Ken Alder - Böcker

THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce both the metric system and the first struggle over globalization. Amidst the scientific fervor of the Revolution ...

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"Engineering the Revolution" documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the 'technological life'. Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history...

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Children account for 10-20% of all homicide victims in Australia, UK, Canada and US. Unlike other forms of homicide, studies show that women are just as likely as men to commit child homicide. This book draws on Australian case studies and compara...

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Children account for 10-20% of all homicide victims in Australia, UK, Canada and US. Unlike other forms of homicide, studies show that women are just as likely as men to commit child homicide. This book draws on Australian case studies and compara...

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In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-Franoi...

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The story of the lie detector takes us straight into the dark recesses of the American soul. It also leads us on a noir journey through some of the most storied episodes in American history. That is because the device we take for granted as an ind...

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