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Mortal Questions

de Thomas Nagel

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 Thomas Nagel's Mortal Questions explores some fundamental issues concerning the meaning, nature and value of human life. This original and illuminating book aims at a form of understanding that is both theoretical and personal in its lively engagement with what are literally issues of life and death.
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What Is Life? - With Mind And Matter And Autobiographical Sketches

de Erwin Schrodinger

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 Nobel laureate Erwin SchrÃ¶dinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a 'beautiful and important book' by 'a great man to whom I owe a personal debt for many exciting discussions'.

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A Mathematician'S Apology

de G. H. Hardy

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 G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician â€¦ the purest of the pure'. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times.
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The Life Of Isaac Newton

de Richard S. Westfall

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 Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. Richard Westfall captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.

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On Growth And Form

de D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

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 Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. It is now available for a wider readership including a foreword by one of today's great populisers of science.
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Beyond Smoke And Mirrors - Climate Change And Energy In The 21st Century

de Burton Richter

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 An insightful overview of climate change science and sustainable energy provision that assesses our options for averting potentially disastrous consequences of global warming. Written in non-technical language by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, this second edition allows readers to form their own conclusions on sustainable energy provision and climate change.
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English Language

de Charles Barber, Joan Beal e Philip Shaw

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 This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day.
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Dating Game - One Man''S Search For The Age Of The Earth

de Cherry Lewis

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 In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.
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Printing Revolution In Early Modern Europe

de Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

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 This edition discusses the changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops and how printing affected major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation and the rise of modern science. It also demonstrates that the cumulative processes created by printing are likely to persist despite the development of new technologies.
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Viewpoint Level 2 Workbook A

de Helen Sandiford, Jeanne Mccarten e Michael McCarthy

15,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

 Viewpoint is an innovative course that's based on extensive research into the Cambridge English Corpus, taking students to a higher level of proficiency to become effective communicators.
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Schrodinger - Life And Thought

de Walter Moore

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 This is a biography of the great scientist, Erwin SchrÃ¶dinger (author of What is Life?), which draws upon recollections of his family and friends, as well as on contemporary records, diaries and letters. It aims to reveal the fundamental motives that drove him.
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Ecological Imperialism - The Biological Expansion Of Europe, 900â€“1900

de Alfred W. Crosby

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 In this original and fascinating study, Alfred W. Crosby argues that the Europeans' displacement and replacement of the native peoples in the temperate zones was more a matter of biology than of military conquest. The spread of European disease, flora and fauna went hand in hand with the growth of populations.
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States And Social Revolutions - A Comparative Analysis Of France, Russia, And China

de Theda Skocpol

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 Theda Skocpol shows how state structures, international forces, and class relations combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Believing that existing theories of revolution, both Marxist and non-Marxist, are inadequate to explain the actual historical patterns of revolutions, Skocpol urges the reader to adopt fresh perspectives.
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When Things Fell Apart - State Failure In Late-Century Africa

de Robert H. Bates

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 In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. This book covers a wide range of territory by drawing on materials from Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia, and Congo to explore state failure in Africa.
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Governing The Commons - The Evolution Of Institutions For Collective Action

de Elinor Ostrom

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 The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Elinor Ostrom provides a unique body of empirical data to explore conditions under which common pool resource problems have been satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily solved.
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Beyond Smoke And Mirrors - Climate Change And Energy In The 21st Century

de Burton Richter

29,15€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 An insightful overview of climate change science and sustainable energy provision that assesses our options for averting potentially disastrous consequences of global warming. Written in non-technical language by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, this second edition allows readers to form their own conclusions on sustainable energy provision and climate change.
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Dating Game - One Man''S Search For The Age Of The Earth

de Cherry Lewis

29,15€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the Earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.
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In Focus Level 1 Teacher'S Manual

de Sara Davila

18,24€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 A corpus-informed, three-level (pre-intermediate through high intermediate) EFL course aimed at university and college students in American English markets, especially N. E. Asia.
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Language Death

de David Crystal

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 The endangerment and death of minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern. A leading commentator on language issues, David Crystal asks the question, 'why is language death so important?', reviews the reasons for the current crisis, and investigates what is being done to reduce its impact.
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'Nature And The Greeks' And 'Science And Humanism'

de Erwin Schrodinger

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 Nobel laureate Erwin SchrÃ¶dinger's lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. Here the texts of some of his most famous lectures are made available for the first time in many years. As Roger Penrose's foreword confirms, they are as relevant today as when they were first published.
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Making A New Deal - Industrial Workers In Chicago, 1919â€“1939

de Lizabeth (Harvard University, Massachusetts) Cohen

25,67€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This book examines what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. Through decisions such as whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or go to the movies, they declared their loyalty in ways that would ultimately have political significance.
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The Spanish Labyrinth - An Account Of The Social And Political Background Of The Spanish Civil War

de Gerald Brenan

28,39€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth, first published in 1943, has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War.
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Beyond Smoke And Mirrors - Climate Change And Energy In The 21st Century

de Burton (Stanford University, California) Richter

29,74€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 An insightful overview of climate change science and sustainable energy provision that assesses our options for averting potentially disastrous consequences of global warming. Written in non-technical language by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, this second edition allows readers to form their own conclusions on sustainable energy provision and climate change.
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English Language

de Charles Barber, Joan Beal e Philip Shaw

25,16€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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