A Little History of Science

E. H. Gombrich's bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not ...

E. H. Gombrich's bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not ...

20th-century science and music, argues Jamie James, have rejected the Romantic separation of the two. The book provides a survey of the history of ...

Reducere. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award A fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal inv...

DescriptionThe science, culture and history of breast cancer as told by a reporter who survived it As a health-care journalist, Kate Pickert knew t...

Cambridge is now world-famous as a centre of science, but it wasn't always so. Before the nineteenth century, the sciences were of little importanc...

The story of a philosophical and mathematical concept that has driven men insane

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncove...

A short, highly directed guide to an area of science that is little understood but increasingly part of public discourse by the Sunday Times bestse...

A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to todayPubli...

A provocative, exciting exploration of the future of ideas - and the history of technological and cultural progress that has taken us to todayPubli...

Reducere. Informative and Fun! Trivial and Important! Fun Facts and Profound Facts! A treat of science and history facts and compelling stories that will inf...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, an...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesisThis lively science history relates one of the great rece...

Reducere. Author Diann Jordan took a journey to find out what inspired and daunted black women in their desire to become scientists in America. Letting 18 pr...

A captivating mixture of memoir, stories from the consulting room, history and science, The Brink of Being is a much-needed, comprehensive look at ...

A captivating mixture of memoir, stories from the consulting room, history and science, The Brink of Being is a much-needed, comprehensive look at ...

The author of this history of mankind's increasingly successful attempts to understand, to measure and to map the Earth's gravity field (commonly k...

DescriptionThe thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around...

DescriptionIn 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron's words. Presentin...

Reducere. NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Pulitzer Prize Finalist and the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of...

The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce...

Reducere. These two books, published in 1911 and 1913, display the fun-loving, whimsical side of the famed science fiction author. Floor Games describes imag...

Reducere. "A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Br...

Reducere. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Britt RusertExposes the influential work of a group of black artists to confront and refute scientific racism. Traversing t...

DescriptionThis book presents a little-known aspect of America's aircraft development of World War II in emphasizing unique and non-production airc...

Reducere. Even with all our modern technology and advanced science, we still know relatively little about the origins of our fascinating species. We have an ...

Reducere. This concise but thorough history encompasses the enduring contributions of the ancient Greek mathematicians whose works form the basis of most mod...

Reducere. Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas"-- the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern P...

Reducere. Award NameLiterary AwardAward categoryScienceFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, language...

DescriptionWhat makes a mammal a mammal? The answer is more complicated than you think I, Mammal is a history of mammals and their ancestors and of...

Description"Riveting . . . The Vaccine Race] invites comparison with Rebecca Skloot's 2007 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."--Nature "This is ...

Reducere. The airfield is quiet now A warm breeze bends the grass that was once moved by the engine of the flying fortresses. Seventy-four years earlier, Gle...

DescriptionLearn about electricity the fun way The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basic...

Reducere. This book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky's main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed ...

Reducere. This book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky's main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed ...

Reducere. Science is based not only on observation and experiment, but on theory as well. As Einstein said, "Theory tells us what to measure." And theories a...

Cece loves science In this STEM-themed picture book, Cece asks one of life's most pressing questions: Do dogs eat vegetables? Cece and her best fri...

Reducere. A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edw...

DescriptionDickerson's lovingly crafted narratives take us to waters from sockeye spawning streams of Alaska's Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks...

Reducere. L.A. Times Book PrizeOn the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the oth...

DescriptionKate Heartfield's Alice Payne Arrives is the story of a time traveling thief turned reluctant hero in this science fiction adventure.A d...

Reducere. ``Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.`` --Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review For centuries scientists hav...

Reducere. DescriptionDid you know that . . .John Wayne once won the dog Lassie from its owner in a poker game?Hijinks is the only word in the English languag...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In the popular "Little Bit of" series: a fresh, accessible introduction to the practice of astrology. Explore the zodiac, and see how it affects yo...

Reducere. Outside of scientific journals, archaeologists are depicted as searching for lost cities and mystical artifacts in news reports, television, video ...

Reducere. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book PrizeThe early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult ...

Reducere. WILL COVID-19 EVER END?Kids want, need, and deserve to know what just happened and what it means for their future.In this middle school resource bo...

DescriptionAs end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block, gaining respectability...

Reducere. Winner of the National Book Award" Clark's] fantastic blending of science and art, history and journalism, brings the appetite back for life and li...

Reducere. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and wa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jon HunnerA social history of New Mexico's "Atomic City" Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the Atomic Age, is the commu...

Reducere. Kelly is excited it is finally time for her COVID-19 vaccine. Her little brother Joey is not so sure he wants a shot. Their mom, a doctor explains ...

DescriptionMounting failures of replication in social and biological sciences give a new urgency to critically appraising proposed reforms. This bo...

Reducere. In this explosive little book, the first publisher to devote his newspaper to the coverage of AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome details the role of...

Reducere. Research into vitamin C is progressing rapidly despite a lack of funding from conventional medicine into its clinical applications. Orthomolecular ...

Reducere. Poetry. Hybrid Genre. LGBTQIA Studies. Science Fiction. Drawing on the work of such thinkers as John McPhee, Rachel Carson, Timothy Morton, Frank W...

Reducere. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind’ DAILY TELEGRAPH‘Effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute...

A little-known, fascinating story about Thomas Jefferson and his obsessive quest to find America's first complete mastodon skeleton. Thomas Jeffers...

The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heart The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the hea...

DescriptionThe cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe The Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our uni...

DescriptionA fascinating little illustrated series of 118 haiku about the Periodic Table of Elements, one for each element, plus a closing haiku fo...

Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of "The History of R...

DescriptionIn the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street...

Reducere. DescriptionThe publication of The Alternative not only marked the inauguration of Union Movement, Oswald Mosley's post-War political party, but the...

Reducere. Not until Marconi has there been an in-depth biography that focuses on the inventor as businessman/entrepreneur and the global race that took place...

For centuries, women have played key roles in defining and developing the field of vertebrate paleontology. Yet very little is known about these im...

Reducere. Defining the Wind is a wonderfully written account of one man's crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beauf...