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Biography: science, technology & medicine
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Hardback. From the author of the No. 1 bestseller WEDLOCK, the story of two pioneering men of science, and a nation in thrall to mesmerism.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781474602297
- ISBN
- 9781474602297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 5.80
€ 23.99
€ 5.80
Hardback. Series: Springer Biographies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493928798
- ISBN
- 9781493928798
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.13
€ 48.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. In THE NURSES, journalist Alexandra Robbins peers behind the staff only door to write a lively, fast paced story. Robbins followed real like nurses in four hospitals and interviewed hundreds of others in a captivating book filled with joy and violence, miracles and heartbreak, dark humour and narrow victories, gripping drama and unsung heroism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761189251
- ISBN
- 9780761189251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.90
€ 19.00
€ 15.90
The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Electrifying New York and Abroad, Apri...
Edison, Thomas A.. Ed(S): Israel, Paul B.; Ca...
Hardback. The sheer diversity of material offered here refreshingly transcends any exclusive restriction to Edisonia."-British Journal for the History of Science Editor(s): Israel, Paul B.; Carlat, Louis; Hochfelder, David; Collins, Theresa M. Series: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. Num Pages: 944 pages, 227, 211 black & white line drawings, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886409
- ISBN
- 9780801886409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.65
€ 133.65
Hardcover. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDX; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871820
- ISBN
- 9780226871820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
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
€ 85.55€ 66.42
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804138673
- ISBN
- 9780804138673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.37
€ 18.99
€ 16.37
The Recollections of Eugene P. Wigner. As Told to Andrew Szanton.
Szanton, Andrew; Wigner, Eugene P.
paperback. One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century recounts his journey from Hungary and the Nazi invasion to the creation of the first atomic bomb. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738208862
- ISBN
- 9780738208862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.79
€ 32.99
€ 23.79