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Science and Technology in World History, Volume 3: The Black Death, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution
ISBN: 9780786461721 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This installment in a series on science and technology in world history begins in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientific methodology and the relation of science to religion, philosophy, military history, economics and technology. Specific topics covered include the Black Death, the Little Ice Age, the invention of the printing press, Martin Luther and the Reformation, the birth of modern medicine, the Copernican Revolution, Galileo, Kepler, Isaac Newton, and the Scientific Revolution.
This installment in a series on science and technology in world history begins in the fourteenth century, explaining the origin and nature of scientif...
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Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland, M.A.
ISBN: 9781108037693 / Angielski / Miękka / 768 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 1858, this memoir recounts the life and work of the natural historian and geologist Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811 53). Written by his father-in-law, the Scottish naturalist Sir William Jardine (1800 74), the book covers Strickland's early childhood, his education at Oxford, his involvement in and influence upon the establishment of the Ray Society and his notable academic pursuits in natural history before his life was tragically cut short by a freak railway accident in 1853, when he was just forty-two. The reader will gain an insight into Strickland's character, his scientific...
Published in 1858, this memoir recounts the life and work of the natural historian and geologist Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811 53). Written by his fathe...
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The Life of Richard Owen: With the Scientific Portions Revised by C. Davies Sherborn and an Essay on Owen's Position in Anatomical Science by th
ISBN: 9781108037747 / Angielski / Miękka / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Owen, F.R.S. (1804 92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Originally from Lancaster, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital. He grew interested in anatomical research and, after qualifying as a surgeon, became assistant conservator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and then superintendent of natural history in the British Museum. He became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term 'dinosaur' and founding the Natural History Museum. He was also a fierce...
Richard Owen, F.R.S. (1804 92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Originally from Lancaster, he studied medicine at th...
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The Life of Richard Owen: With the Scientific Portions Revised by C. Davies Sherborn and an Essay on Owen's Position in Anatomical Science by th
ISBN: 9781108037754 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Owen, F.R.S. (1804 92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Originally from Lancaster, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital. He grew interested in anatomical research and, after qualifying as a surgeon, became assistant conservator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and then superintendent of natural history in the British Museum. He became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term 'dinosaur' and founding the Natural History Museum. He was also a fierce...
Richard Owen, F.R.S. (1804 92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Originally from Lancaster, he studied medicine at th...
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The Life and Letters of George John Romanes
ISBN: 9781108037891 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George John Romanes (1848 94) was an influential evolutionary biologist whose work focused on the evolution of mental faculties. Although criticised for his anecdotal method, he is credited as being one of the pioneers of comparative psychology for his work on animal intelligence, and he also contributed to the development of the theory of natural selection. Romanes and Charles Darwin (1809 82) were close friends, and Darwin gave Romanes his notes on psychology for use in his studies. First published in 1896, this biography was written by his wife Ethel (1856 1927), also an author on...
George John Romanes (1848 94) was an influential evolutionary biologist whose work focused on the evolution of mental faculties. Although criticised f...
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Recollections and Reflections
ISBN: 9781108037921 / Angielski / Miękka / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Manchester-born Sir Joseph John Thomson (1858 1940), discoverer of the electron, was one of the most important Cambridge physicists of the later nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Succeeding Lord Rayleigh as Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, he directed the research interests of the laboratory, and eight of his students, including Rutherford, went on to win Nobel Prizes, as Thomson himself did in 1906. He was knighted in 1908, received the Order of Merit in 1912, and became Master of Trinity College in 1918. He also served as President of the Royal Society from...
Manchester-born Sir Joseph John Thomson (1858 1940), discoverer of the electron, was one of the most important Cambridge physicists of the later ninet...
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Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command
ISBN: 9781108038065 / Angielski / Miękka / 532 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Darwin (1809 82) was the English naturalist famous for the theory of evolution by natural selection. He began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but developed a fascination for natural history and left Edinburgh to attend Christ's College, Cambridge, where he pursued his new interest while taking a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduating, he had the opportunity to secure a position as ship's naturalist aboard H.M.S. Beagle for a five-year, round-the-world voyage which would make him famous. Published in 1845, this book is the second edition of Darwin's expedition...
Charles Darwin (1809 82) was the English naturalist famous for the theory of evolution by natural selection. He began studying medicine at the Univers...
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Lectures on Natural Philosophy: The Result of Many Years' Practical Experience of the Facts Elucidated
ISBN: 9781108038089 / Angielski / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Margaret Bryan (c.1760 1816) taught natural science to women at a time when it was largely the preserve of men. She ran a boarding school for girls in Blackheath, London, from 1795 to 1806, and the curriculum included mathematics and sciences rarely offered to young women. She published her lecture notes on astronomy in 1797, and after their positive reception she decided to undertake another volume of lectures. This resulting work, published in 1806, is a collection of Bryan's lectures on 'natural philosophy', containing thirteen chapters on topics such as mechanics, pneumatics and...
Margaret Bryan (c.1760 1816) taught natural science to women at a time when it was largely the preserve of men. She ran a boarding school for girls in...
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William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: An Account of His Writings; With Selections from His Literary and Scientific Corresponden
ISBN: 9781108038539 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Whewell (1794 1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow...
William Whewell (1794 1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere....
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William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge: An Account of His Writings; With Selections from His Literary and Scientific Corresponden
ISBN: 9781108038546 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Whewell (1794 1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere. Educated at a local grammar school, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and began his career at Trinity College in 1812; he went on to be elected a fellow of Trinity in 1817 and Master in 1841. An acquaintance of William Wordsworth and a friend of Adam Sedgwick, his professional interests reflected a typically nineteenth-century fusion of religion and science, ethics and empiricism. Published in 1876, and written by the mathematician and fellow...
William Whewell (1794 1866) was born the son of a Lancaster carpenter, but his precocious intellect soon delivered him into a different social sphere....
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An Account of the Introduction of Merino Sheep Into the Different States of Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope
ISBN: 9781108039154 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the eighteenth century, Spain relaxed its stringent export restrictions on Merino sheep, whose notably fine fleeces had long ensured the reputation of the Spanish woollen industry. Merinos were introduced around Europe and in 1792 Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, established the first British flock in George III's gardens at Kew. This book, describing the qualities and adaptability of the Merino, was originally published in Paris in 1802 by the French agriculturalist and aristocrat C. P. Lasteyrie (1759 1849). It appeared in 1810 in this English translation by Benjamin...
During the eighteenth century, Spain relaxed its stringent export restrictions on Merino sheep, whose notably fine fleeces had long ensured the reputa...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041126 / Angielski / Miękka / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041133 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041140 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C .J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041157 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041164 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041171 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041188 / Angielski / Miękka / 586 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041195 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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Memorials of Sir C. J. F. Bunbury, Bart
ISBN: 9781108041201 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among others, and helped them in identifying botanical fossils. He was active in the scientific societies of his time, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. This nine-volume edition of his letters and diaries was published privately by his wife Frances Horner and her sister Katherine Lyell between 1890 and 1893. His copious journal and letters give an unparalleled view of the scientific and cultural society of Victorian England, and of the...
Sir Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809 86), the distinguished botanist and geologist, corresponded regularly with Lyell, Horner, Darwin and Hooker among ...
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