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History of engineering & technology

Hardback. Professor Joan Woodward, one of the founding figures of organization studies, died in 1971 at the age of 54 after a relatively brief but highly distinguished career as a management researcher and teacher, and just six years after the publication of her book "Industrial Organization". Editor(s): Phillips, Nelson X.; Griffiths, Dorothy; Sewell, Graham. Series Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, + 1 map. BIC Classification: KJU; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849509848
ISBN
9781849509848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.31

Hardcover. Covering the topic of tribology, this text looks at its development through all the major periods in the history of science and technology, including the much-neglected Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This edition includes new material covering recents developments in the field. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations, 1 map,facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: TBX; TGBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 204 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860580703
ISBN
9781860580703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 307.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 381 pages. BIC Classification: TBX; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9783527504312
ISBN
9783527504312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.69

Paperback. Showcases how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of everyday use in India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how such technologies became integral to fresh ways of thinking about class, race, and gender, as well as about the politics of colonial rule. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 22 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269375
ISBN
9780226269375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.54

paperback. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226720814
ISBN
9780226720814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.12

Hardback. Argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to our relationship with insects, one that does not harm our environment. Beginning with the early techniques of colonial farmers and ending with the modern use of chemical insecticides, this book shows how America's war on insects mirrors its continual struggle with nature and technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139427
ISBN
9780231139427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Hardback. This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFCX; TBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816502
ISBN
9780774816502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.78

Paperback. This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful. Num Pages: 340 pages, 22 b&w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816519
ISBN
9780774816519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.88

Hardback. By the end of World War II, the very concept of landing blind therefore had disappeared from the trade literature, a victim of human limitations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23, 14 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; TBX; TRP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884498
ISBN
9780801884498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFKV; JFD; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816646708
ISBN
9780816646708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSJ2; TBX; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816691821
ISBN
9780816691821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; TBX; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821422113
ISBN
9780821422113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.02

Paperback. A chronicle of the lives of three men, John Fitch, James Rumsey and Robert Fulton, all striving to invent the first steamboat. The author shows the pattern of their interwoven fates in this tale of "anguished pioneering". Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; TBX; TTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780823213764
ISBN
9780823213764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896283
ISBN
9780859896283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.86

paperback. A highly readable history and almost encyclopedic reference work, with information on every pertinent aspect of farming and country life. Editor(s): Lapping, Mark B. Num Pages: 394 pages, 36 illus. 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TBX; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874512144
ISBN
9780874512144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.08

Hardback. Illustrated with hundreds of Edison's drawings, these documents are further illuminated by meticulous research on a wide range of sources, including the most recently digitized newspapers and journals of the day. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 604, 9 black & white halftones, 589 black & white line drawings, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1032
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417493
ISBN
9781421417493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.37
€ 98.25

Paperback. In the early years of aviation, there was an intense dispute between British and German experts over the question of why and how an aircraft wing provides lift. This title reveals the impact that the divergent mathematical traditions of Cambridge and Gottingen had on this debate. Num Pages: 608 pages, 97 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; TBX; TGMF1; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226060958
ISBN
9780226060958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.56

Hardback. Digs into the human drama behind the Eighth Wonder of the World Num Pages: 320 pages, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; TBX; TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742990
ISBN
9780814742990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.68

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813561578
ISBN
9780813561578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.44

Hardback. An acclaimed science historian uncovers the fascinating story of a "lost" project to unlock humanity's common denominator that prefigured the emergence of Big Data Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209525
ISBN
9780300209525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.97

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