Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. Num Pages: 320 pages, (1 x 16pp b/w). BIC Classification: BGT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028294
- ISBN
- 9781857028294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 12.65
€ 15.00
€ 12.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 pages of colour & 156 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894959407
- ISBN
- 9781894959407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.53
€ 26.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. While going through a divorce, documentary filmmaker Katinka Blackford Newman took an antidepressant. She went into a four-day toxic psychosis with violent hallucinations, imagining she had killed her children, and in fact attacking herself with a knife. By publicising her story and making a film, Katinka made some startling discoveries.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; MBD; MMG; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786061331
- ISBN
- 9781786061331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
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
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€ 41.87
Paperback. Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, this book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGT; DSBB; DSK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383391
- ISBN
- 9781781383391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.42
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€ 21.42
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
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€ 13.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 color & b-w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PHK; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Publisher
- Chartwell Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780785829447
- ISBN
- 9780785829447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.13
€ 19.13
Paperback. A biography of Hubert Latham Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; BGT; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752443188
- ISBN
- 9780752443188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.21
€ 23.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195618
- ISBN
- 9781845195618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.79
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€ 34.79
Hardback. Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. The author tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; BGT; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724976
- ISBN
- 9780674724976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.97
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716528432
- ISBN
- 9780716528432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426216497
- ISBN
- 9781426216497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.68
€ 23.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Griffin Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926837260
- ISBN
- 9781926837260
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.53
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; BGT; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716532699
- ISBN
- 9780716532699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.27
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€ 21.27
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
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Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; BGX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219838
- ISBN
- 9780300219838
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.44
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Hardcover. Tells the story of George Daniels, the master mechanic, who was born into poverty in London but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. This revised edition also contains a section that illustrates and describes over thirty of the pocket and wrist-watches Daniels himself has made over the years. Num Pages: 162 pages, 150 colour, 85 b/w illustrations, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGTA; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856676802
- ISBN
- 9780856676802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.18
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€ 32.18
Paperback. The son of a shepherd from the Scottish borders, Thomas Telford rose to be the greatest engineer in Victorian Britain. His life spanned one of the most dynamic periods in British history, the decades of the industrial revolution, and no one contributed more to making Britain the 'workshop of the world'. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGT; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945769
- ISBN
- 9780750945769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; MBD; MBX; MNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Avery
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409259
- ISBN
- 9781592409259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.39
€ 17.99
€ 17.39
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