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  • - Richard Feynman's Life in Science
    af Lawrence M. Krauss
    282,95 kr.

    A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize-winning physicist (and curious character).

  • - Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis
    af Sherwin B. (Yale University) Nuland
    152,95 kr.

    The "riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) story of the discovery that handwashing helps prevent the spread of disease.

  • - The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
    af George Johnson
    124,95 kr.

    "A short, excellent account of [Leavitt's] extraordinary life and achievements." -Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review

  • - Galileo and the Roman Inquisition
    af Dan Hofstadter
    194,95 kr.

    A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science.

  • - How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos
    af Michael Lemonick
    173,95 kr.

    "A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections."-Booklist

  • - A Compact History of Infinity
    af David Foster Wallace & Neal Stephenson
    137,95 - 440,95 kr.

    The bestselling author of "Infinite Jest" takes on the 2,000 year-old quest to understand infinity. Wallace brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.

  • - The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford
    af Richard Reeves
    194,95 kr.

    In this new intellectual biography of Ernest Rutherford, the 20th centurys greatest experimental physicist, Reeves portrays a ruddy, genial man who was also a towering figure in scientific history.

  • af Stewart Ross
    97,95 kr.

    Age range 9 to 14

  • af Stewart Ross
    97,95 kr.

    Age range 9 to 14

  • af Barbara Goldsmith
    182,95 kr.

    Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over sixty years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth-an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame.

  • af Rebecca Goldstein
    189,95 kr.

    Probing the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Incompleteness indelibly portrays the tortured genius whose vision rocked the stability of mathematical reasoning-and brought him to the edge of madness.

  • af Stewart Ross
    187,95 kr.

    Ideal support for science at primary level. From germs to miracle cures and resistance, this book's careful, step-by-step narrative explains what antibiotics are, how we discovered them, and the many and widespread benefits this discovery has brought. The clear text is supported by lively illustrations.

  • af Stewart Ross
    104,95 kr.

  • af Stewart Ross
    187,95 kr.

    Ideal support for science at primary level. Adam and Eve to biodiversity, this book's careful, step-by- step narrative explains what evolution is, how we discovered it, and how this discovery changed the way we see ourselves and the world around us. The clear text is supported by lively illustrations.

  • af Stewart Ross
    187,95 kr.

    Ideal support for science at primary level. From lenses to lasers, this book's careful, step-by-step narrative explains what light is, how scientists gradually learned about it, and how this knowledge has affected the way we live and how we think about the universe. The clear text is supported by lively illustrations.

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