Naturvetenskapens historia

Hur uppstod våra uppfattningar om vad som är vetenskap respektive vidskepelse? Upplysningens element är en fascinerande berättelse om hur en idag ganska okänd grupp svenska alkemister och kemister bidrog till uppkomsten av vår moderna verklighetsu...

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Hur lärde sig människan att hitta på havet? Var Magellan verkligen den förste världsomseglaren? Hur bidrog kaskelotvalen till upplysningen? På vilket sätt förändrade den skotske bagaren Robert Dick vår syn på livets historia? Hur vet vi egentligen...

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Detta är en bok om upptäckter och katastrofer, exploatering och uppfinning, krig och vetenskap och om relationen mellan människor och de kemiska ämnen som vi och vår planet består av. Genom berättelser om vanliga och ovanliga människor runt om i v...

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Hur lärde sig människan att hitta på havet? Var Magellan verkligen den förste världsomseglaren? Hur bidrog kaskelotvalen till upplysningen? På vilket sätt förändrade den skotske bagaren Robert Dick vår syn på livets historia? Hur vet vi egentligen...

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Hur lärde sig människan att hitta på havet? Var Magellan verkligen den förste världsomseglaren? Hur bidrog kaskelotvalen till upplysningen? På vilket sätt förändrade den skotske bagaren Robert Dick vår syn på livets historia? Hur vet vi egentligen...

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'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill Gates Is...

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Knowledge is power... A landmark new series from a prize-winning scientist and communicator In this major trilogy, Sean Carroll opens up the world of physics and shows that you don't necessarily need a science degree to gain a deeper insight into ...

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»I den nya boken Den stora fröstölden av Jens Nordqvist får man lära känna några av de världsförbättrare och idealister, plundrare och mördare, som deltog i 1900-talets storslagna projekt att mätta mänskligheten med hjälp av växtförädling ... Raff...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 'Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option...Unmissable' New York Times At the age of thirt...

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In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative survey of how the development of science has shaped our world. Exploring both the history of science and its i...

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'A majestic story' David Bodanis, Financial Times From the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the Future This is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking...

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A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging it...

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A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world 'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes w...

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The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER. Featuring 256 pages of gorgeous full-colour illustrations and wrapped in a beautiful package. One hundred thousand years ago,...

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One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of real...

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Under några augustidagar 1894 samlades världens ledande meteorologiska expertis i Uppsala för att fastställa molnens latinska namn. Den svenska meteorologin stod på höjden av sitt internationella anseende. Under tiden ökade intresset för den ...

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Under 1920- och 30-talet arbetade rasbiologiska institutet i Uppsala, under Herman Lundborgs ledning, med att samla information som kunde ligga till grund för dess forskning. Institutets personal utförde inte denna uppgift på egen hand. Från först...

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The first comprehensive history of "psychiatry's bible"-the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Over the past seventy years, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, has evolved from a virtual...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From the momen...

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* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's ...

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This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who ...

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** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. The story begins in an Augustinian abbey in 1856, and takes the reader ...

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We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, th...

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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson 'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday Express 'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist 'A superb biogr...

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An in-depth look at the history of the environment. Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? ...

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'I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.' It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, ...

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2016 Reprint of 1932 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Color reproduction of Frontispiece on cover. George Washington Carey (1845-1924) was an American physician known for a number ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From ener...

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A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Beautifully illustrated, it remains...

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Carbon is everywhere: in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It's with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet, and we are carbon life. No other element is so central to ou...

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