Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PB; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465064953
- ISBN
- 9780465064953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
€ 21.99
€ 16.18
Hardback. On the bicentennial of his death, this beautifully illustrated volume pays tribute to the Scot who became the father of American ornithology. Alexander Wilson made unique contributions to ecology and animal behavior. His drawings of birds in realistic poses in their natural habitat inspired Audubon, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other naturalists. Num Pages: 400 pages, 146 color illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGN; BGT; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072558
- ISBN
- 9780674072558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.07
€ 49.07
Paperback. The second edition of Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America updates Edwin Danson s definitive history of the creation of the Mason - Dixon Line to reflect new research and archival documents that have come to light in recent years. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; HBJK; HBLL; TNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119141808
- ISBN
- 9781119141808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.22
€ 43.22
Hardcover. Elisabeth Roudinesco's bold reinterpretation of Sigmund Freud is a biography for the twenty-first century a sympathetic yet impartial appraisal of a genius admired but misunderstood in his time and ours. Alert to tensions in his character and thought, she views Freud less as a scientific thinker than as an interpreter of civilization and culture. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 530 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: BGT; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 245 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659568
- ISBN
- 9780674659568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
Paperback. The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history Num Pages: 304 pages, 120. BIC Classification: BGT; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822098
- ISBN
- 9780753822098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardcover. How did one create and maintain for oneself the persona of scientist at the beginning of the twentieth century? What special conditions bore upon scientific women, and on married women in particular? This book provides a composite picture not only of the making of Marie Curie, but the making of modern science itself. Series: Science-Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235844
- ISBN
- 9780226235844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550020960
- ISBN
- 9781550020960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.16
€ 19.16
Hardback. This book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention of the quantum theory of the atom. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PHM; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680283
- ISBN
- 9780199680283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.19
€ 105.19
Paperback. In the sixties, Fitzhugh Mullan was an activist in the civil rights struggle. While in medical school, Mullan was shocked by gaps in what the students learned, and the lack of humanity in the classroom. This book charts the state of medical school and practices in the 1960s and 70s. Series: Conversations in Medicine and Society. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGT; JPW; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031979
- ISBN
- 9780472031979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.50
€ 35.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Griffin Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926837260
- ISBN
- 9781926837260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.48
€ 26.99
€ 18.48
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, 10 halftones 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634791
- ISBN
- 9780691634791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardback. August Weismann's 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this full-length biography, Frederick Churchill situates Weismann in the swirling intellectual currents of his day and shows how his work paved the way for the modern synthesis of genetics and evolution. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674736894
- ISBN
- 9780674736894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.79
€ 82.79
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- TROPZAM
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956059833
- ISBN
- 9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.55
€ 26.99
€ 21.55
Hardcover. Praise for George E.P. Box and An Accidental Statistician I found most interesting the parts describing how he developed as a statistician, the intellectual influences on him, and the genesis of the ideas for which he is so well known.. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PBT; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118400883
- ISBN
- 9781118400883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.44
€ 55.44
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, 27 halftones 26 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGT; PDX; PNF; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633978
- ISBN
- 9780691633978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.56
€ 248.56
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, 27 halftones 26 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604978
- ISBN
- 9780691604978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.05
€ 114.05
Hardcover. Gerry Kennedy set off on a tour through Russia, China, Japan and the USA . Only dimly aware of his Victorian ancestors: George Boole, forefather of the digital revolution and James Hinton, eccentric philosopher and advocate of polygamy, he had directly followed in the footsteps of two dynasties of radical thinkers and doers. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGT; JPWQ; PBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051855
- ISBN
- 9781782051855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
hardcover. Series: Oxford Portraits in Science. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP USA US
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195161731
- ISBN
- 9780195161731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 38 photos & 15 illus. BIC Classification: BGTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888396549
- ISBN
- 9780888396549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.91
€ 40.99
€ 26.91
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437279
- ISBN
- 9780752437279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.97
€ 17.99
€ 13.97
paperback. Offers a biography of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, this book celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a portrait of his life and work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 36. Weight in Grams: 442. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0037672
- ISBN
- 9780571222865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781459706439
- ISBN
- 9781459706439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.23
€ 26.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. An account, by his great-great-grandson, of Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97, a larger-than-life character and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; BGT; PNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267989
- ISBN
- 9781905267989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.33
€ 19.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759441
- ISBN
- 9781894759441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12