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  • Regenerating Romanticism
    Melissa Bailes
    Within key texts of Romantic-era aesthetics, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and other writers and theorists pointed to the poet, naturalist, and physician Erasmus Darwin as exemplifying a lack of originality and sensibility in the period’s scientific literature-the very qualities that such literature had actually sought to achieve. The success of this strawman tac...
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    165,46 €

  • An archaeology of innovation
    Catherine J. Frieman
    This monograph takes a unique archaeological approach to the investigation of innovation and the innovation process. Case studies span the breadth of human history, from our earliest hominin ancestors to the contemporary world. The emphasis is on the social context and temporality of invention, adoption, creativity and resistance. ...
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    35,67 €

  • Centaur in London
    Fabian Kraemer
    A nuanced reframing of the dual importance of reading and observation for early modern naturalists.Historians traditionally argue that the sciences were born in early modern Europe during the so-called Scientific Revolution. At the heart of this narrative lies a supposed shift from the knowledge of books to the knowledge of things. The attitude of the new-style intellectual bro...
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    73,30 €

  • Making Machines of Animals
    Neal A Knapp
    How the Chicago International Livestock Exposition leveraged the eugenics movement to transform animals into machines and industrialize American agriculture.In 1900, the Chicago International Livestock Exposition became the epicenter of agricultural reform that focused on reinventing animals’ bodies to fit a modern, industrial design. Chicago meatpackers partnered with land-gra...
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    76,21 €

  • Quomodo probatur in conflatorio
    Nick Roberts.
    Poetry by Nick Roberts.Nick Roberts is a 25-year old poet, academic, and researcher from Boston, Massachusetts. His work has been previously featured in La Piccioletta Barca, Black Horse Review, and Iris. He studied at UMass Boston, where he received his BA and MA in English, focusing on Old English and the poetry of Charles Olson. He currently lives in Dorchester with his part...
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    11,53 €

  • The Chemical History of a Candle
    Michael Faraday
    The Chemical History of a Candle is an enlightening and engaging exploration of the science behind the humble candle. Written by the renowned scientist Michael Faraday, this classic work offers a detailed examination of the chemical reactions that occur when a candle is burned, and how these reactions relate to the larger principles of physics and chemistry.Through a series of ...
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    9,81 €

  • The Interlopers
    Vera Keller
    A reframing of how scientific knowledge was produced in the early modern world.Many accounts of the scientific revolution portray it as a time when scientists disciplined knowledge by first disciplining their own behavior. According to these views, scientists such as Francis Bacon produced certain knowledge by pacifying their emotions and concentrating on method. In The Interlo...
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    73,20 €

  • Historia de las Matemáticas
    Jordan Rodriguez
    En este libro cubriremos la historia de las matemáticas.Desde Euler a Newton, desde Galileo a Einstein, cubriremos todo lo relacionado con la historia que creó las matemáticas modernas.Descubriremos secretos y matemáticas ocultas que aún no conoces. Cómo las matemáticas crearon el mundo moderno, desde las computadoras hasta los casinos y las apuestas, desde la energía atómica h...
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    21,83 €

  • The Book of Nna
    Tanehesi The Restorer’s
    In the Book of Nna Vol.III we discuss how technological development (IT) can assist and preserve the traditional AfRaKaN perspective by integrating culture, language, history, and science and creating a renewed AfraKan Development Strategy. Specifically, WEB and Application Development and Systems Engineering are key areas where the AfRaKaN perspective should be focused on. If...
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    24,74 €

  • They All Laughed...
    Ira Flatow
    An enlightening and fun look at scientific discoveries and the often wacky and accidental ways in which they have led to some of the most important inventions--by award-winning journalist Ira Flatow. ...
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    16,44 €

  • Enciclopedia de los misterios
    Phillips Tahuer
    ¿Te ha sentido alguna vez atraído/a por los enigmas, los secretos y los hechos asombrosos? ¿Te interesa lo oculto, las costumbres extrañas y las historias sin resolver? Si es así, te recomendamos descubrir la "Enciclopedia de los Misterios", una colección de 5 volúmenes que te llevará a un viaje fascinante por los misterios más increíbles de la historia.El primer volumen de est...
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    10,66 €

