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Biography: science, technology & medicine

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Biography: science, technology & medicine

Paperback. Editor(s): Scheurer, P.B.; Debrock, G. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; GBC; JF; JPA; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401077644
ISBN
9789401077644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 283.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426216497
ISBN
9781426216497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.93

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

€ 79.61

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
€ 18.76

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

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

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
€ 29.91

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

€ 57.39

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
€ 25.93

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

€ 18.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. In Paper Dollhouse, Dr. Lisa Masterson traces her inspiring life, heartfully retelling an upbringing that had her resourceful and resilient single mother break away from family in the segregated South to find new opportunities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 34.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781599219981
ISBN
9781599219981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. When he was twenty-seven, Henry Molaison underwent surgery for his epilepsy. He awoke with part of his brain destroyed, and for the rest of his life would be trapped in the moment, unable to remember anything for more than a few seconds. For nearly five decades, distinguished neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin studied Molaison and oversaw his care. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BGT; MJN; PDX; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044316
ISBN
9780141044316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409128137
ISBN
9781409128137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardcover. William Hyde Wollaston made an astonishing number of discoveries in an astonishingly varied number of fields. This book features length study of Wollaston, his science, and the environment in which he thrived. It will help to reinstate Wollaston in the history of science and the pantheon of its great innovators. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 37 halftones, 32 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226245737
ISBN
9780226245737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. Key issues in science and religion through the life and work of John Polkinghorne. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BGX; HRAM3; HRCM; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854249722
ISBN
9781854249722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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
€ 16.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVP; 3JH; 3JJ; BGT; PDX; PN; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 755.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062416162
ISBN
9780062416162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. One of America's leading pediatric researchers recounts his first year as a young intern at Massachusetts General Hospital. An intriguing topic with vast appeal, written with moving accounts of an education that medical school does not provide. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 25.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762794539
ISBN
9780762794539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.95

Paperback. In the mid-1850s, no scientist in the British Empire was more visible than Richard Owen. This is a biography of Owen. Num Pages: 356 pages, 20 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: BGT; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731773
ISBN
9780226731773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Hardback. By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into a household word. This work takes the reader into Richter's life story, setting it in the context of his family and interpersonal attachments, and the history of seismology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128078
ISBN
9780691128078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173283
ISBN
9780691173283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Loved by Jon Stewart (The Daily Showon Channel 4), lavishly praised by Entertainment Weekly, profiled in The New York Times Science section, and reprinted four times, Mike Mullane's laugh-out-loud, attention-grabbing memoir about his life as an astronaut is finally available in paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 pp b-w insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Scribner
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743276832
ISBN
9780743276832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.82

Paperback. "Holt reveals the fascinating untold story of the heroic women who made America's space program possible." --Cate Lineberry, author of The Secret Rescue Num Pages: 352 pages, 1x 8pp colour insert1x 8pp b/w insert11 b/w photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; BGT; BK; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 274 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316338905
ISBN
9780316338905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.08

Paperback. Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, this book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGT; DSBB; DSK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383391
ISBN
9781781383391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108074384
ISBN
9781108074384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.90

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