Biography: science, technology & medicine
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Biography: science, technology & medicine
Paperback. At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. This title traces the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226798462
- ISBN
- 9780226798462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.55
€ 36.99
€ 28.55
Hardcover. Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people. Num Pages: 424 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDX; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226871820
- ISBN
- 9780226871820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.08
€ 42.99
€ 33.08
Hardback. Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils - and sometimes oil - in every corner of the globe. This biography discloses the details about his life and travels - from his youth on the western frontier to his spying for the US government under cover of his expeditions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 b/w photographs, 9 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: BGT; RBX; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252646
- ISBN
- 9780520252646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 44.71
€ 57.54
€ 44.71
Hardback. Janeway was one of the most prominent paediatricians of the 20th century. This biography describes his illustrious medical family and his remarkable tenure of nearly three decades as Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and head of the department of medicine at Children's Hospital, Boston. Num Pages: 425 pages, 22 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023802
- ISBN
- 9780674023802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.57
€ 38.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. August Weismann's 1892 theory that inheritance is transmitted through eggs and sperm provided the biological mechanism for natural selection. In this full-length biography, Frederick Churchill situates Weismann in the swirling intellectual currents of his day and shows how his work paved the way for the modern synthesis of genetics and evolution. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674736894
- ISBN
- 9780674736894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.78€ 54.37
€ 59.78
€ 54.37
Hardback. Since Einstein first described them, gravitational waves have been the subject of more sustained controversy than perhaps any other phenomenon in physics. This book takes readers through the theoretical controversies and thorny debates that raged around the subject of gravitational waves after the publication of Einstein's theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 halftones. 20 line illus. BIC Classification: BGT; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 373 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117270
- ISBN
- 9780691117270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.11
€ 55.24
€ 43.11
Paperback. Narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists - J Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A Bethe - came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. This work tells the story of modern physics, the development of atomic weapons, and the Cold War. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JWMN; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127859
- ISBN
- 9780691127859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.36
€ 45.99
€ 32.36
Hardback. By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into a household word. This work takes the reader into Richter's life story, setting it in the context of his family and interpersonal attachments, and the history of seismology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128078
- ISBN
- 9780691128078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.47
€ 29.99
€ 21.47
Hardback. A collection of informal interviews and memoirs of sixteen prominent members of the mathematical community of the twentieth century, many still active. Editor(s): Albers, Donald J.; Alexanderson, Gerald L. Num Pages: 352 pages, 188 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148298
- ISBN
- 9780691148298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.10
€ 38.99
€ 28.10
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159911
- ISBN
- 9780691159911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.44
€ 29.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160238
- ISBN
- 9780691160238
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.45
€ 20.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173283
- ISBN
- 9780691173283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.84
€ 26.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602202
- ISBN
- 9780691602202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35€ 54.68
€ 71.35
€ 54.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lion UK
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745955957
- ISBN
- 9780745955957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.00
€ 13.99
€ 13.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 76. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 920. 480 pages, 17 maps, 33halftones, 12line drawings, 8 colour insert. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443480
- ISBN
- 9780801443480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardback. The first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; MFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890017
- ISBN
- 9780801890017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; JFFH; MBD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697335
- ISBN
- 9780816697335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.75
€ 27.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524. A Biography. 220 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BGT; TBY. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- East European Monographs
- Edition
- 1st English
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336918
- ISBN
- 9780880336918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Hardcover. Praise for George E.P. Box and An Accidental Statistician I found most interesting the parts describing how he developed as a statistician, the intellectual influences on him, and the genesis of the ideas for which he is so well known.. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; PBT; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 239 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118400883
- ISBN
- 9781118400883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 33.96
€ 44.99
€ 33.96
Hardback. The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149129
- ISBN
- 9781405149129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79