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Ascent of John Tyndall(2020) JACKSON, ROLAND (VISITING FELLOW, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION)John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colourful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physVezava: Mehka44,65 € -
Understanding Evo-Devo(2021) ARTHUR, WALLACE (NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY)A brief and accessible account of evolutionary developmental biology, 'evo-devo', for anyone intrigued by this exciting interdisciplinary field, including biological science students and general readers. It covers all key themes, including: developmentalVezava: Mehka21,37 € -
Medicine Cabinet(2019) MCENROE, NATASHA,HURLEY, SELINA,MUSEUM, THE SCIENCEA compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Periodic Table(2019) SCERRI, ERIC (LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, UCLA)The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance traces the evolution and development of the periodic table, from Mendeleev's 1869 first published table and onto the modern understanding provided by modern physics.Vezava: Trda69,36 € -
There Is Life After the Nobel Prize(2021) KANDEL, ERIC R. (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER)Neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel recounts his remarkable career since receiving the Nobel in 2000. He takes readers through his lab’s scientific advances as well as his efforts to promote public understanding of science and to put brain science and art intoVezava: Trda27,45 € -
Understanding DNA Ancestry(2021) KRIMSKY, SHELDON (TUFTS UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS)An accessible and engaging introduction to how DNA ancestry tests work and what they can be used for, as well as the ethical and privacy concerns surrounding their use. The book portrays a realistic view of the art and science behind genetic genealogy tesVezava: Mehka21,37 € -
Einstein’s Fridge(2022) SEN, PAUL‘Hugely readable and entertaining’ JIM AL-KHALILI ‘An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline’s breadth, largely told through its history’ PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLDVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Secret of Life(2021) MARKEL, HOWARD (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.Vezava: Trda39,90 € -
DSM(2021) HORWITZ, ALLAN V. (DEAN OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Trda54,36 € -
Mapping an Atlantic World, circa 1500(2020) METCALF, ALIDA C. (HARRIS MASTERSON JR PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, RICE UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Trda77,94 € -
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Next Great Migration(2021) SHAH, SONIADrawing on centuries of history and science, a prize-winning journalist upends our assumptions about migration – revealing it not to be the story of our time, but an ancient, essential response to environmental change.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology(2017) MCGHIE, HENRY A.This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838–1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines how Dresser and his contemporaries discovered and documented birds aVezava: Trda53,46 € -
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Short History of the British Industrial Revolution(2018) GRIFFIN, EMMA (UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, NORWICH)Vezava: Mehka46,32 €
