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21 produkter
Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes
The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland
Häftad, 2022
288 kr
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'An irresistible biography of one of Oxford's most colourful characters.' John Hedley BrookeIn 1824, William Buckland stood in front of the Royal Geological Society and told them about the bones he had been studying - the bones of an enormous, lizard-like creature, that he called Megalosaurus.This …
England's Leonardo
Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution
Häftad, 2019
1111 kr
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All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed to the knowledge of respiration, insect …
Slaying the Dragons
Destroying myths in the history of science and faith
Häftad, 2013
172 kr
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In 'Slaying the Dragons', professor and member of the Faculty of History at Wadham College, Oxford, Allan Chapman examines the claims of the 'New Atheists that: religion really belongs to an earlier phase of human development, and that nowadays science has taken its place as the yardstick of …
Physicians, Plagues and Progress
The History of Western medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics
Inbunden, 2016
288 kr
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From earliest times, man has struggled to control his environment and his fate, and a big part of that has always been his health. From the ancients onwards, the study of medicine, including surgery, has exercised some of the greatest minds - and brought profits to some of the less great. Drawing …
Physicians, Plagues and Progress
The History of Western medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics
Häftad, 2018
155 kr
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Since the dawn of time, man has sought to improve his health and that of his neighbour. The human race, around the world, has been on a long and complex journey, seeking to find out how our bodies work, and what heals them.Embarking on a four-thousand-year odyssey, science historian Allan Chapman …
Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang
A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble
Häftad, 2018
155 kr
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This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and Hoyle; and includes the women who pushed …
England's Leonardo
Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution
Inbunden, 2004
3271 kr
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All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed to the knowledge of respiration, insect …
The Victorians and the Holy Land
Adventurers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in the Lands of the Bible
Häftad, 2025
293 kr
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Why were people in the Victorian age fascinated with the archaeological mysteries of the Holy Land? In this engaging study, Allan Chapman shows how the Holy Land took on new meaning for Europeans during the Victorian era. Previously, most Europeans had viewed the area between the Mediterranean Sea …
Victorian Amateur Astronomer
Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920
Häftad, 2017
426 kr
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Medicine of the People
A History of Popular Medicine Before the National Health Service
Häftad, 2018
233 kr
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Ghosts that Never Haunted Christ Church
A Collection of Curious Tales about The House
Häftad, 2018
141 kr
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Chemistry at Oxford
A History from 1600 to 2005
Av R J P Williams, John S Rowlinson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1371 kr
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This fascinating and unique history reveals the major influence of the Oxford Chemistry School on the advancement of chemistry. It shows how the nature of the University, and individuals within it, have shaped the school and made great achievements both in teaching and research. The book will …
Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook
The View from AD 1001
Av Allan Chapman, Patrick Moore
E-bok, 2012
316 kr
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In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore''s Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains …
Victorian Amateur Astronomer
Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920
Inbunden, 2017
667 kr
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Chemistry at Oxford
A History from 1600 to 2005
Av Allan Chapman, John S Rowlinson m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
1206 kr
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This fascinating and unique history reveals the major influence of the Oxford Chemistry School on the advancement of chemistry. It shows how the nature of the University, and individuals within it, have shaped the school and made great achievements both in teaching and research. The book will …
Patrick Moore’s Millennium Yearbook
The View from AD 1001
Av Patrick Moore, Allan Chapman
Häftad, 1999
257 kr
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In a year that will probably be remembered almost as much for books about the millennium as for the turn of 2000 A.D itself, Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook celebrates.....well, the wrong millennium! This thoroughly entertaining book - which is for everyone, not just astronomers - contains …
Mary Somerville and the World of Science
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father.She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas …
Mary Somerville and the World of Science
E-bok, 2014
734 kr
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Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father. She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas …
