Materials of the Mind. Phrenology, Race, and the Global History of Science, 1815-1920, Paperback - James Poskett

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): James PoskettIllustration(s): 47 halftonesNumber of pages: 373Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

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One of the most famous and controversial works by possibly the highest profile historians of the twentieth century.

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'One of the most important works...of the twentieth century' The TimesShadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to t...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): A. C. GraylingNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / so...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): James ShackelfordNumber of pages: 696Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 250 x 205 x 20Cover type: Pap...

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DescriptionThis lucid and captivating book takes the reader back to the early history of all the sciences, starting from antiquity and ending rough...

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Major reassessment of the battle from one of the world's leading authorities originally written to commemorate the bi-centenary in 2015Publisher: T...

Publisher: Sussex Academic PressNumber of pages: 460Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 252 x 31Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Jose Pedro Paiva...

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Rosemary Wakeman's original survey text comprehensively explores modern European urban history from 1815 to the present day. It provides a journey ...

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Publisher: SAGE Publications IncAuthor(s): David LuddenNumber of pages: 488Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 218 x 281 x 19Cover type: Paperback / ...

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DescriptionThe Society for Psychical Research was established in 1882 to further the scientific study of consciousness, but it arose in the surf of...

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