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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriespresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemyrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answeroxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution see oxfam website for delivery information read morein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulno highlighting or other notesfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingtext block cleanexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usedust jacket unmarked
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Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planeteach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningsummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feet
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Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection on the origin of species or, more completely, on the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life was published on 24 november , is a work of scientific literature by charles darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology published in the world classics series, third impression, by grant richards, januarylight tanning but no foxing and contents very clean with tight bindingthe book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolutionbrown cloth boards with decorative motif and titles on spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebumping on spine endsoxfam shop darlington hardback
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His essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldillustrated with 28 b/w photographsborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordfield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticitythere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifefascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the udj has some minor chipsffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morered top page endsboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinegreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketpublished by peter davieshenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistgovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workhis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfoxfam shop darlington hardbackcontents are clean and binding is tight
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Drawing on extensive knowledge of the scientific literature on working memory and related topics, carruthers builds an argument that challenges the central assumptions of many philosophersour beliefs, goals, and decisions are only ever active in the background of consciousness, working behind the scenes to select the sensory-based imagery that occurs in working memoryoxfam bookshop preston the centered mind offers a new view of the nature and causal determinants of both reflective thinking and, more generally, the stream of consciousnesswritten with his usual clarity and directness, the centered mind will be essential reading for all philosophers and cognitive scientists interested in the nature of human thought processeshowever, our amodal (non-sensory) propositional attitudes are never actually among the contents of this stream of conscious reflectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition to arguing that non-sensory propositional attitudes are never conscious, he also shows that they are never under direct intentional controltop corner is slightly bent but book is otherwise as newpeter carruthers argues that conscious thought is always sensory-based, relying on the resources of the working-memory systemthis system has been much studied by cognitive scientiststhus one might hear oneself as judging, in inner speech, that it is time to go home, for examplethey are never themselves consciouswhen abstract conceptual representations are bound into these images, we consciously experience ourselves as making judgments or arriving at decisionsit enables sensory images to be sustained and manipulated through attentional signals directed at midlevel sensory areas of the brain
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Oxfam shop kendal very good condition hardback with minimal wearwhat precisely did heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? how deep was his loyalty to the german government during the third reich? assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? these questions, the moral and the scientific, are answered by paul lawrence rose with greater accuracy and breadth of documentation than any other historian has yet achievedin fact, heisenberg never had to face the moral problem of whether he should design a bomb for the nazi regimethe question of why he did, and why he misrepresented himself afterwards, is answered through rose's subtle analysis of german mentality and the scientists' problems of delusion and self-delusionhe began at once to construct an image of himself as a "pure" scientist who could have built a bomb but chose to work on reactor design insteadno one better represents the plight and the conduct of german intellectuals under hitler than werner heisenberg, whose task it was to build an atomic bomb for nazi germanydigging deep into the archival record among formerly secret technical reports, rose establishes that heisenberg never overcame certain misconceptions about nuclear fission, and as a result the german leaders never pushed for atomic weaponsthis was fiction, as rose demonstrates: in reality, heisenberg blindly supported and justified the cause of german victorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe controversy surrounding heisenberg still rages, because of the nature of his work and the regime for which it was undertakenonly when he and his colleagues were interned in england and heard about hiroshima did heisenberg realize that his calculations were wrongthis fascinating study is a profound effort to understand one of the twentieth century's great enigmas
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It is said without them the scientific revolution would have been impossibleoxfam shop cottingham pushing the limits - infinitesimal calculus by antonio jpublished by rba coleccionablesthis book from the 'everything is mathematical' series invites the reader to explore the importance of calculus and of concepts such as 'derivatives' and 'integrals'see oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham there was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the cobe space probe sent back data that proved not only that the big bang had happened but also that it had happened at more or less exactly the time that astronomers had calculatedbarrow describes these finds and then goes on to explain how they allow us to reach back and shed light upon events at the dawn of timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? did it need a beginning, and will it ever end? why do we think that most of the universe is invisible?the ideas that cosmologists are wrestling with are challenging and extraordinary: here they are explained with unfailing fluency
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From tales of vegetarian piranha fish and voiceless dogs to the scientific search for the genes that threaten to destroy the cheetah, quammen captures the natural world with precisionplease note - ex-library copya distinguished natural science essayist, quammen's reporting is masterful and thought provoking and his curiosity and fascination with the world of living things is infectiousoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the award-winning author of the song of the dodo comes a collection of essays in which various weird and wonderful aspects of nature are examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Born in his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned himit was not until , when a yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to london in triumph: the map that changed the world is his storyhidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in london's piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback forits maker was a farmer's son named william smith
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After living with such a master for almost seven years, the author gives an account of  surat shabd yoga, the yoga of the audible life stream, which is the scientific system through which the masters attain the highest degree of spiritual developmentshow some signs of shelf-wear, but the book is otherwise in very good conditionoxfam shop west hampstead this book is a comprehensive statement of sant mat, the teachings of the great spiritual masterssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe edges of the d
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Oxfam bookshop leeds 311ppbottero also focuses on divination in the ancient world, contending that certain modes of worship in mesopotamia, in their application of causality and proof, prefigure the "scientific mindthis transmission, compounded with countless discoveries, would not have been possible without the surprising decipherment of the cuneiform writing systemour ancestors, the mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this collection of essays, the french scholar jean bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of historyto give the reader some sense of how mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, bottero begins with an account of assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture
