. Editor(s): Hallyn, Fernand. Series: Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365600
- ISBN
- 9780792365600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Paperback. Examines particular cases of 'reception' in ways that emphasize pressing historiographical and methodological issues. This book discusses the transfer of scientific ideas, the mechanisms of their introduction, and the processes of their appropriation at the periphery. Editor(s): Gavroglu, Kostas. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365631
- ISBN
- 9780792365631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 145.90
€ 145.90
Hardback. Schopenhauer's philosophy, at first sight so beautifully rounded, upon analysis reveals itself as the secret arena of two conflicting world-views. This study blends the history of philosophical currents with history of science, with history of ideas generally, and with German history. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365853
- ISBN
- 9780792365853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.94
€ 191.94
hardcover. Robert E Butts (1928-1997) was a philosopher and historian of science whose central concerns were the distinction between the rational and the irrational. This book contains his essays and lectures on philosophical aspects of the European witch hunt, scientific rationality and methodology, and the relationships between science and philosophy. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366089
- ISBN
- 9780792366089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Hardback. The central question in the philosophy of time is whether time is tensed or tenseless. This book provides an appraisal of the arguments for and against the tensed and tenseless theories of time. It contains discussions which range ideally over issues in the philosophy of language, phenomenology, relativity theory, and philosophy of space and time. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366348
- ISBN
- 9780792366348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 308.51
€ 308.51
Hardback. Undertakes the appraisal of the arguments for and against the tensed and tenseless theories of time. The discussions in this work range over issues in the philosophy of language, phenomenology, relativity theory, philosophy of space and time, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366355
- ISBN
- 9780792366355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.44
€ 191.44
Hardback. Addresses issues such as: the roles of models in science and their implications for science education; the place of models in curricula for science subjects; the ways that models can be presented to, are learned about, and can be produced by, individuals; the implications of all these for research and for science teacher education. Editor(s): Gilbert, Professor John K.; Boulter, C. (Dept. of Science and Technology Education, University of Reading). Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366522
- ISBN
- 9780792366522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardback. Provides a philosophically informed examination of the concept of time in relativity. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366683
- ISBN
- 9780792366683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 223.71
€ 223.71
Hardback. Includes a selection of contributions to the Second Conference of the European Science Education Research Association held in Kiel, in September 1999. This book provides a view of the science education research in Europe and also worldwide by looking at what has been achieved in the past decades and what has to be done in the coming years. Editor(s): Behrendt, Helga; Komorek, Michael; Duit, Reinders; Graber, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367550
- ISBN
- 9780792367550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.29
€ 129.29
Hardback. Documents the findings of a research project which investigated the ways in which teachers and students used formative assessment to improve the teaching and learning of science in some New Zealand classrooms. This work is of interest to graduate students and researchers, and teacher educators, curriculum developers, and assessment specialists. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367680
- ISBN
- 9780792367680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.49
€ 125.49
Paperback. Documents the findings of a research project which investigated the ways in which teachers and students used formative assessment to improve the teaching and learning of science in some New Zealand classrooms. This book contains one detailed case study from the research, as well as cameos of instances of formative assessment. Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367697
- ISBN
- 9780792367697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. Addresses the issues of: the roles of models in science and their implications for science education; the place of models in curricula for major science subjects; the ways that models can be presented to, are learned about, and can be produced by, individuals; the implications of all these for research and for science teacher education. Editor(s): Gilbert, Professor John K.; Boulter, C. (Dept. of Science and Technology Education, University of Reading). Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367727
- ISBN
- 9780792367727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 191.31
€ 191.31
Hardback. Offers a discussion of mathematical topics including variational and hemivariational inequalities, duality, complementarity, variational principles, sensitivity analysis, eigenvalue and resonance problems, and minimax problems. This book considers applications in different areas such as nonsmooth statics and dynamics. Editor(s): Gao, David Yang; Ogden, Ray W.; Stavroulakis, Georgios E. Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 520 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PDE; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367864
- ISBN
- 9780792367864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.55
€ 132.55
Hardback. Covers research in two domains: remote sensing techniques and climate models. This book covers such diverse areas within satellite remote sensing techniques as aerosol loading of the atmosphere, characterization of the land surface, and soil moisture. Editor(s): Beniston, Martin; Verstraete, Michel M. Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; RBP; RGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368014
- ISBN
- 9780792368014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.03
€ 193.03
Hardback. John von Neumann (1903-1957) was undoubtedly one of the scientific geniuses of the 20th century. This volume embraces both historical and systematic analyses of his methodology of mathematical physics, and of the various aspects of his work in the foundations of quantum physics. Editor(s): Redei, Miklos; Stoltzner, Michael. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368120
- ISBN
- 9780792368120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.61
€ 193.61
Hardback. Contains the courses given at the Sixth Summer School on Complex Systems held at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile at Santiago, Chile, 14-18 December 1998. This volume covers recoding Sturmian sequences on a subshift of finite type chaos from order and dynamical systems and biological regulations. Editor(s): Goles, E.; Martinez, Servet. Series: Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBWH; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368304
- ISBN
- 9780792368304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.55
€ 128.55
Paperback. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 461 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 981.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 461
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369103
- ISBN
- 9780792369103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardback. A collection of papers presented at the conference on Probability Theory - Philosophy, Recent History and Relations to Science, University of Roskilde, Denmark, September, 1998. This book sheds light on some discussions of the problems in probability theory and their history, analysing their philosophical and mathematical significance. Editor(s): Hendricks, Vincent F.; Pedersen, Stig Andur; Jorgensen, Klaus Frovin. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369523
- ISBN
- 9780792369523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.38
€ 126.38
Hardback. This title addresses the problem of the incommensurability of scientific theories. While it offers new work and directions of discussion on the topic, the book also recapitulates the history of the discussion of the topic that has taken place within the literature on incommensurability. Editor(s): Hoyningen-Huene, Paul; Sankey, Howard. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369899
- ISBN
- 9780792369899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.35
€ 193.35
hardcover. Presents a cross-cultural comparative approach to the art of dyeing and printing with natural dyestuffs in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book includes data from the vast historical heritage of natural dyestuffs from a range of European cities, to historiographic insights for the understanding of this technology. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; PDX; TDCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370222
- ISBN
- 9780792370222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.80
€ 127.80