Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409128137
- ISBN
- 9781409128137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 418 pages, 27 halftones 26 figs. 6 tables. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604978
- ISBN
- 9780691604978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.29€ 69.74
€ 73.29
€ 69.74
Paperback. Isaac Newton (1642-1727), the English genius, made his greatest contributions to original thought before the age of twenty-five, while at home in Lincolnshire escaping the great plague of 1665, a period of which he wrote: 'I was in the prime of age for invention'. This book demonstrates his perceptions, which changed our world forever. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099287384
- ISBN
- 9780099287384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 5.70
€ 10.99
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437279
- ISBN
- 9780752437279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne as Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane. It chronicles their relationship, from his early development of ALS to his success in physics. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883668
- ISBN
- 9781846883668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.29
€ 13.99
€ 11.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 plate sections & integrated. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956071613
- ISBN
- 9780956071613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.93
€ 27.99
€ 23.93
Hardcover. The first book of its kind, with exclusive interviews and in-depth research, The Wonder of Brian Cox tells the fascinating story behind the man who single-handedly made physics cool. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KRF2232947
- ISBN
- 9781843589532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. This book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention of the quantum theory of the atom. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PHM; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680283
- ISBN
- 9780199680283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.36
€ 76.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814460248
- ISBN
- 9789814460248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.32
€ 41.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGT. Dimension: 112 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1864
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753557525
- ISBN
- 9780753557525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.54
€ 8.54
Paperback. Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848549005
- ISBN
- 9781848549005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.54
€ 13.99
€ 10.54
Paperback. A 1908 two-volume reissue of a pioneering 1664 work on forestry, encouraging tree-planting in order to improve the Royal Navy's supply of timber. Editor(s): Nisbet, John. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; BGT; PST; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781108055277
- ISBN
- 9781108055277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.16
€ 35.16
Hardcover. During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Samuel Bentham influenced both the technology and the administrative ideas employed in the management of the British navy. Regarded by the Navy Board as a dangerous maverick, this book reveals the experiences, creativity and thinking that made him a major figure in British naval development. Series Editor(s): Benbow, Dr. Tim; Kennedy, Professor Greg; Robb-Webb, Dr. Jon. Series: Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DVUA; 3JF; BGH; BGT; JWF; TRLD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 193 x 26. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781472412676
- ISBN
- 9781472412676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.80
€ 153.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; PSAK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.66
€ 17.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. 'Most appealing and complete presentation of Jung to the general reader since Man and His Symbols .. would make a popular textbook, perfect for the undergraduate.' Dr. John Beebe, President, C.G.Jung Institute of San Francisco Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGT; JMAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 256 x 25. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Watkins Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780288314
- ISBN
- 9781780288314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.24
€ 32.99
€ 21.24
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals (Cambridge Library Collec...
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Paperback. First published in 1914, this two-volume collection, with commentary, illuminates the remarkable life of the telegraph inventor. Editor(s): Morse, Edward Lind. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Num Pages: 494 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; TBX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 32. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108074384
- ISBN
- 9781108074384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.80
€ 51.80
Paperback. When the "Railway Magazine" of January 2000 published the results of its Millennium Poll, Sir Vincent Raven gained a 42nd place, along with Thomas Newcomen and Arthur Peppercorn. This is the biography of this engineer, illustrated with contemporary archive photographs, portraits and ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 85. BIC Classification: BGT; TRF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439242
- ISBN
- 9780752439242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.79
€ 22.79
Paperback. A celebration of the life and engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel by two of the world's foremost authorities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 50. BIC Classification: BGT; TNCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006 Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821251
- ISBN
- 9780753821251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Isambard Kingdom Brunel had strong associations with South Wales; chief engineer of the GWR at just 27, he was the same for the South Wales Railway Co., taking the railways across South Wales. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; BGT; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752439181
- ISBN
- 9780752439181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.79
€ 22.79
Paperback. Landscape with Figures: The Final Part of his Autobiography Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750970181
- ISBN
- 9780750970181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.88
€ 17.88