  • Brilliance in Exile
    Balazs Hargittai / István Hargittai
    By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile combines scholarly analysis with fascinating portrayals of uncommon personalities. István and Balazs Hargittai discuss the conditions that led to five different waves of emigration of scientists from the early twentieth century to the present....
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    40,24 €

  • Brilliance in Exile
    Balazs Hargittai / István Hargittai
    By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile combines scholarly analysis with fascinating portrayals of uncommon personalities. István and Balazs Hargittai discuss the conditions that led to five different waves of emigration of scientists from the early twentieth century to the present....
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    134,26 €

  • Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects
    Robert Braithwaite et al.
    Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects , has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted....
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    16,48 €

  • Links With the Past in the Plant World
    A. C. Seward
    Links With the Past in the Plant World, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books ar...
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    14,84 €

  • Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist
    Winthrop Packard
    Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are ...
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    15,87 €

  • Notes on the Fenland; with A Description of the Shippea Man
    Thomas McKenny Hughes
    Notes on the Fenland; with A Description of the Shippea Man, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted....
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    13,19 €

  • Lobo, Rag and Vixen;Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen
    Ernest Thompson Seton
    Lobo, Rag and Vixen;Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, rede...
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    14,27 €

  • Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran
    J. Knox Jones et al.
    Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigne...
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    14,33 €

  • Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico
    Alvarez / Jones
    Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books a...
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    13,38 €

  • Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 ; Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109
    Dice et al.
    Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 ; Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generati...
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    13,19 €

  • Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes ; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4.
    Outram Bangs
    Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes ; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4., has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both curr...
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    13,25 €

  • Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus
    William MacGillivray
    Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This enti...
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    19,46 €

  • Lives of alchemystical philosophers
    Arthur Edward Waite / Francis Barrett
    Lives of alchemystical philosophers: To which is added a bibliography of alchemy and hermetic philosophy, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book h...
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    18,31 €

  • Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12
    Elbert Hubbard
    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book ha...
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    18,93 €

  • Confronting the Enigma of Time
    John R Fanchi
    In Newton’s classical mechanics, time played the role of a monotonically increasing evolution parameter. Einstein rejected the Newtonian concept and instead identified time as the fourth coordinate of a space-time four-vector. Today, scientists are considering different concepts of time as a means of resolving incompatibilities between relativity and quantum mechanics. Some vie...
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    70,91 €

  • Confronting the Enigma of Time
    John R Fanchi
    In Newton’s classical mechanics, time played the role of a monotonically increasing evolution parameter. Einstein rejected the Newtonian concept and instead identified time as the fourth coordinate of a space-time four-vector. Today, scientists are considering different concepts of time as a means of resolving incompatibilities between relativity and quantum mechanics. Some vie...
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    35,38 €

  • Maker of Pedigrees
    Markus Friedrich
    A history of genealogical knowledge-making strategies in the early modern world.In The Maker of Pedigrees, Markus Friedrich explores the complex and fascinating world of central European genealogy practices during the Baroque era. Drawing on archival material from a dozen European institutions, Friedrich reconstructs how knowledge about noble families was created, authenticated...
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    73,42 €

  • Ordered Day
    James Ker
    Traces how the day has served as a key organizing concept in Roman culture--and beyond.How did ancient Romans keep track of time? What constituted a day in ancient Rome was not the same twenty-four hours we know today. In The Ordered Day, James Ker traces how the day served as a key organizing concept, both in antiquity and in modern receptions of ancient Rome. Romans used the...
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    72,70 €

  • General Knowledge Workbook for Grown-ups Ages 7-14
    TSB Publications / X. Harding
    ·        Do you want your kids to learn about science?·        Do you want them to learn exciting and easy experiments?·        Do you want them to know about some amazing general fun facts? The general knowledge workbook is a vital addition to the collection of books. The book is filled with exciting information that youngsters may learn about, and each topic is illustrated wi...
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    12,51 €


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