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Philosophy of science
Paperback. A critique of the Law & Economics movement, this book draws connections between conceptions of science and efforts at legitimating American legal theory as an objective enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339984
- ISBN
- 9780822339984
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.97
€ 36.99
€ 33.97
Hardcover. Tracing the roots of brutal 20th-century human experimentation and extermination to worldviews that dehumanize perpetrators and victims in distinctive ways, Vining finds a parallel between them and "total theory" - beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process that claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268043629
- ISBN
- 9780268043629
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Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293677
- ISBN
- 9780226293677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.32
€ 143.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497131
- ISBN
- 9780801497131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.74
€ 41.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482892
- ISBN
- 9780801482892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.70
€ 51.99
€ 41.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293844
- ISBN
- 9780226293844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFR; JFHC; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936239443
- ISBN
- 9781936239443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.98
€ 25.99
€ 18.98
hardcover. We use concepts of causal powers and their relatives-dispositions, capacities, and abilities-to describe the world around us, both in everyday life and in scientific practice. This volume presents new work on the nature of causal powers, and their connections with other phenomena within metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. Editor(s): Jacobs, Jonathan D. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198796572
- ISBN
- 9780198796572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.06
€ 107.06
Paperback. The Body Politic is the first comprehensive history of the significance and struggles over science in America. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934137383
- ISBN
- 9781934137383
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.98
€ 18.99
€ 17.98
hardcover. A systematic, carefully reasoned, but non-technical analysis of the nature and significance of scientific knowledge. Num Pages: 412 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 766. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032863
- ISBN
- 9780521772297
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Zebrowski, John A. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213779
- ISBN
- 9781600213779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.59€ 135.75
€ 200.59
€ 135.75
hardcover. John T. Roberts presents and defends a radical new theory of laws of nature. His Measurability Account affirms that there is an important sense in which laws govern the universe, rather than simply describing it economically. He argues that what is essential to laws is that they guarantee the reliability of methods of measuring natural quantities. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000620
- ISBN
- 9780199557707
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. aeo The first comprehensive, critical study of one of the foremost twentieth--century philosophers of science -- Paul Feyerabend. aeo The book will be an excellent introduction to Feyerabenda s work for students in philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745616766
- ISBN
- 9780745616766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.44
€ 32.44
Paperback. John Polkinghorne, theoretical physicist and theologian, explores the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science. In this study, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that the inquiries of these "intellectual cousins" are parallel. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099492
- ISBN
- 9780300099492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00
€ 13.00
Paperback. John Losee looks at rejected scientific theories through an analysis of case studies from the history of science. Each excerpt is of sufficient length to make clear the particular evaluative problem under consideration, and each discussion of scientific evaluative practice includes what scientists and philosophers have written on the topic. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958734
- ISBN
- 9780822958734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328247
- ISBN
- 9780822328247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Editor(s): Mol, Annemarie. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w photos, 2 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. Social Studies of Knowledge Practices. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. 280 pages, 4 b&w photographs. Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GT; PDA. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328469
- ISBN
- 9780822328469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.93
€ 36.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell uses conceptual puzzles and paradoxes as a window into fundamental concepts of mathematics and physics. Num Pages: 170 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813025
- ISBN
- 9781554813025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.53
€ 50.99
€ 36.53
hardcover. The 'Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science' offers an overview of the field of science and its development over the past few generations, ranging from biographies on Galileo and Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society. Editor(s): Heilbron, John L. Num Pages: 994 pages, numerous halftones and figures and 8 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 3J; GB; PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Academic United States
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195112290
- ISBN
- 9780195112290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.78
€ 166.78
Hardcover. This text examines the organizational aspects of discovery in science. The contribution of such organizational matters as: the selection of scientists; their development and training; and scientific leadership, management and supervision are all explored. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471969631
- ISBN
- 9780471969631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.67
€ 270.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140. .
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364514
- ISBN
- 9780850364514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.39
€ 17.99
€ 16.39
Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943495
- ISBN
- 9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. "Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science." Keith Stewart Thomson, "American Scientist"" Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327778
- ISBN
- 9780226327778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
paperback. Useful for those interested in science and human nature. The author warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He demonstrates that theorist explanations do not work and that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social consequences. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; KCA; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034150
- ISBN
- 9780199265503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033702
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the Universe infinite? This book takes you on a tour of these questions and discusses the answers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443728
- ISBN
- 9780099443728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. *John L Casti has created a fascinating, genre-bending book an accessible novel of ideas which explores the fundamental nature of mind and machine. Num Pages: 208 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349108537
- ISBN
- 9780349108537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.95
€ 16.95
Paperback. Series: Edge Question Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061899676
- ISBN
- 9780061899676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.03
€ 16.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. This unique book explores the captivating colors that appear in the atmosphere of the earth: coronas, glories, halos, rainbows, dawn and dusk. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; PDA; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 11. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Adonis Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932776488
- ISBN
- 9780932776488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 23.99
€ 28.99
€ 23.99
Hardback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895807
- ISBN
- 9780801895807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.29
€ 86.29
Paperback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895814
- ISBN
- 9780801895814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173177
- ISBN
- 9780691173177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.36
€ 29.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we work and live. Whose interests should such systems serve? What limits should we place on their use? This book is a succinct introduction to the complex social, ethical, legal, and economic issues raised by the emergence of intelligent machines. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190602390
- ISBN
- 9780190602390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.32
€ 14.99
€ 12.32
Hardcover. The Principle of Least Action underlies all physics and leads into quantum mechanics and Einstein's Relativity. There are some textbooks that do the calculations, and one book with nice pictures, but no book (before this one) that explains what 'action' is, and why nature follows this principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198743040
- ISBN
- 9780198743040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.40
€ 54.40
Hardback. Hugh Everett III was an American physicist best known for his many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, which formed the basis of his PhD thesis at Princeton University in 1957. This book presents the long and short versions of Everett's thesis along with a collection of his explanatory writings and correspondence. Editor(s): Barrett, Jeffrey A.; Byrne, Peter. Num Pages: 392 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145075
- ISBN
- 9780691145075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.48
€ 117.48
Hardback. The Physics of Theism provides a timely, critical analysis of the ways in which physics intertwines with religion. Koperski brings clarity to a range of arguments including the fine-tuning argument, naturalism, the laws of nature, and the controversy over Intelligent Design. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118932810
- ISBN
- 9781118932810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.94
€ 98.94
Paperback. The Physics of Theism provides a timely, critical analysis of the ways in which physics intertwines with religion. Koperski brings clarity to a range of arguments including the fine-tuning argument, naturalism, the laws of nature, and the controversy over Intelligent Design. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118932803
- ISBN
- 9781118932803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Foss, Jeffrey E. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 580
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116242
- ISBN
- 9781551116242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.33
€ 94.33
Paperback. This text is a discussion of issues that have been raised by the "Science Wars" (science versus the arts and humanities). The book presents papers for discussion, and then commentaries on those papers, drawing out discussions on central themes, and finally the participants respond to these issues. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226467238
- ISBN
- 9780226467238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Hardback. Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: MFKC3; PDA; PDX; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725553
- ISBN
- 9780674725553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14