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Oxfam bookshop preston what does reality encompass? is reality exclusively physical? or does reality include nonphysical -mental, and perhaps 'abstract' -aspects? what is it to be physical or mental, or to be an abstract entity? what are the elements of being, reality's raw materials? how is the manifest image we inherit from our culture and refine in the special sciences related to the scientific image as we have it in fundamental physics? can physics be understood as providing a 'theory of everything', or do the various sciences make up a hierarchy corresponding to autonomous levels of reality? is our conscious human perspective on the universe in the universe or at its limits? what, if anything, makes ordinary truths, truths of the special sciences, and truths of mathematics true? and what is it for an assertion or judgment to be 'made true'? in the universe as we find it, john heil offers answers to these questions framed in terms of a comprehensive ontology of substances and properties inspired by descartes, locke, their successors, and their latter day exemplarsheil argues that the deep story about the nature of these truthmakers can only be told by fundamental physicssubstances are simple, lacking parts that are themselves substancessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreproperties are modes -particular ways particular substances are -and arrangements of propertied substances serve as truthmakers for all the truths that have truthmakers
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It begins with the description of the new discoveries made at the turn of the previous century, which have culminated in the scientific knowledge we have todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas it chronicles the development of modern science it opens a new window on our understanding of science at the most fundamental level of knowledgethis second book compliments and adds a vast new tranche of knowledge to book i of the series, but is at the same time entirely readable in its own rightthe book then discusses the fundamental constants of nature and how they inter-relate and how they may have come to be what they areoxfam bookshop thame this book is a must read for everyone interested in the future role and direction of sciencethis paperback is in very good condition with all pages clean and intact
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But in the sacred depths of nature, eminent biologist ursula goodenough shows us that the scientific world view need not be a source of despairlooking at topics such as evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, goodenough writes with rich, uncluttered detail about the workings of nature in general and of living creatures in particularindeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope
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Printed in , first editionoxfam shop mutley plain comprehensive account with b/w photographs of instruments held in the science museum at maynooth college, county kildare, irelanddust jacket is clean with wrinkles to top and bottom edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside pages are clean throughout and securely boundbook has black boards with gilt lettering to the spine
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Astronauts wanted! the scientific community is abuzz over signs of a mysterious planet located at the edge of our solar systembut despite all of their efforts, so far they have been unable to provide substantial evidence of its existence
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Watson & son company exhibited in the scientific section at stand noin , an advertisement in the british industries fair catalogue announced an optical, scientific and photographic exhibitthe exhibition featured manufacturers of microscopes for medical, industrial, and educational purposes and for the amateur, prism binoculars, astronomical and portable telescopes, photographic lenses and cameras, surveying and measuring instruments, photometers, and scientific apparatus of every descriptionincludes three original watson & son ltd objective lenses - on turret wheelwatson & sons ltdoxfam shop smithdown road wi'ts in reasonably good condition, though could do with some tlcin , the name was changed to wwatson & sons london  circathis item was originally used in the zoological department of liverpool universityoptical microscope by w5 kg dimensions 40 cm x 12 cm x 22 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreconstructed of black japanned metal and chrome plate knobs and insertsbasic optical microscopes can be very simple, although many complex designs aim to improve resolution and sample contrastoptical microscopes are the oldest design of microscope and were possibly invented in their present compound form in the 17th centurywatson and son was an optical instrument makerthis is a service ii microscope serial numberin the s, the company added photographic equipment and became known as a leading manufacturer of the highest class photographic instruments and apparatus in englandoften used in the classroom and at home unlike the electron microscope which is used for closer viewingmagnification x 4, x 10, x 50by the s, the company moved into lanterns, slides and associated equipmentin , the william watson business was established in london for the manufacture of optical instrumentsinto the s, the company remained at 313 high holborn, london, englandin , the firm became w24 the optical microscope, often referred to as the light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small objectswatson & son and by this time were located at 313 high holborn, london
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His itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, cobest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diariesshortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julyhis observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionlee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitorit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianismthe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextsa scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100the memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesmost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchthese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquea scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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Darwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguesthe letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldspecial anniversary set in eight volumesletters in eight volumesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: minimal signs of storagehis letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerthis work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometeroxfam bookshop coventry anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centurieslacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landread by david rintoulit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , england's parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successfulrunning time approximately 3 hoursin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead statistical methods, experimental design, and scientific inference by rthis book brings together as a single volume three of fisher's most influential textbooks: statistical methods for research workers, the design of experiments, and statistical methods and scientific inferencefisher has had more influence on the development of statistical theory and practice than any other twentieth-century statisticianin good conditionthe cover corners are bruised and there is an owner's name inside the front coverhis writings (both in paper and book form) have proved to be as relevant to present-day statisticians as they were when first publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe page edge has a few marks and the inside is slightly faded but cleanthe first endpaper has an erased pencilled pricehe discusses some of the key issues tackled in the three books and reflects on how the ideas expressed have come to permeate modern statistical practicein this new edition frank yates has provided a foreword which sheds fresh light on fisher's thinking and on the writing and reception of each of the booksthere are a few marks here and there, mostly dust marks
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The volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagoniststhe history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas developoxfam shop haverfordwest this book, first published in , provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the ancient greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniqueslamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tidestidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, galileo, descartes, bacon, kepler, newton, bernoulli, euler, laplace, young, whewell, airy, kelvin, git will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation the book is a good readable copy but does have some water damage to base of spine and several pages but this does not impact on the reading areasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The all new willerby brenig outlook bedrooms,the living area has large sliding patio doors, there are 2 freestanding sofas with scatter cushions and an ottoman footstool for extra seating or just for putting your feet up while you are watching televisiontwin room with upholstered headboards, bedside table and overhead shelvingthe kitchen itself has an oven with separate grill, extractor fan, space for fridge freezer and a microwavethe bathroom is a good size and has an enclosed shower, wc, large hand basin and fixed mirrordouble bedroom is a spacious roomthe kitchen/dining area has a dining table with 4 upholstered chairsagain upholstered headboard and bedside tables and a vanity table, mirror and stool
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