.png){kind=logo}
Biography: science, technology & medicine
Results 169 - 192 of 223
Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. And by fourteen, Taylor had built a reactor which produces temperatures hotter than the sun, becoming the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How did Taylor manage all this? This is the story of a boy whose world seems to have no limits. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; JNSP; PHN; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571298143
- ISBN
- 9780571298143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 plate sections & integrated. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956071613
- ISBN
- 9780956071613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121246
- ISBN
- 9780691121246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.63
€ 73.67
€ 57.63
Paperback. The story of Britain's first female professional scientist, Caroline Herschel Series: Icon Science. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781667
- ISBN
- 9781785781667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Translator(s): McKenna, P.; Ross, J.A. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGTA; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642081514
- ISBN
- 9783642081514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55€ 54.31
€ 62.55
€ 54.31
Hardcover. Karl Gustafson was given just two weeks to write the first US spy satellite's software. The project would fundamentally alter America's Cold War strategy, and this autobiographical account of a remarkable academic tells this fascinating inside story for the first time. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGTA; PB; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642225574
- ISBN
- 9783642225574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.51
€ 41.99
€ 34.51
Hardback. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020420
- ISBN
- 9780253020420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477828366
- ISBN
- 9781477828366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
paperback. Luca Turin was born with a powerful nose, able to distinguish the components of any scent, from the most refined perfumes to the air on the subways. When he began to write reviews of fragrances, everything changed. The secret world of scent creation opened up, and Turin discovered something astonishing: No one understands how our noses work. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460237
- ISBN
- 9780099460237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. The first-ever biography of the man behind the disease - and a pioneer of medical science Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; JPF; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781780
- ISBN
- 9781785781780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.13
€ 26.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Adams, Mark B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGT; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691600307
- ISBN
- 9780691600307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 860. 406 pages, 128pp of illustrations and photographs. Translation of: Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een joods genie confisqueerde. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; TRC. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 39. Weight: 844.
- Publisher
- RVP Publishers Inc.
- Number of pages
- 406
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614122012
- ISBN
- 9781614122012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890017
- ISBN
- 9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.14
€ 37.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848549005
- ISBN
- 9781848549005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Covers the first half of the life of Dr James Hillman, who is considered by many as the world's foremost post-Jungian thinker. This title follows Hillman from his youth in the heyday of Atlantic City, through post-war Paris and Dublin onward to Zurich and the Jung Institute, which appointed him its first Director of Studies in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 54. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611454628
- ISBN
- 9781611454628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.40
€ 37.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Praise for The Lobotomist "Written with such clarity and engaging detail that a reader has difficulty in putting it down. " --The New York Review of Books "One of the many virtues of El-Hai's text is the rich detail he provides about Freeman's life and ideas. " --Los Angeles Times "Fascinating.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470098301
- ISBN
- 9780470098301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Counterpoint LLC United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619020016
- ISBN
- 9781619020016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.57
€ 18.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616144333
- ISBN
- 9781616144333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.78
€ 20.99
€ 18.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGT; HBLW; JPQB; RND; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164467
- ISBN
- 9780231164467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Num Pages: 468 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226793610
- ISBN
- 9780226793610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. Num Pages: 320 pages, (1 x 16pp b/w). BIC Classification: BGT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028294
- ISBN
- 9781857028294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591810360
- ISBN
- 9781591810360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.67
€ 30.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGT; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930018
- ISBN
- 9781909930018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55