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Biography: science, technology & medicine

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Biography: science, technology & medicine

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640129
ISBN
9780691640129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.62
€ 159.13

Hardback. Editor(s): French, Francis. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 184 pages, 37 photographs. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803262836
ISBN
9780803262836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803285095
ISBN
9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.78

Hardcover. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479833535
ISBN
9781479833535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

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

Paperback. Recounts Karl Pearson's extraordinary intellectual adventure and sheds light on the inner life of science. In this book, a leading historian of modern science investigates the interior experience of one man's scientific life while placing it in a tapestry of social, political, and intellectual movements. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126357
ISBN
9780691126357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813569727
ISBN
9780813569727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

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

€ 72.89
€ 56.86

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

paperback. From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils - and sometimes oil - in every corner of the globe. This book discloses the details about his life and travels. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGT; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520272613
ISBN
9780520272613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 29.39

hardcover. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, black & white line drawings, figure. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814569033
ISBN
9789814569033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.42

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

hardcover. The definitive biography of "The Father of Electric Traction" Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 111 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780253353832
ISBN
9780253353832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

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
€ 32.53

Paperback. With detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering biologist. This biography rehabilitates Haeckel - focusing on his science and art. It also gives an account of Haeckel's eventful life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 colour plates, 122 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGT; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712161
ISBN
9780226712161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.77

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
€ 23.57

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY; UKPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330434
ISBN
9780393330434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.99

She highlights the human side of what many view as that most arcane and otherworldly of intellectual endeavors, mathematics, which indeed answers to such diverse factors as religion, ego, and depression. Num Pages: 544 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882913
ISBN
9780801882913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Drell, Sidney D.; Shultz, George P. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817918958
ISBN
9780817918958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.16

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