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12 produkter
Computer Called LEO
Lyons Tea Shops and the World’s First Office Computer (Text Only)
E-bok, 2012
94 kr
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The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.The Lyons teashops were one of the great British institutions, providing a cup of tea and a penny bun through the depression and the …
Scientists
An Epic of Discovery
Av Naomi Pasachoff, Jay Pasachoff m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
249 kr
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This book tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science – from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. A series of seventy articles, written by an international team of distinguished scientists, historians of science …
Common Thread
Av Georgina Ferry, John Sulston
Häftad, 2009
176 kr
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John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable …
Common Thread
Av Georgina Ferry, John Sulston
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000. There he led the British arm of the international team selected to map the entire human DNA sequence, a feat that was pulled off in record time by an extraordinary collaboration of scientists. Despite innumerable …
Max Perutz And The Secret Of Life
E-bok, 2010
147 kr
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Few scientists have thought more deeply about their calling and its impact on humanity than Max Perutz (1914-2002). Born in Vienna, Jewish by descent, lapsed Catholic by religion, Max came to Cambridge in 1936, to join the lab of the legendary Communist thinker J.D. Bernal. In 1940 he was interned …
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Patterns, Proteins and Peace: a Life in Science
E-bok, 2014
135 kr
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*Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award* The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to date. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910–1994) was passionate in her quest to understand the molecules of …
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science
Häftad, 2019
240 kr
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*Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Marsh Biography Award*The definitive biography of chemist Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, the only British woman to win a Nobel prize in the sciences to date. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910–1994) was passionate in her quest to understand the molecules of the …
Better World is Possible
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Social Progress
E-bok, 2017
256 kr
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On 17 March 1967, the 26-year-old David Sainsbury wrote out a cheque for £5 and established the trust which would become the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Gatsby''s purpose was ambitious: to make the world a better place by taking on some of the social, economic and scientific challenges that face …
Computer Called LEO
Lyons Tea Shops and the World’s First Office Computer
Häftad, 2004
154 kr
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The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.The Lyons teashops were one of the great British institutions, providing a cup of tea and a penny bun through the depression and the …
50 Women in Technology
Av Georgina Ferry, Cheryl Robson
Häftad, 2023
312 kr
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Women have fought their way to the top in fields that have been male dominated for years. Yet, they still face challenges. 50 Women in Technology sheds light on the work of forgotten pioneers who defied expectations and includes 25 exclusive interviews with women at the forefront today. 50 Women in …
Max Perutz
Und das Geheimnis des Lebens
E-bok, 2022
311 kr
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Nur wenige Wissenschaftler haben so intensiv über die Natur ihrer Berufung und deren Auswirkungen auf die Menschheit nachgedacht wie Max Perutz. 1914 wurde er als Sohn einer wohlhabenden Wiener Textilfabrikantenfamilie jüdischer Herkunft geboren, jedoch in der römisch-katholischen Konfession …
