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Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1: 1600-1899
ISBN: 9783031231704 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed and subsequently lost. Volume I of this two-volume work covers objects observed between 1600 and 1899, a period that was dominated by visual observations and was experiencing a rapid evolution in science.The book uniquely combines the history and culture of comet hunting and discovery with modern tools of orbital mechanics to present a wholesome catalog of unconfirmed and suspected comets. Each case includes a presentation of the observations, a discussion about the observer...
This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed and subsequently lost. Volume ...
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805,10 |
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Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science
ISBN: 9781350326217 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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127,79 |
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Debating Contemporary Approaches to the History of Science
ISBN: 9781350326224 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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364,34 |
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Rethinking Human Evolution
ISBN: 9780262546744 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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210,12 |
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Albert the Great (c. 1193-1280) and the Configuration of the Embryo: Virtus Formativa
ISBN: 9783031240225 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193-1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings. Crossing the boundaries between theology and philosophy, the notion of virtus formativa, or formative power, was central in explaining genetic inheritance and the configuration of the embryo. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book reconstructs how Albert the Great, motivated by theological open issues, reorganised the natural-philosophical and medical theories on embryonic...
This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193-1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible fo...
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483,04 |
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Goethe in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Enlightened Solutions for a Modern Hubris
ISBN: 9789811967405 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside you lies a precise scientific instrument – the ability to observe Nature and recall past experiences. You were born with it and you use it every day. You can be trained to use it more effectively to, for example, compare and discover new species of organisms or new minerals. Our senses do have limitations, and we often use microscopes, telescopes and other tools to aid our observation. However, we benefit from knowing their limitations and the impact they have on our ability to combine our observations and our experience to make decisions. Once these tools replace our direct...
Inside you lies a precise scientific instrument – the ability to observe Nature and recall past experiences. You were born with it and you use it ...
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201,24 |
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In Search of Us: Twelve Adventures in Anthropology
ISBN: 9781786499172 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,37 |
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Slime: A Natural History
ISBN: 9781685890209 / Angielski / Inna Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,89 |
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The Humans Lost in Time
ISBN: 9798215898413 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,27 |
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Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World
ISBN: 9781440877339 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key moments while also exploring their historical context and enduring legacy. Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World brings together a carefully curated collection of turning points in the history of medicine over the last millennium. These firsts are drawn from a wide array of medical fields, from surgery to genetics, dentistry, and psychiatry. Firsts are arranged chronologically, but a thematic listing has also been...
Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key mom...
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262,32 |
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Galileo Galilei’s “Two New Sciences”: for Modern Readers
ISBN: 9783030719548 / Angielski / Miękka / 163 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences" in today's language.Galileo Galilei stands as one of the most important figures in history, not simply for his achievements in astronomy, physics, and engineering and for revolutionizing science and the scientific method in general, but also for the role that he played in the (still ongoing) drama concerning entrenched power and its desire to stifle any knowledge that may threaten it....
This book aims to make Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) accessible to the modern reader by refashioning the great scientist's masterpiece "Discourses and...
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261,63 |
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The Diaries of a Bonedigger: Harold Rollin Wanless in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, 1920–1922
ISBN: 9783031251177 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging picture of the White River Badlands’ landscape, geology, biology, pioneer settlers, and how life was lived 100 years ago in a harsh, challenging, remote setting.In the summer of 1920, Harold Rollin Wanless, fresh from an undergraduate geology degree at Princeton, spent the first of three summers in the Badlands of South Dakota camping, hiking, and collecting fossil vertebrate skulls. Harold produced a fascinating and thorough diary and report, illustrated with...
Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging picture of the Whi...
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563,56 |
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Spectacles and the Victorians: Measuring, Defining and Shaping Visual Capacity
ISBN: 9781526161352 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how the Victorians standardised vision and transformed spectacle use. It offers new insights into how technology and its adoption in medical and non-medical contexts shaped, and continues to shape, our understanding of sensory perception and the assimilation of assistive devices. -- .
This book explores how the Victorians standardised vision and transformed spectacle use. It offers new insights into how technology and its adoption i...
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434,65 |
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Leonardo\'s Fables: Sources, Iconography and Science
ISBN: 9789004236004 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leonardo’s Fables explores the compositional methods and sources of Leonardo’s fables and their relationship to illustrations and scientific studies. By concentrating on the chaotic character of Leonardo’s textual and visual annotations, the author gradually discloses the artist’s creative thinking that uses the page as a space for experimentation. Fables allow Leonardo to tie together his technical and artistic skills, empirical observation, and experience to reveal the interactive forces at the basis of physical phenomena and the tensions between painting and humanistic culture....
Leonardo’s Fables explores the compositional methods and sources of Leonardo’s fables and their relationship to illustrations and scientific studi...
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662,90 |
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The Book of the Crown (Kitāb Al-Iklīl) of Pseudo-Rhazes: A Facsimile Edition and Annotated English Translation
ISBN: 9789004544024 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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463,18 |
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French Discovery in an Age of Revolution: World-Changing Scientific and Technological Advances, 1789-1815
ISBN: 9781476692135 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The chaos of the French Revolution was quickly followed by the somewhat less chaotic rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. For roughly 25 years, France saw five constitutions; countless warring political factions; governments that included a monarchy, a republic, and an empire; and almost constant warfare with most of Europe. At the same time, the French fought from within, sending thousands of its own people to the guillotine. Any yet, there were perhaps more advancements during that time than any other in world history. Two brothers launched hot air balloons, inaugurating the age of flight, over a...
The chaos of the French Revolution was quickly followed by the somewhat less chaotic rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. For roughly 25 years, France saw five...
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272,11 |
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Interdisciplinary Insights from the Plague of Cyprian: Pathology, Epidemiology, Ecology and History
ISBN: 9783031260933 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely deadly third-century ancient Roman pandemic. The core of this research is embodied in a novel systems synthesis methodology that allows for ground-breaking historical-scientific problem-solving. Through precise historical and scientific problem-solving, analysis and modelling, the authors piece together a holistic puzzle portrait of an ancient plague that is fully consistent, in turn, with both the surviving ancient evidence and the latest in...
This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely...
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563,56 |
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Our Fragile Moment : How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis
ISBN: 9781541702899 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,03 |
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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. |
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100,60 |
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Kepler and the Universe: How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy
ISBN: 9781633889477 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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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