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Philosophy of science

Paperback. Apart from the rainbows, lightning and northern lights in the title, the author discusses the blue of the sky, the colours of twilight and the dewdrop, and halos and other light phenomena. Num Pages: 88 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRQC5; PDA; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999803
ISBN
9781906999803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.23

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Adonis Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932776396
ISBN
9780932776396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.18
€ 40.41

Hardback. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Buckminster Fuller's work, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Nature, and Fritjof Capra's Tao of Physics, Metapatterns embraces both nature and culture, seeking out the grand-scale patterns that help explain the functioning of our universe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 87 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231067508
ISBN
9780231067508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.52

hardcover. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 728. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033421
ISBN
9780226610634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s. Num Pages: 432 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103174
ISBN
9780226103174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199919758
ISBN
9780199919758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.81

Paperback. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 59 illus. BIC Classification: HREX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145510
ISBN
9780231145510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.35

Hardback. A collection of the author's general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author's exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135458
ISBN
9780691135458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.96

Paperback. Minds and Computers introduces readers to interdisciplinary philosophical consideration of Artificial Intelligence. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620999
ISBN
9780748620999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.34

Hardback. Minds and Computers introduces readers to interdisciplinary philosophical consideration of Artificial Intelligence. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620982
ISBN
9780748620982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.55
€ 122.03

Paperback. A history of population ecology which traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the 20th century through to 1970. The text chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical and institutional development. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBD; PDA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437286
ISBN
9780226437286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.81

Paperback. A study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226852935
ISBN
9780226852935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Hardback. The author was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable institution. His writing career started with a much-quoted article in "Science" titled "More is Different" in 1971. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814350129
ISBN
9789814350129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.10

Paperback. In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates of the nineteenth century. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535750
ISBN
9780199535750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario; Macarthur, David. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134675
ISBN
9780231134675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. Editor(s): De Caro, Mario; Macarthur, David. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134668
ISBN
9780231134668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.86

Hardcover. A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe. German theologians paid little attention to natural science and eschewed philosophically popular yet naive versions of natural theology. Gregory examines the implications and extent of this "loss of nature". Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674604834
ISBN
9780674604834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

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

Hardback. Wilson aficionados, along with readers discovering his work for the first time, will find in this collection a world of beauty, complexity, and challenge. Num Pages: 736 pages, 245, 74 black & white halftones, 171 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 186 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801883293
ISBN
9780801883293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Floris Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863155963
ISBN
9780863155963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Ruyer, Alyosha. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 270 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692057
ISBN
9780816692057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.59

hardcover. Translator(s): Ruyer, Alyosha. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816692040
ISBN
9780816692040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HPM; MJN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140454
ISBN
9780231140454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837630923
ISBN
9783837630923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 41.51

Paperback. Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636948
ISBN
9780745636948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.50

Hardback. Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in the coming years. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636931
ISBN
9780745636931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.47

Paperback. * The author emphasises new post--empirical approaches to the philosophy of science and their application to the social sciences* Rich in examples and makes extensive use of case studies* The book offers an original introduction to the philosophy of social science; it should be widely adopted on undergraduate courses. . Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745614083
ISBN
9780745614083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

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

Paperback. Newton is an evocative intellectual history of the life and ideas of Isaac Newton the natural philosopher, covering his influential thoughts about philosophical problems, our knowledge of nature, and even the nature of the divine. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187282
ISBN
9781405187282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.92

This is the first volume of original commissioned papers on the subject of Newton and empiricism. The chapters, contributed by a leading team of both established and younger international scholars, explore the nature and extent of Newton's relationship to a variety of empiricisms and empiricists. Editor(s): Biener, Zvi; Schliesser, Eric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPCD1; JFCX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199337095
ISBN
9780199337095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.46

Paperback. An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 photographs, figures. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353327
ISBN
9780393353327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Bradford Skow presents an original defense of the 'block universe' theory of time, often said to be a theory according to which time does not pass. He provides in-depth discussions of alternative theories, reconciles objective becoming with relativistic physics, and re-evaluates our 'experience' of the passage of time in relation to the argument. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198776697
ISBN
9780198776697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.14

Paperback. The emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences, as revealed through images in scientific atlases--a story of how lofty epistemic ideals fuse with workaday practices. Num Pages: 501 pages, 32 color illus., 108 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
501
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951795
ISBN
9781890951795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. 9780226241364 Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226241364
ISBN
9780226241364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107692534
ISBN
9781107692534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.09

Paperback. In this short book Peter Atkins considers the universal questions to which religions have claimed answers. With economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199660544
ISBN
9780199660544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

paperback. Drawing on tools from rhetoric and poststructuralist theory, the author argues that the ascent of molecular biology, with its emphasis on molecules such as DNA rather than organisms, was enabled by crucial rhetorical "softwares." Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032727
ISBN
9780804727655
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. A captivating historical survey of the key debates, questions, and controversies at the intersection of science and religion Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM3; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300216172
ISBN
9780300216172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. This text is a transcription of a course, including both lectures and student discussions, taught by McKeon. It provides an introduction to McKeon's conception of pluralism, a central aspect of neo-Pragmatism, while demonstrating how pluralism works in a classroom setting. Num Pages: 420 pages, 29 line drawings, 13 tables, figures, tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226560274
ISBN
9780226560274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Hardcover. Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in demonstrations. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724792
ISBN
9780674724792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.07