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The Spirit of Inquiry - How one extraordinary society shaped modern science(2019) SUSANNAH GIBSONVezava: Trda39,94 € -
Florence Nightingale at Home(2020) CRAWFORD, PAUL,GREENWOOD, ANNA,BATES, RICHARD,MEMEL, JONATHANAs a young woman, feeling imprisoned at home, she broke free to become a woman of action, bringing home comforts to the soldiers in the Crimean War and advising the British population on the home front how to create healthier, contagion-free homes.Vezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Ignition!(2018) CLARK, JOHN DRURYTells the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John D. Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enVezava: Mehka48,10 € -
Body, Soul, and Human Life – The Nature of Humanity in the Bible(2008) GREEN, JOEL B.,BARTHOLOMEW, CRAIG,GREEN, JOEL,SEITZ, CHRISTOPHERNew Testament scholar and theologian Joel Green argues that a dualistic view of the human person is inconsistent with both science and Scripture.Vezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Discerning Experts(2019) OPPENHEIMER, MICHAEL,ORESKES, NAOMI,JAMIESON, DALE,BRYSSE, KEYNYN,O'REILLY, JESSICA,SHINDELL, MATTHEW,WAZECK, MILENAEvaluates expert assessments used by governments for advice on the science, economics, and policy options available to confront large-scale environmental problemsVezava: Mehka58,93 € -
How Our Days Became Numbered(2018) BOUK, DANExplains how life insurance corporations shaped how we understand American life spans and Americans as risksVezava: Mehka49,42 € -
Ark and Beyond(2018)A state-of-the art analysis of conservation as practiced by zoos and aquariums worldwide today.Vezava: Mehka58,93 € -
Samuel F. B. Morse(2014) MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESEPublished in 1914, this two-volume collection yields insights into the life of the artist and inventor Samuel Morse (1791–1872), who spent decades fighting to be recognised for his role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. Volume 1 provides revealinVezava: Mehka85,53 € -
Genetics in the Madhouse(2020) PORTER, THEODORE M.The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admissionVezava: Mehka40,39 € -
Writing Gaia: The Scientific Correspondence of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis(2022)Writing Gaia tells the story of the scientific collaboration between James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis through an annotated record of their four-decade correspondence. It shows how their partnership proved decisive for the effective development and dissemiVezava: Trda73,50 € -
Science Between Myth and History(2021) PERILLAN, JOSE G. (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND STS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND STS, VASSAR COLLEGE)Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communicating their science, scientists tend to use historical narratives for important rhetorical purpoVezava: Trda86,52 € -
Invention of Clouds(2010) HAMBLYN, RICHARDA book about art, literature, science -- and meteorologyVezava: Mehka15,41 €
