Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
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 This book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural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
€ 105.38
€ 105.38
In telling Creelman's fascinating story, Susan Armstrong-Reid helps readers learn about the transformation of the nursing profession and global health governance in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGT; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647053
- ISBN
- 9781442647053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.29
€ 75.29
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
€ 94.31€ 79.17
€ 94.31
€ 79.17
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€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revoluti...
Thackray, Arnold, Brock, David, Jones, Rachel
Hardcover. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BGT; TBX; TJFD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 47. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055647
- ISBN
- 9780465055647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.57
€ 36.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGT; BTC; MBD; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250108326
- ISBN
- 9781250108326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.29
€ 19.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. As a medical student, Dr Paul Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine - so readily available in the developed world - to those who need them most. The author's account shows how, from achieving this modest dream, one person can make a difference in solving global problems. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684319
- ISBN
- 9781846684319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Includes three additional articles by the author which were published in "The Electrical Experimenter" magazine and represent the breadth of his interests: "Tesla would pour Lightning from Airships to Consume Foe" (1916), "The Action of The Eye" (1893), "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy" (1900). Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106616
- ISBN
- 9780143106616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319255668
- ISBN
- 9783319255668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.17
€ 46.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; JFSL3; RN; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Three Rooms Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941110164
- ISBN
- 9781941110164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.68
€ 16.99
€ 15.68
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- TROPZAM
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956059833
- ISBN
- 9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.07
€ 26.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; PSAK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.15
€ 20.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. CZ;SK Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024623795
- ISBN
- 9788024623795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216497
- ISBN
- 9781426216497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.12
€ 23.99
€ 20.12
Paperback. This book retraces the life and work of Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Pauli, one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Pauli spent most of his professional life in Zurich where he was a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH, and where he was in close contact with the psychology of C.G. Jung. Num Pages: 584 pages, 39 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JMAJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588152
- ISBN
- 9780199588152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.78
€ 78.78
Paperback. As a young scientist, Peter Piot named a newly discovered virus "ebola." This is the story of his extraordinary career. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345513
- ISBN
- 9780393345513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.46
€ 18.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651538
- ISBN
- 9780875651538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.05
€ 17.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 Page Black and White Insert. BIC Classification: BGT; PSPM; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307462213
- ISBN
- 9780307462213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
One More Step: My Story of Living with Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilima...
Paddock, Bonner, Bascomb, Neal
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; WSKQ; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062295583
- ISBN
- 9780062295583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.97
€ 29.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. This title traces the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226798462
- ISBN
- 9780226798462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812565990
- ISBN
- 9789812565990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.44
€ 45.44
The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGTA; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406008
- ISBN
- 9781421406008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. Platt applied his inventive and creative thinking to problems of rural development in twentieth century Alberta. Num Pages: 336 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644800
- ISBN
- 9780888644800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 23.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762761258
- ISBN
- 9780762761258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.20
€ 17.99
€ 15.20