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Biography: science, technology & medicine
paperback. In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, and his struggle to set before the world the secret of the most enigmatic of our senses. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PNN; TDCJ1; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460237
- ISBN
- 9780099460237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 10.95
€ 15.99
€ 10.95
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€ 17.96
€ 26.99
€ 17.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PSVT7; TVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dexter Haven
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903660171
- ISBN
- 9781903660171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.95
€ 10.95
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€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGT; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 2. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745342
- ISBN
- 9781910745342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Sleeping sickness, also known as Human African trypanosomiasis, is one of Africa's major killers. Interweaved with African geography, this work presents the author's story which reveals what it is like to be a young doctor falling in love with Africa, and tells of his building of a vocation in the search for a cure for this cruel disease. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; BGTA; MBGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222674
- ISBN
- 9781905222674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.92
€ 26.99
€ 18.92
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€ 31.72
€ 37.99
€ 31.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402204
- ISBN
- 9781845402204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
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€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. "A true story of the battle for paradise .. men and women fighting for a slice of earth like no other."-New York Times Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGT; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353945
- ISBN
- 9780393353945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.39
€ 18.99
€ 17.39
Hardback. Series: American Philological Association Philological Monographs. Num Pages: 676 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1162.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555401115
- ISBN
- 9781555401115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.83
€ 117.83
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
€ 36.99€ 32.20
€ 36.99
€ 32.20
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
€ 20.99€ 18.33
€ 20.99
€ 18.33
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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.07
€ 17.99
€ 16.07
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
€ 19.99€ 17.89
€ 19.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. The career of controversial San Francisco publisher James Mason Hutchings, the tireless promoter whose efforts were essential to establishing Yosemite's place in the American imagination and to its preservation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BGT; HBJK; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619672
- ISBN
- 9780700619672
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Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Paperback. Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker. This work captures this colorful individual, as well as the vibrant interplay of technology, business, money, politics, and culture that defines Silicon Valley. Num Pages: 440 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; KNTX; TBY; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195311990
- ISBN
- 9780195311990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.63
€ 40.63
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€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
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€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
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
€ 29.99€ 20.48
€ 29.99
€ 20.48
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€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
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
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
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
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
€ 20.99€ 17.81
€ 20.99
€ 17.81