Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. This biography of the logician and philosopher Kurt Godel is an in-depth account to integrate details of his personal life with his work. Based on the author's intensive study of Godel's papers and surviving correspondence, the author examines the life of this driven man. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGT; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568812564
- ISBN
- 9781568812564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PB; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465064953
- ISBN
- 9780465064953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.44
€ 20.99
€ 15.44
Hardcover. How did one create and maintain for oneself the persona of scientist at the beginning of the twentieth century? What special conditions bore upon scientific women, and on married women in particular? This book provides a composite picture not only of the making of Marie Curie, but the making of modern science itself. Series: Science-Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226235844
- ISBN
- 9780226235844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.96€ 76.87
€ 91.96
€ 76.87
Paperback. Presents the story of a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, and of their passions for hunting, wild lands, and the grouse and raptor species they were instrumental in saving from destruction. This book provides an account of conservation history over the course of the 20th century, particularly in Wisconsin from the 1920s through the 1970s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299180942
- ISBN
- 9780299180942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.05
€ 25.99
€ 24.05
Paperback. Deals with the author's life in a rural community on Cape Cod, addressing such subjects as the annual herring spawn, resident and migratory birds, wildlife, his neighbors, and the complex rhythms of life in this region of plunging winds and vast seas. This work explores the literary and environmental influences that shaped his interest in nature. Series: Environmental Arts & Humanities S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGTA; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874176926
- ISBN
- 9780874176926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revoluti...
Thackray, Arnold, Brock, David, Jones, Rachel
Hardcover. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BGT; TBX; TJFD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 47. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055647
- ISBN
- 9780465055647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.20
€ 36.99
€ 32.20
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGT; BTC; MBD; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250108326
- ISBN
- 9781250108326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.78
€ 19.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. As a medical student, Dr Paul Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine - so readily available in the developed world - to those who need them most. The author's account shows how, from achieving this modest dream, one person can make a difference in solving global problems. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684319
- ISBN
- 9781846684319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.77
€ 15.00
€ 13.77
Paperback. Includes three additional articles by the author which were published in "The Electrical Experimenter" magazine and represent the breadth of his interests: "Tesla would pour Lightning from Airships to Consume Foe" (1916), "The Action of The Eye" (1893), "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy" (1900). Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106616
- ISBN
- 9780143106616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319255668
- ISBN
- 9783319255668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.64
€ 43.99
€ 39.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BM; JFSL3; RN; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Three Rooms Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941110164
- ISBN
- 9781941110164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.74
€ 16.99
€ 15.74
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- TROPZAM
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956059833
- ISBN
- 9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 21.54
€ 22.99
€ 21.54
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: 294.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465054954
- ISBN
- 9780465054954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. CZ;SK Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024623795
- ISBN
- 9788024623795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.36
€ 17.99
€ 15.36
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216497
- ISBN
- 9781426216497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.90
€ 24.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. This book retraces the life and work of Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Pauli, one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Pauli spent most of his professional life in Zurich where he was a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH, and where he was in close contact with the psychology of C.G. Jung. Num Pages: 584 pages, 39 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JMAJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588152
- ISBN
- 9780199588152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.20
€ 73.20
Paperback. As a young scientist, Peter Piot named a newly discovered virus "ebola." This is the story of his extraordinary career. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 387
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345513
- ISBN
- 9780393345513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.09
€ 18.99
€ 17.09
Hardcover. Interprets a relatively unexplored set of primary archival sources: the notes and notebooks of some of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution. By reflecting on the interaction of memory, notebooks, and other records, this book argues, the English virtuosi shaped an ethos of long-term empirical scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGT; HBJD1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106564
- ISBN
- 9780226106564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.87
€ 53.99
€ 41.87
Hardback. What drove Nobel-winning physicist Hans Bethe, head of Theoretical Physics at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, to later renounce the weaponry he had worked so tirelessly to create? That is one of the questions answered by Nuclear Forces, a riveting biography of Bethe's early life and development as both a scientist and a man of principle. Num Pages: 608 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 240 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065871
- ISBN
- 9780674065871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.97
€ 46.99
€ 38.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 Page Black and White Insert. BIC Classification: BGT; PSPM; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307462213
- ISBN
- 9780307462213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.19
€ 20.99
€ 15.19