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Science: general issues
paperback. The concepts of form and function have traditionally been defined in terms of biology and then extended to other disciplines. This text examines the various interpretations in science and philosophy, reflecting on the philosophical presuppositions underlying the work of Geoffroy, Cuvier and Darwin. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 220 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036692
- ISBN
- 9780810113985
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Editor(s): Badash, Lawrence; Hirschfelder, J. O.; Broida, H. P. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036745
- ISBN
- 9789027710970
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
The Uses of Experiment: Studies in the Natural Sciences
(Edited By David Gooding, Trevor Pinch, Simon...
paperback. This book questions the way that scientists actually make experiments and the uses they make of what they do. With the presentation of 14 case-studies of important experiments the book asks what happens when an experiment is challenged and how scientists check their experiments. Editor(s): Gooding, David; Pinch, Trevor; Schaffer, Simon. Num Pages: 500 pages, half-tones, line drawings, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036753
- ISBN
- 9780521337687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Illuminating conversations with one of France's most respected--and controversial--philosophers Translator(s): Lapidus, Roxanne. Series: Studies in Literature & Science. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472065486
- ISBN
- 9780472065486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.18
€ 36.18
Paperback. Illustrated with photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, this book aims to put the biggest subject of all, the story of the universe as scientists understand it, within the grasp of the reader. It explores the cosmological constant and how this effected Einstein's equations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12-page colour insert, 16-page b&w insert. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674242425
- ISBN
- 9780674242425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.16
€ 25.16
The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Se...
Shawn Stevens, Leeann Sutherland, Joseph Kraj...
Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; PD; YQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935155072
- ISBN
- 9781935155072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.01
€ 21.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association - NSTA Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936137183
- ISBN
- 9781936137183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.98
€ 23.98
Paperback. Presents teaching scenarios written by the teachers on the NSGS Diversity and Equity Team. Chapters address how to design units with the NGSS and diversity in mind, apply a rubric to improve your teaching using the NGSS with diverse student groups, and use the case studies in teacher study groups. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938946295
- ISBN
- 9781938946295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.41
€ 37.41
hardcover. This book is a comprehensive examination of Descartes' complete philosophical system. Num Pages: 268 pages, 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Cloth covers, no dj as issued, remains like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0036864
- ISBN
- 9780521808972
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. This volume establishes the fundamental importance of science in Coleridge's intellectual development. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 615. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036940
- ISBN
- 9780521239202
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
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
€ 61.39
€ 61.39
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
€ 112.23
€ 112.23
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
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
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
€ 41.17
€ 41.17