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Surgeon of Crowthorne
A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary
Häftad, 1999
153 kr
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BESTSELLING NARRATIVE NON-FICTIONAn extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history!The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1857, was one of the …
The Professor and the Madman
A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Häftad, 2023
249 kr
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"A narrative full of suspense, pathos and humor. . . . In this elegant book [Winchester] has created a vivid parable, in the spirit of Nabokov and Borges. There is much truth to be drawn from it, about Victorian pride, the relation between language and the world, and the fine line between sanity …
Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Häftad, 2025
239 kr
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‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining …
Krakatoa
The Day the World Exploded
Häftad, 2004
160 kr
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'Bracingly apocalyptic stuff: atmospheric, chock-full of information and with a constantly escalating sense of pace and tension' Sunday TelegraphSimon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the …
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Häftad, 2020
222 kr
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Perfektionisterna : precision, ingenjörskonst och den moderna världens tillkomst
Inbunden, 2020
258 kr
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NOMINERAD TILL ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRICE 2018 »Prosan är elegant och historien om precision är berättad med stor skicklighet. ... Överlag är detta en strålande bok som förtjänas att läsas av alla med intresse för hur teknik och vetenskap danat vårt samhälle. Helhetsbetyg: 5/5.» …
Land
How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Häftad, 2022
171 kr
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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake …
Outposts
Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
Häftad, 2003
190 kr
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The reissue of a Simon Winchester classicIn 1985 Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire travelled 100,000 miles back and forth from Antarctica to the Caribbean to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remain of what once made …
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Häftad, 2020
406 kr
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Exactly
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Ljudbok, 2018
227 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an …
Men Who United the States
The Amazing Stories of the Explorers, Inventors and Mavericks Who Made America
E-bok, 2013
130 kr
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From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.For more than two centuries, E pluribus unum – out of many, one – has been featured on America’s official government seals and stamped on its currency. But how did America become `one …
Land
How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
E-bok, 2021
131 kr
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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake …
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Häftad, 2024
276 kr
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Perfectionists
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
E-bok, 2018
88 kr
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The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. The rise of manufacturing could not …
Atlantic
A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
E-bok, 2011
136 kr
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The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon WinchesterIn a narrative tour de force, Simon Winchester dramatises the life story of the Atlantic Ocean, from its birth in the farther recesses of geological time to its eventual extinction millions of years in the …
Men Who United the States
Häftad, 2014
171 kr
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From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.For more than two centuries, E pluribus unum – out of many, one – has been featured on America’s official government seals and stamped on its currency. But how did America become ‘one …
Pacific
The Ocean of the Future
Häftad, 2016
166 kr
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Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing …
Pacific
The Ocean of the Future
E-bok, 2015
120 kr
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Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing …
Pacific
The Ocean of the Future
Ljudbok, 2015
226 kr
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Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing …
Exactly
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Häftad, 2019
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
155 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is …
Exactly
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
E-bok, 2018
97 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is …
Land
How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Ljudbok, 2021
233 kr
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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake …
Knowing What We Know
The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Inbunden, 2023
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
292 kr
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‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to …
Knowing What We Know
The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
E-bok, 2023
134 kr
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‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to …
Knowing What We Know
The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Ljudbok, 2023
233 kr
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‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday TimesFrom the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to …
Knowing What We Know
The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Häftad, 2024
130 kr
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‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to …
Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Inbunden, 2025
301 kr
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‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining …
Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
E-bok, 2025
196 kr
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‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMES Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining …
Breath of the Gods
The History and Future of the Wind
Ljudbok, 2025
221 kr
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‘Very entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES‘A thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ NEW YORK TIMESSunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining …
