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Andre-Marie Ampere - Enlightenment And Electrodynamics

by James R. (California State University, Fullerton) Hofmann

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 Renowned for his new branch of physics - electrodynamics - and his original and significant contributions to mathematics and chemistry. With no formal education, he embraced the optimism of the Enlightenment, and Catholicism. This, his only English biography, illuminates his contributions, epoch, and creative genius.
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Justus Von Liebig - The Chemical Gatekeeper

by William H. (University Of Leicester) Brock

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 The German scientist Justus von Liebig transformed scientific education, medical practice, and agriculture in Great Britain. William H. Brock's fresh interpretation of Liebig's stormy career shows how he moved chemistry into the sociopolitical marketplace, demonstrating its significance for society in food production, nutrition, and public health.
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Charles Darwin - The Man And His Influence

by Peter J. (Queen'S University Belfast) Bowler

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 An almost mythical figure in the development of science, Darwin's theory of natural selection was not initially accepted by many of his contemporaries. This study combines biography and cultural history, charting Darwin's considerable influence from his time to ours.
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Isaac Newton - Adventurer In Thought

by A. Rupert (Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine, London) Hall

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 Hall's absorbing survey of modern scholarship interprets Newton's experimental approach to nature. Mathematics was the deepest of Newton's varied interests, unified in his single Christian design to explore God's creation. He cannot be simplified as a Platonist or mystic, but remains a complex, enigmatic genius with an imaginative, commonsensical mind.
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Mary Somerville - Science, Illumination, And The Female Mind

by Kathryn A. (University Of Virginia) Neeley

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 This book tells the life story of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century and offers an in-depth analysis of the factors that allowed her to achieve prominence, her extensive scientific writings, and the processes by which her work were committed to historical memory.
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Henry More - And The Scientific Revolution

by A. Rupert (Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine, London) Hall

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 Henry More, the greatest English metaphysical theologian, was one of the few acknowledged by Newton as influencing his ideas. This biography contains fascinating insights into his physics, spiritual philosophy, and preoccupation with witchcraft. It is an exceptional account of the Scientific Revolution.
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Justus Von Liebig - The Chemical Gatekeeper

by William H. (University Of Leicester) Brock

179,80€ + 10% CARD

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 The German scientist Justus von Liebig transformed scientific education, medical practice, and agriculture in Great Britain. William H. Brock's fresh interpretation of Liebig's stormy career shows how he moved chemistry into the sociopolitical marketplace, demonstrating its significance for society in food production, nutrition, and public health.
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Henry More - And The Scientific Revolution

by A. Rupert (Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine, London) Hall

85,17€ + 10% CARD

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 Henry More, the greatest English metaphysical theologian, was one of the few acknowledged by Newton as influencing his ideas. This biography contains fascinating insights into his physics, spiritual philosophy, and preoccupation with witchcraft. It is an exceptional account of the Scientific Revolution.
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Mary Somerville - Science, Illumination, And The Female Mind

by Kathryn A. (University Of Virginia) Neeley

37,85€ + 10% CARD

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 This book tells the life story of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century and offers an in-depth analysis of the factors that allowed her to achieve prominence, her extensive scientific writings, and the processes by which her work were committed to historical memory.
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Thomas Huxley - Making The 'Man Of Science'

by Paul White

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 This book examines the identity of the 'man of science' in Victorian times as it was shaped by Thomas Huxley, the leading naturalist and popularizer of Darwinian theory. Breaking with traditional biographies, White treats Huxley as exemplary of the British 'man of science' and reflects on the historical significance of scientific authority.
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Antoine Lavoisier - Science, Administration And Revolution

by Arthur (Professor Emeritus, United States Merchant Marine Academy, New York) Donovan

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 A comprehensive account of the great chemist and administrator, Antoine Lavoisier, covering his oxygen theory of combustion and his role during the French Revolution up to his execution. A historical figure of extraordinary importance, this biography illuminates the rise of modern science and the tumultuous times surrounding it.
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Charles Darwin - The Man And His Influence

by Peter J. (Queen'S University Belfast) Bowler

116,26€ + 10% CARD

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 An almost mythical figure in the development of science, Darwin's theory of natural selection was not initially accepted by many of his contemporaries. This study combines biography and cultural history, charting Darwin's considerable influence from his time to ours.
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Humphry Davy - Science And Power

by David (University Of Durham) Knight

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 In this entertaining biography David Knight introduces us to Humphry Davy, one of the first professional scientists. Best remembered for his safety lamp, he taught Faraday chemistry, but is also recognized for his poetry and was friends with Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. This book illuminates science and its institutions in Regency Britain.
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Galileo - Decisive Innovator

by Michael (Ushaw College, Durham) Sharratt e Michael Sharratt

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 This entertaining biography examines the imagination and penetration of Galileo, path-breaker for the telescope, decoder of nature's mathematics, populariser of science, and the Inquisition's most famous victim. Accessible to non-scientists, this is the biography of one of the greatest innovators ever known.
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Computational Differential Equations

by Claes Johnson, Donald (Georgia Institute Of Technology) Estep, Kenneth Eriksson e Peter (Chalmers University Of Technology, Gothenburg) Hansbo

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 Textbook for teaching computational mathematics.

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