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Possible Knowledge: The Literary Forms of Early Modern Science
ISBN: 9781512823356 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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262,32 |
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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. 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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76,02 |
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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. |
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75,98 |
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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. 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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123,53 |
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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. 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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221,37 |
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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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64,58 |
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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. 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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461,44 |
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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. 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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704,38 |
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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. 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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97,10 |
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Communicating Science: A Global Perspective
ISBN: 9781760463656 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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375,88 |
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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. 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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483,04 |
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The Autobiography Of Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9789357481670 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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38,27 |
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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. 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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603,81 |
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The Globe: How the Earth Became Round
ISBN: 9781789147582 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,57 |
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Global Rhetorics of Science
ISBN: 9781438494432 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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370,73 |
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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. 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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160,99 |
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Essays on Astronomical History and Heritage: A Tribute to Wayne Orchiston on his 80th Birthday
ISBN: 9783031294921 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston's career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Over thirty of the world’s leading scholars in astronomy, astrophysics, astronomical history, and cultural astronomy have come together to honor Wayne across a wide range of research topics.These themes include:Astronomy and SocietyEmergence of AstrophysicsHistory of Radio AstronomySolar SystemObservatories and InstrumentationEthnoastronomy and ArcheoastronomyThis exceptional collection of essays presents an overview of Wayne’s...
This multidisciplinary work celebrates Wayne Orchiston's career and accomplishments in historical and cultural astronomy on the occasion of his 80th b...
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563,56 |
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Cosmography in the Age of Discovery and the Scientific Revolution
ISBN: 9783031298844 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15thCentury Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmography—a science that combined geography and astronomy to inform us about our place in the universe—was deeply tied to ongoing developments in politics, exploration, culture, and technology.The book offers in-depth historical context over nearly four centuries, focusing in particular on the often neglected role that Portugal and Spain played in the development of cosmography. It details the great activity emerging from the Iberian and Italic peninsulas, including...
This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15thCentury Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmography—a science that ...
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644,07 |
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
ISBN: 9789357943376 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,56 |
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Inventions in Sociology: Studies in Science and Society
ISBN: 9789811681721 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a collection of old and new essays exploring the author’s unique contributions to the sociology of science, mathematics, logic, robotics, brain, and god. Known for his defense of a strong social constructionist approach to the hard problems in the sociology of science, the power and range of Restivo’s interests and studies are discussed in this unique text. The essays range from his introduction of the sociology of objectivity early in his career to his recent construction of a social brain paradigm. The author situates himself in the context of the leading...
This book presents a collection of old and new essays exploring the author’s unique contributions to the sociology of science, mathematics, logic,...
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442,79 |
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