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Science: general issues

paperback. This fresh collection of essays, drawn from a broad range of disciplines, brings neglected cognitive, anthropological, and historical dimensions to philosophical debates over species. Editor(s): Wilson, Robert A. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 349 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
MIT Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036384
ISBN
9780262731232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This volume introduces the methodological and philosophical problems with which modern history of science is concerned, and offers a comprehensive review of significant historiographical viewpoints. Num Pages: 244 pages, line diagrams, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 36. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036383
ISBN
9780521389211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. An analysis of the role science plays within American society, with suggestions for a better interchange between scientists and key US institutions. The author suggests that science, by virtue of its accuracy and reliability, deserves to be at the top of the hierarchy of knowledge. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 744. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036321
ISBN
9780813526522
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Sorrell is critical of the scientistic tendency in philosophy. He does not wish to devalue science but supports the need to raise the status of arts and humanities within the discipline. Series: International Library of Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036251
ISBN
9780415107716
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Midgley notes how science has developed high spiritual ambitions. From prophetic physicists have come speculations that go beyond the claims of any religion. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036250
ISBN
9780415107730
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Einstein said that the most incredible thing about our universe was that it was comprehensible at all. This title explains, Pythagoras had much the same idea - but 2,500 years earlier. It tells the story of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, whose insights transformed the ancient world. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HPCA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 632. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036078
ISBN
9781848311923
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A landmark study of the 'founder of modern science'. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line diagrams, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0036064
ISBN
9780521380843
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192803061
ISBN
9780192803061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNU; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stylus Publishing United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620361764
ISBN
9781620361764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.67

paperback. Here are six accessible essays by those who walk the line between science and sicence fiction, moving ever further out in discovering the patterns of nature, aimed at readers who share their fascination with the deepest mysteries of the universe. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393324464
ISBN
9780393324464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

hardcover. A blow-by-blow account of the celebrated controversy over the invention of the calculus. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 685. (1980) Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035868
ISBN
9780521227322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Translates the logical treatises of Galileo's Latin manuscript and tries to make them intelligible to the modern reader. The translation is prefaced with an introduction describing the contents of the manuscript, the sources from which it derives and how it relates to his other writings. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550. Volume 138 only. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035665
ISBN
9780792315780
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. A fascinating record of one of the most famous journeys ever made. Editor(s): Keynes, Richard Darwin. Num Pages: 500 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGH; PDX; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035627
ISBN
9780521003179
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Series: Dover Books on Physics. Num Pages: 406 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622. c. 1960s. Based on the Fourth Edition, London, 1730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035617
ISBN
9780486602059
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This study of chaos and order in the universe aims to mark a new direction in the scientific approach to astrophysics. It draws physics, biology, chemistry and astronomy into a philosophy of order, which is able to accommodate the individual act and random event without causing breakdowns. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PG; PH; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035612
ISBN
9780195069082
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035511
ISBN
9789027712530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Num Pages: 492 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. Good clean copy with minor age and shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035457
ISBN
9789027707529
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. This is a substantial and valuable study of the intellectual Renaissance background from which Bacon emerged and against which he reacted. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 222 x 145. Weight in Grams: 43. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035449
ISBN
9780521204941
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Editor(s): Shea, W. R. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 660. Volume I only. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0035340
ISBN
9789027714022
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFR; JNM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stylus Publishing United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620362969
ISBN
9781620362969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.62

paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 369 pages, 22figs. BIC Classification: PB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036271
ISBN
9780486605098
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036250
ISBN
9789027704634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14ill. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 297. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036238
ISBN
9780486223322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Reliable Knowledge offers a valuably clear account and a radically challenging investigation of the credibility of scientific knowledge. Series: Canto original series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 48. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036224
ISBN
9780521220873
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
D. Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036204
ISBN
9789027713155
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. A clear and systematic account of the philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective. Series: International Library of Philosophy. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036140
ISBN
9780415058773
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Longman
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036134
ISBN
9780582491335
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. This book covers the case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 half-tones, 3 line diagrams. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 46. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036129
ISBN
9780521367516
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Editor(s): Grene, Marjorie; Mendelson, Everett. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 467 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036114
ISBN
9789027705969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036060
ISBN
9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. This collection of essays analyses the development, meaning and problems of twentieth-century evolutionary theory. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 68. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036041
ISBN
9780521254083
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. From leading scientists, lawyers, and educators-a decisive rebuttal to those who undermine science in the name of religion. Editor(s): Petto, Andrew J.; Godfrey, Laurie R. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035965
ISBN
9780393330731
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. What is Life? To answer this question, Denis Noble argues that we must look beyond the gene's eye view. For modern 'systems biology' considers life on a variety of levels, as an intricate web of feedback between gene, cell, organ, body, and environment. He shows how it is both a biologically rigorous and richly rewarding way of understanding life. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HP; MFG; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035916
ISBN
9780199228362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. It was only around 1800 that heredity began to enter debates among physicians, breeders, and naturalists. Soon thereafter it evolved into one of the most fundamental concepts of biology. In this book, the authors offer a succinct cultural history of the scientific concept of heredity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035848
ISBN
9780226545707
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. A collection of essays on the development of science and the history of ideas. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Dimension: 239 x 170. Weight in Grams: 957. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035829
ISBN
9780521267243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) was responsible for the 17th century's Scientific Revolution. Evolution, derives from ancient, even pagan, ideas about our rootedness in nature and the transience of various life forms. What happened to reverse these two movements' fortunes? This work provides an understanding of this debate. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0035826
ISBN
9781840468045
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Candy Jar Books
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957154865
ISBN
9780957154865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. KEY BENEFIT The latest edition of this successful text provides readers with a modern and complete experience in experimental biochemistry. Num Pages: 475 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PN; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805331110
ISBN
9780805331110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 239.39

paperback. Num Pages: 413 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 114 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Edition
Fourth
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299067540
ISBN
9780299067540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

unknown_binding. A wonderfully accessible exploration of numbers and mathematics. Series: Science Masters. Num Pages: 304 pages, Colour 32. BIC Classification: PB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000745
ISBN
9780753805145
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00