Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731109
- ISBN
- 9781613731109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.49
€ 27.49
Paperback. Before Doppler radar and broadcast weather reports, Spanish-born Benito Vines (1837-1893) spent decades observing the skies at Belen Observatory in colonial Cuba, routinely issuing weather reports and forecasts to local newspapers. This book explores Vines as both pioneer in the study of tropical meteorology and a colonial Jesuit priest. Translator(s): Garcia, Oswaldo. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935704621
- ISBN
- 9781935704621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.85
€ 27.85
Paperback. Inventor of logarithms, John Napier made one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics. The 16th century Scot was also a remarkable astronomer. This new edition has been redesigned and has a new cover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 colour/black+white. BIC Classification: BGT; PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905267668
- ISBN
- 9781905267668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.26
€ 8.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; BGH; BGT; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 182 x 41. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018651
- ISBN
- 9781903018651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.01
€ 52.99
€ 44.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BGT; THR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Citadel
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780806539966
- ISBN
- 9780806539966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.82
€ 32.99
€ 23.82
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€ 31.76
€ 37.99
€ 31.76
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716528432
- ISBN
- 9780716528432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
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
€ 39.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. Editor(s): Adams, Mark B. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGT; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630243
- ISBN
- 9780691630243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.17
€ 163.17
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
€ 74.08
€ 74.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: BGTA; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169699
- ISBN
- 9780691169699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.66
€ 23.99
€ 18.66
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159911
- ISBN
- 9780691159911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.63
€ 37.63
Hardback. This new biography, which includes a preface by Tom Conley, covers many aspects of Blaise Pascal's life and work that are seldom found side by side: his religious motivations and his belief in miracles, his scientific passions, his practical savvy and the aphorisms of the Pensees, so influential worldwide. Series: Renaissance Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations, 30 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; BGT; HPCD; HRCC7; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780237213
- ISBN
- 9781780237213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.14
€ 23.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; JFSJ1; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 19.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762791347
- ISBN
- 9780762791347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.34
€ 17.99
€ 15.34
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
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
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
€ 17.99€ 15.95
€ 17.99
€ 15.95
Hardcover. A fascinating and detailed account of a truly remarkable engineer, inventor and clockmaker from Derby Num Pages: 320 pages, 270 illustrations, 32 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BGTA; TDPB1; WCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781552650
- ISBN
- 9781781552650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.88
€ 52.99
€ 35.88
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
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MBD; MJND; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062130853
- ISBN
- 9780062130853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.30
€ 19.99
€ 18.30
Paperback. William Osler revolutionised the art of practicing medicine at the patient bedside. His biography concerns the evolution of modern medicine, doctors' training, holism in medical thought, and the doctor-patient relationship. Accessibly written, this book brings to life both a fascinating man and the formative age of twentieth-century medicine. Num Pages: 622 pages, 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; BGT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195329605
- ISBN
- 9780195329605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89