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Origins of AIDS(2021) PEPIN, JACQUES (UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE, CANADA)It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In this updated edition of his acclaimed book, Jacques Pépin traces the origins and amplification of AIDS, and describes the events that transforVezava: Mehka43,70 € -
Human Frontiers(2022) BHASKAR, MICHAELA provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to todayVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Forbidden Knowledge – Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy(2020) MARCUS, HANNAHVezava: Trda70,00 € -
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)(2018) DUGATKIN, LEE ALAN,TRUT, LYUDMILAThe crazy story of how Soviet scientists in Siberia in the 1950s embarked on a project to turn foxes into dogs through selective breeding—and managed it within mere generations.Vezava: Mehka32,08 € -
Scouting and Scoring(2021) PHILLIPS, CHRISTOPHER J.An in-depth look at the intersection of judgment and statistics in baseballScouting and scoring are considered fundamentally different ways of ascertaining value in baseball. Scouting seems to rely on experience and intuition, scoring on performance metriVezava: Mehka27,45 € -
Conchophilia(2021) BASS, MARISA ANNE,GOLDGAR, ANNE,GROOTENBOER, HANNEKE,SWAN, CLAUDIAVezava: Trda71,40 € -
Wretched Atom(2021) HAMBLIN, JACOB DARWIN (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY)Written by a prize-winning historian, The Wretched Atom is an authoritative history and a sweeping indictment of so-called peaceful nuclear technologies in the countries of the developing world.Vezava: Trda55,11 € -
Tears of Re(2015) KRITSKY, GENEEntomologist Gene Kritsky presents the first full-length discussion of the ways in which bees were a part of life in ancient Egypt. From the presence of bees in paintings and hieroglyphs in tombs to the use of beeswax in a variety of products, bees had aVezava: Trda63,66 € -
Beyond Bakelite(2020) MERCELIS, JORIS (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Mehka77,35 € -
Lunar Men(2003) UGLOW, JENNYLed by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Hippocrates, Volume I(2022) HIPPOCRATESVolume I of the Loeb Hippocrates presents an exemplary selection of works by or attributed to the “Father of Medicine” that illustrate his fundamental contributions to the theory, philosophy, and practice of medicine. Included are Ancient Medicine; Airs,Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Victims of Fashion(2021) COWIE, HELEN LOUISE (UNIVERSITY OF YORK)Helen Cowie examines the role of animal commodities in Victorian Britain. Focusing on six animal products – feathers, sealskin, ivory, alpaca wool, animal perfumes and exotic pets – she traces their rise and fall in popularity and assesses the humanitariaVezava: Trda68,43 € -
Killer Instinct(2021) WEIDMAN, NADINEIn the 1960s biologists and social scientists engaged in a public debate about human nature. The question—whether humans are innately aggressive or cooperative—eventually receded, but the oppositional nature–nurture binary created in the course of the debVezava: Trda60,02 €
