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Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal
ISBN: 9781633888913 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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101,79 zł |
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Kepler and the Universe: How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy
ISBN: 9781633889477 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A contemporary of Galileo and a forerunner of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a pioneering German scientist and a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This colorful, well-researched biography brings the man and his scientific discoveries to life, showing how his contributions were every bit as important as those of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton.It was Kepler who first advocated the completely new concept of a physical force emanating from the sun that controls the motion of the planets--today we call this gravity and take it for granted. He also established that the...
A contemporary of Galileo and a forerunner of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a pioneering German scientist and a pivotal figure in the ...
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86,51 zł |
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Possible Knowledge: The Literary Forms of Early Modern Science
ISBN: 9781512823356 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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281,72 zł |
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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America\'s Bird
ISBN: 9781324094104 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus...
The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and ...
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86,10 zł |
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Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
ISBN: 9781541604490 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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81,75 zł |
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Transatlantische Brieffreunde
ISBN: 9783515134569 / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Wie wirkte sich der Erste Weltkrieg auf die Wissenschaft aus? Christoffer Leber erzählt erstmals die Geschichte einer bewegten Brieffreundschaft zweier Wissenschaftler, die im Ersten Weltkrieg zum Erliegen kam. Der deutsch-jüdische Biologe Jacques Loeb (1859-1924) und der Leipziger Chemiker Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) pflegten um 1900 eine intensive Brieffreundschaft - zwischen Berkeley und Leipzig, zwischen New York und Großbothen. In ihren Briefen berichteten Loeb und Ostwald über Durchbrüche und Schaffenskrisen, über kulturelle Unterschiede dies- und jenseits des Atlantiks, über... Wie wirkte sich der Erste Weltkrieg auf die Wissenschaft aus? Christoffer Leber erzählt erstmals die Geschichte einer bewegten Brieffreundschaft z... |
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202,74 zł |
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New Rome: The Empire in the East
ISBN: 9780674294042 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A Times of London Book of the Year Longlisted for the Runciman Award “The most compelling fusion yet of narrative history with the recent findings of environmental research and scientific data. It will change the way we understand key events and transformations in the Eastern Empire.”—Anthony Kaldellis, author of Romanland “[A] major contribution…Brings the world of New Rome alive with exceptional learning and a magnificent openness to modern scientific methods that breathe life into conventional narratives of political and social history.”—Peter Brown, New York Review of...
A Times of London Book of the Year Longlisted for the Runciman Award “The most compelling fusion yet of narrative history with the recent findings ...
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112,78 zł |
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Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science
ISBN: 9781541674172 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth century In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur uncovers the lives and work of Margaretta Hare Morris and Elizabeth Carrington Morris, sisters and scientists in early America. Margaretta, an entomologist, was famous among her peers and the public for her research on seventeen-year cicadas and other troublesome insects. Elizabeth, a botanist, was a prolific illustrator and a trusted supplier of specimens to the country's leading experts. Together, their discoveries helped fuel...
The untold story of two sisters whose discoveries sped the growth of American science in the nineteenth century In Mischievous Creatures, historian C...
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139,91 zł |
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A Brief History of the Metric System: From Revolutionary France to the Constant-Based SI
ISBN: 9783031284359 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book succinctly traces the history of the metric system from early modern proposals of decimal measures, to the birth of the system in Revolutionary France, through its formal international adoption under the supervision of an international General Committee of Weights and Measures (CGPM), to its later expansion into the International System of Units (SI), currently formulated entirely in terms of physical constants. The wide range of human activities that employ weights and measures, from practical commerce to esoteric science, influenced both the development and the diffusion of the...
This book succinctly traces the history of the metric system from early modern proposals of decimal measures, to the birth of the system in Revolution...
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192,30 zł |
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Kant and the Transformation of Natural History
ISBN: 9780192869784 / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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302,84 zł |
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Simply Nutrition
ISBN: 9780744085013 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Understanding nutrition has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Nutrition is the perfect introduction for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering a range of topics – from a healthy gut and the essential function of vitamins and minerals, to the pros and cons of plant-based diets, and the reasons why highly processed foods tend to be less good for us – each entry provides a clear and simple explanation of all of the key aspects of nutrition. Organized thematically, and enriched with eye-catching infographics, the book...
Understanding nutrition has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Nutrition is the perfect introduction for...
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73,14 zł |
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The Future of the Past: Paths towards Participatory Governance for Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9781032021300 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Future of the Past is a biennial conference generally carried out during the commemoration date of the incorporation of Santa Ana de Los Ríos de Cuenca Ecuador as a World Heritage Site. Contributions reflected round a worldwide challenge in the cultural field: revealing the paths towards participatory governance of cultural heritage.
The Future of the Past is a biennial conference generally carried out during the commemoration date of the incorporation of Santa Ana de Los Ríos de ...
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453,82 zł |
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Avant-Garde and Psychotechnics: Science, Art and Technology in the Early Soviet Union
ISBN: 9781032532646 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences. It is focusing on the entanglements of architects, filmmakers and philosophers with experimental psychologists and physiologists in the 1920s which are hardly known yet.
The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences. It is focusing on the entanglements of...
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704,29 zł |
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Anna Zieglerin and the Lion\'s Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany
ISBN: 9781512825572 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers' stone—and would serve a critical role in preparing for the Last Days. Boldly envisioning herself as a Protestant Virgin Mary, Anna proposed that the lion's blood, paired with her own body, could even generate life, repopulating and redeeming the corrupt world in its final moments. In Anna...
In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called th...
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104,29 zł |
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Communicating Science: A Global Perspective
ISBN: 9781760463656 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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425,71 zł |
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Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790: Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation
ISBN: 9783030795894 / Angielski / Miękka / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of experimental medicine and procedures, he is also known for his invention of numerous scientific instruments, including early precision medical devices (pulsimeters, hygrometers, thermometers, anemometers), as well as clinical and surgical tools. The chapters in this volume explore Santorio’s legacy through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They highlight the role played by medical practitioners such as Santorio in the development of...
This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural philosophy. Reputed as the father of e...
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461,56 zł |
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The Autobiography Of Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9789357481670 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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43,34 zł |
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Pioneers of the London School of Medicine for Women (1874-1947)
ISBN: 9783030954413 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW). The account is placed within the framework of the long-forgotten background to the founding of this unique Institution, and the individuals whose lives came together to make it happen: Sophia Jex-Blake; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson; Edith Pechey; and Isabel Thorne. The London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW) was the first School in Britain to enable women to gain medical qualifications. Though its pioneering medical role is beginning to be recognized, the Chemistry Department at...
This book presents the pioneering role of the women chemists at the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW). The account is placed within the frame...
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576,96 zł |
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Global Rhetorics of Science
ISBN: 9781438494432 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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396,87 zł |
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Cosmic Origins: Science’s Long Quest to Understand How Our Universe Began
ISBN: 9783030982164 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe, from its origins in the Big Bang to the modern day. The book will introduce the science as a narrative, by telling the story of the scientists who made each major discovery. It will also address and explain aspects of our theories that some cosmologists are still hesitant to accept, as well as gaps in our knowledge and even apparent inconsistencies in our measurements. Clearly written by a master of scientific exposition, this book will...
Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe,...
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146,14 zł |
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