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Pox on Fools
How the Anti-Vax Lobby is Undermining Mankind's Most Lifesaving Invention
Inbunden, 2026
183 kr
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Scientific truth, and the vast benefits of modern medicine, are under sustained attack from conspiracy theorists. Not since the nineteenth century has there been such a relentless assault on tried and tested science.In this urgent history of anti-vaccine arguments, Thomas Levenson traces the …
So Very Small
How Humans Discovered the Microcosmos, Defeated Germs--and May Still Lose the War Against Infectious Disease
Inbunden, 2025
403 kr
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“An elegant, wide-ranging history” ( The New York Review of Books ) of the centuries-long quest to discover the critical role of germs in disease thatreveals as much about human reasoning—and the pitfalls of ego—as it does about microbes. “Levenson takes readers through an entertaining . . . …
Einstein in Berlin
E-bok, 2017
95 kr
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In a book that is both biography and the most exciting form of history, here are eighteen years in the life of a man, Albert Einstein, and a city, Berlin, that were in many ways the defining years of the twentieth century. Einstein in Berlin In the spring of 1913 two of the giants of modern science …
Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist
Häftad, 2010
299 kr
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Newton and the Counterfeiter
Häftad, 2010
149 kr
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Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His …
Newton and the Counterfeiter
E-bok, 2011
119 kr
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Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His …
Measure for Measure
A Musical History of Science
Häftad, 1995
315 kr
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In Measure for Measure , Thomas Levenson offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking development from the day 2,500 years ago when Pythagoras discovered the musical scale to the present day. The story unfolds through the tales of instruments scientific and musical: the organ, the …
Hunt for Vulcan
. . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
E-bok, 2015
110 kr
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The captivating, all-but-forgotten story of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and the search for a planet that never existed For more than fifty years, the world’s top scientists searched for the “missing” planet Vulcan, whose existence was mandated by Isaac Newton’s theories of gravity. Countless …
The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe
Häftad, 2016
277 kr
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Money for Nothing
The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the World Rich
E-bok, 2020
158 kr
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The sweeping story of how the greatest minds of the Scientific Revolution applied their new ideas to people, money, and markets--and invented modern finance along the way.
Pox on Fools
How the Anti-Vax Lobby is Undermining Mankind's Most Lifesaving Invention
E-bok, 2026
166 kr
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Scientific truth, and the vast benefits of modern medicine, are under sustained attack from conspiracy theorists. Not since the nineteenth century has there been such a relentless assault on tried and tested science.In this urgent history of anti-vaccine arguments, Thomas Levenson traces the …
Money For Nothing
The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism
E-bok, 2020
126 kr
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A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year A brilliant narrative of early capitalism''s most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 – and paradoxically led to the birth of modern finance. The South Sea Company was formed to …
Money For Nothing
The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism
Häftad, 2021
125 kr
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A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year A brilliant narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 – and paradoxically led to the birth of modern finance. The South Sea Company was formed to trade …
Hunt for Vulcan
How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe
E-bok, 2015
107 kr
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In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation was that there had to be an unseen planet circling even closer to the sun. He called the planet Vulcan. Supported by the theories of Sir Isaac Newton, …
So Very Small
How humans discovered germs, uncovered infectious diseases, and deluded themselves that we had conquered them
Inbunden, 2025
293 kr
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In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called Yersinia pestis. In those centuries, our …
So Very Small
How Humans Discovered Germs, Uncovered Infectious Diseases, and Deluded Themselves That We Had Conquered Them
E-bok, 2025
156 kr
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In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called Yersinia pestis . In those centuries, our …
So Very Small
How humans discovered germs, uncovered infectious diseases, and deluded themselves that we had conquered them
Häftad, 2026
157 kr
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In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called Yersinia pestis. In those centuries, our …
A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines
Inbunden, 2026
339 kr
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