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153 produkter
Upplysningen : en introduktion
Av Roy Porter
Pocket, 1997
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
59 kr
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Upplysningen på 1700-talet är en av de mest spännande och viktiga strömmarna i europeisk kultur. I kamp mot tyranni, okunnighet och vidskepelse formulerade den ideal som än i dag bygger under vårt samhälle: en tro på förnuft, kritik, tankefrihet, religions- och yttrandefrihet, vetenskapens värde, …
Madness
A Brief History
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2003
194 kr
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This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock …
The Creation of the Modern World - the Untold Story of the British Enlightenment
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2002
537 kr
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From a critically acclaimed author comes an engagingly written and groundbreaking new work that highlights the long-underestimated British role in delivering the Enlightenment to the modern world. of color illustrations.
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 1999
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
588 kr
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Enlightenment
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2001
430 kr
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The eighteenth-century Enlightenment was one of the most exciting and significant currents of European culture. Battling against tyranny, ignorance and superstition, it formulated the ideals which still inform our society today: a belief in reason, criticism, freedom of thought, religion and …
Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge
Historical Essays
Av William F. Bynum, Stephen Lock m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
575 kr
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Originally published in 1992 Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge examines both broad developments in print and media and the practice of particular journals such as the British Medical Journal. The book is the first study to address these questions and to examine the impact of regular news on …
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2017
634 kr
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This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the …
Enlightenment
Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2001
247 kr
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For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for consideringBritain the true home of modernity - a country …
Illustrations of Madness
Inbunden, 2013
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
1876 kr
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John Haslam’s Illustrations of Madness, written in 1810, occupies a special place in psychiatric history, it was the first book-length account of one single psychiatric case written by a British psychiatrist. John Haslam, apothecary to London’s Bethlem Hospital, and a leading psychiatrist of the …
Greatest Benefit to Mankind
A Medical History of Humanity
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 1999
269 kr
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A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the world, human existence has simply ceased to be …
Greatest Benefit to Mankind
A Medical History of Humanity
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2017
198 kr
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This edition does not include illustrations.A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.Medicine is advancing at an incredible rate. We now have the ability to overcome sickness but also to transform the nature of life itself: in many parts of the …
London
A Social History
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2000
171 kr
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'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book... Porter's facts are always at the service of the narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and …
Penguin Social History of Britain
English Society in the Eighteenth Century
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 1990
160 kr
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A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.
Blood and Guts
A Short History of Medicine
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2003
160 kr
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Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. Each chapter sums up one of these …
Flesh in the Age of Reason
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2005
170 kr
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'As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing …
Penguin Social History of Britain
English Society in the Eighteenth Century
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2001
125 kr
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A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.
Enlightenment
Britain and the Creation of the Modern World
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2001
147 kr
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For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. Porter certainly acknowledges France's importance, but here makes an overwhelming case for consideringBritain the true home of modernity - a country …
Blood and Guts
A Short History of Medicine
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2003
108 kr
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Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical historian compresses into a tiny span a lifetime spent thinking about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. Each chapter sums up one of these …
London
A Social History
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2000
136 kr
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'Roy Porter, a historian of formidable range, turns to urban history in this marvellously lucid, informative and passionate book... Porter's facts are always at the service of the narrative, which has a finely maintained momentum, balancing statistics with the words of historians, diarists and …
Madness
A Brief History
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2002
151 kr
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This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock …
Madness
A Brief History
Av Roy Porter
E-bok, 2003
114 kr
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This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by ''madness'', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock …
Discovering the History of Psychiatry
Inbunden, 1994
2045 kr
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The history of psychiatry has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing and controversial areas of commentary in recent years. Discovering the History of Psychiatry brings together 20 studies by eminent, international contributors who explore the many complex dimensions of historical writing about …
Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Inbunden, 2016
606 kr
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This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to …
Gout
The Patrician Malady
Häftad, 2000
448 kr
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Gout has fascinated medical writers and cultural commentators from the time of ancient Greece. Historically seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius, and creativity, it has included among its sufferers Erasmus, the Medici, Edward Gibbon, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, …
Interpretations of the Two Germanies, 1945-1990
Häftad, 2000
474 kr
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The two Germanies, arising from the unpromising ashes of defeated Nazi Germany, came to represent opposing models of state and society. The Federal Republic established itself as a remarkably stable democracy and successful social market economy: the German Democratic Republic developed an …
Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine
Inbunden, 2018
1876 kr
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Originally published in 1987, Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine is a collection of papers surveying and assessing the particular approaches and techniques which have been used in the history of medicine in the past or are still being developed (from the influence of Annales to the …
Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine
Häftad, 2020
560 kr
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Originally published in 1987, Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine is a collection of papers surveying and assessing the particular approaches and techniques which have been used in the history of medicine in the past or are still being developed (from the influence of Annales to the …
Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge
Historical Essays
Av William F. Bynum, Stephen Lock m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
2190 kr
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Originally published in 1992 Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge examines both broad developments in print and media and the practice of particular journals such as the British Medical Journal. The book is the first study to address these questions and to examine the impact of regular news on …
Earth Sciences
An Annotated Bibliography
Av Roy Porter
Inbunden, 2019
1832 kr
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Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences. The bibliography is not exhaustive but provides a detailed and critical index to the most …
Earth Sciences
An Annotated Bibliography
Av Roy Porter
Häftad, 2021
547 kr
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Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences. The bibliography is not exhaustive but provides a detailed and critical index to the most …
