wyszukanych pozycji: 119
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The Modern Grail: Principles for a Meaningful Life
ISBN: 9798345473276 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
80,22 |
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The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World
ISBN: 9780226139494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the natural world works: we treat such legendary scientists as Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein with admiration and reverence because they offer profound and sustaining insight into the meaning of the universe.
In The Intelligibility of Nature, Peter Dear considers how science as such... Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been ...
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106,75 |
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Why Walls Won't Work: Repairing the US-Mexico Divide
ISBN: 9780199897988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were among the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is...
Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural inter...
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208,92 |
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Eight Days to Live: My Journey to Commit Suicide
ISBN: 9781434320568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ashley Washington, a thirty-two-year-old woman who aspires to become a published writer, decides she has had just about enough of her life as she can stand. After falling out with close friends because of something she did, the tragic loss of her mother, along with a list of unfortunate events, Ashley feels compelled to end her life. With eight days before her death, Ashley reveals her reasons for deciding to kill herself while planning every detail up to the very last moment. Ashley finds herself reviewing her life among a husband, three of her best girl friends, an ex-boyfriend who broke...
Ashley Washington, a thirty-two-year-old woman who aspires to become a published writer, decides she has had just about enough of her life as she can ...
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72,54 |
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Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700
ISBN: 9781352003253 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.
Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition ...
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442,60 |
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From Chicago to L.A.: Making Sense of Urban Theory
ISBN: 9780761920946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Examines some of the major precepts of what some refer to as the 'Los Angeles School' of urban theory. This book defines an alternative agenda for urban studies. It is the final part of a trilogy that has attempted to shift the axis in urban thought away from the Chicago School, and toward an LA School.
Examines some of the major precepts of what some refer to as the 'Los Angeles School' of urban theory. This book defines an alternative agenda for urb...
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855,68 |
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The Ravenswood Disappearances
ISBN: 9798344699387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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160,48 |
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Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution
ISBN: 9780226139449 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has been less clearly understood.
Peter Dear investigates the nature of the change that occurred during this period, focusing particular attention on evolving notions of experience and how these developed into the experimental work that is at the center of modern science. He examines... Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character...
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196,71 |
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Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800: A Book of Texts
ISBN: 9781138656413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copernicus, Newton, and Lavoisier, as well as others, all chosen to provide a perspective on broad topics of social, cultural and intellectual history and to illuminate the contemporary concerns of the early modern period. The selection of extracts highlights the emerging technical preoccupations of this period, whilst the accompanying introductions and annotations make these sometimes complex texts highly accessible. The book follows... Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copern... |
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206,49 |
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Stolen Moment: Part Two
ISBN: 9798889558460 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
60,15 |
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Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700
ISBN: 9781352003130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.
Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition ...
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cena:
142,56 |
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Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9780571277216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility,... Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of hu...
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cena:
55,58 |
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When The Wrong One Loves You, Hell Breaks Loose
ISBN: 9798227025722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
124,10 |
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Who Abducted Nora
ISBN: 9798227179050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
132,66 |
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Why Walls Won't Work: Repairing the Us-Mexico Divide
ISBN: 9780190235253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural interaction since the earliest Mesoamerican times to the present day. As soon as Mexicans, American settlers, and indigenous peoples came into contact along the Rio Grande in the mid-nineteenth century, new forms of interaction and affiliation evolved. By the late-twentieth century, the border states were among the fastest-growing regions in both countries. But as Michael Dear warns, this vibrant zone of economic, cultural and social connectivity is...
Why Walls Won't Work is a sweeping account of life along the United States-Mexico border zone, tracing the border's history of cultural inter...
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cena:
162,33 |
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Geohumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place
ISBN: 9780415589796 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the past decade, there has been a convergence of transdisciplinary thought characterized by geography's engagement with the humanities, and the humanities' integration of place and the tools of geography into its studies. GeoHumanities maps this emerging intellectual terrain with thirty cutting edge contributions from internationally renowned scholars, architects, artists, activists, and scientists. This book explores the humanities' rapidly expanding engagement with geography, and the multi-methodological inquiries that analyze the meanings of place, and then... In the past decade, there has been a convergence of transdisciplinary thought characterized by geography's engagement with the humanities, and the ... |
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762,24 |
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Spaces of Postmodernity
ISBN: 9780631217824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a single volume the pivotal writings of the period since 1965. Through these, and their connecting narratives, the editors engage what has been the most invigorating intellectual roller-coaster ride in geography's recent history.
This Reader recounts the story of the emergence and impact of postmodern thought in human geography. The editors have brought together in a sin...
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cena:
243,03 |
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Dying to Save Nora
ISBN: 9798333066657 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
116,34 |
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Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800: A Book of Texts
ISBN: 9781138656406 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copernicus, Newton, and Lavoisier, as well as others, all chosen to provide a perspective on broad topics of social, cultural and intellectual history and to illuminate the contemporary concerns of the early modern period. The selection of extracts highlights the emerging technical preoccupations of this period, whilst the accompanying introductions and annotations make these sometimes complex texts highly accessible. The book follows... Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copern... |
cena:
663,88 |
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The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern Science
ISBN: 9780691235844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
133,77 |