wyszukanych pozycji: 40
Siła precyzji. Jak inżynierowie konstruowali...
ISBN: 9788323353379 / Polski / broszurowa / 2024 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Precyzja - klucz do cywilizacjiŚrubka, samolot, karabin czy soczewka - do wytworzenia tych i wielu innych otaczających nas przedmiotów potrzebne są precyzyjne narzędzia produkcji i odpowiednie metody pracy. Czy wiemy jednak, czym jest precyzja, kiedy się narodziła i komu ją zawdzięczamy? I w jaki sposób ją mierzyć?Sięgając do początków angielskiej rewolucji przemysłowej, Simon Winchester opisuje przełomowe wynalazki, jakie doprowadziły do stworzenia współczesnych technologii opartych na precyzji. Przywołuje całą galerię niezwykłych postaci: inżynierów, pasjonatów...
Precyzja - klucz do cywilizacjiÅšrubka, samolot, karabin czy soczewka - do wytworzenia tych i wielu innych otaczajÄ…cych nas przedmiotów potrzebne sÄ...
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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780063297234 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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202,24 zł |
A Crack in the Edge of the World : The Great American Earthquake of 1906
ISBN: 9780141016344 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a horrifying earthquake. This story delves beneath the surface of the earth, and explains why the world mov
A burgeoning city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. In 1906 the dreams of this city, came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of a...
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93,84 zł |
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780063341906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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80,76 zł |
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780008484392 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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88,12 zł |
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062845900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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136,04 zł |
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780140271287 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him.
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C M...
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57,00 zł |
The Professor and the Madman
ISBN: 9780062170262 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,25 zł |
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780060175962 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Mysterious (mistie - ries), a. f. L. mysterium Mysteryi ] ous. Cf. F. mysterieux.] It is known as one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise... Mysterious (mistie - ries), a. f. L. mysterium Mysteryi ] ous. Cf. F. mysterieux.] |
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97,81 zł |
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062652560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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85,01 zł |
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
ISBN: 9780060750442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southern tip to the North Korean border -- in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusive land. Fascinating for its vivid presentation of historical and geographic detail, Korea is that rare book that actually defines a nation and its people. Winchester's gift for capturing engaging characters in true, compelling stories provides us with a treasury of enchanting and informed insight on the culture, language, history, and... In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southe... |
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80,76 zł |
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
ISBN: 9780062938343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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77,74 zł |
Lonely Planet Tales from Nowhere
ISBN: 9781786576217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Unexpected stories from unexpected places. Many places can feel like nowhere: a desert, an isolated village, even the middle of a bustling, impersonal city. And then something happens: an adventure, a revelation, an experience that changes the whole landscape. The discovery that every place is the centre of the world to somebody and has its own riches and wonders. The authors of these 30 real-life tales find passion, surprise and illumination in the middle of Borneo or Beijing, in a Mayan mountain village, along... Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* Unexpected stories from unexpected places. Many places can feel like ... |
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46,63 zł |
The Alice Behind Wonderland
ISBN: 9780195396195 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church in Oxford, Charles Dodgson--better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll--dressed the six-year-old Alice Liddell in ragamuffin's clothes, and then snapped the camera's shutter. In The Alice Behind Wonderland, Simon Winchester uses the famous photograph of Alice as the launching pad for an appreciative energetic and penetrating look at the inspiration behind, and the making of, one of the greatest classics of children's literature. Indeed, Winchester shows that Dodgson's love of photography deeply influenced his view of the world, helping...
In the summer of 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church in Oxford, Charles Dodgson--better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll--dressed the six-year-...
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75,84 zł |
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, at the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
ISBN: 9780062278517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become "one nation, indivisible"? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America's most essential... Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers... |
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131,79 zł |
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans
ISBN: 9780060954949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both cultural and topographical. And, as Simon Winchester superbly demonstrates in this intimate portrait of the region, much of the political strife of the past century can be traced to its inherent contrasts. With the aid of a guide and linguist, Winchester traveled deep into the region's most troublesome areas--including... A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It M... |
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72,25 zł |
The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible
ISBN: 9780062079619 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become "one nation, indivisible"? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America's most essential... Simon Winchester, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers... |
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93,51 zł |
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
ISBN: 9780061767906 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell--clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world--making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this unseen universe to create an epochal and remarkably beautiful hand-painted map. But instead of receiving accolades and honors, he ended up in... In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in hi... |
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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
ISBN: 9780063142893 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
ISBN: 9780312423377 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand miles of navigable waters. To travel those waters is to travel back in history, to sense the soul of China, and Simon Winchester takes us along with him as he encounters the essence of China--its history and politics, its geography...
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching ...
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93,56 zł |