Science

Science
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0982853734
ISBN-13 : 9780982853733
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Science by : Zach Weinersmith

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is at heart a geek comic, but it nevertheless addresses a broad range of topics, such as love, relationships, economics, politics, religion, science, and philosophy. It is one of the fastest growing comics online, having sextupled in readership since 2008. This is a compendium of the finest science-related strips fromSMBC, featuring science stories from Phil Plait, Elizabeth Iorns Henry Reich, Ed Yong, Emily Lakdawalla, Sean Carroll, Christina Agapakis, and Adam Savage.

1543

1543
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Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9798727844496
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Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis 1543 by : Robert Jones

Desperate for a return to normality in York, the dead task the living with a mission that could implicate Catholic sympathisers at home and abroad.As Micklegate struggles with his origins and his future, he also wrestles with the secrets and intent of Eirik, Marcus and the Mayor whilst employing the support of his hapless, and often hopeless, friends and allies.Stand side by side with them as they defend York and sail upon the Mary Rose.Note from the author*Please note that early proof issues are now resolved.*Although '1542' can be read as a 'stand-alone' story, the 'Micklegate series' is best read and understood as a trilogy.*Sincere thanks to so many of you who have supported the work, particularly those who have passionately sought out the locations where the trilogy is set (only to be hampered by lockdown restrictions!) There is now a 'Micklegate Companion to York' available which details all those places touched upon in the series

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius

The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 537
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ISBN-10 : 9789004336308
ISBN-13 : 9004336303
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius by : Dániel Margócsy

Winner of the Third Neu-Whitrow Prize (2021) granted by the Commission on Bibliography and Documentation of IUHPS-DHST Additional background information This book provides bibliographic information, ownership records, a detailed worldwide census and a description of the handwritten annotations for all the surviving copies of the 1543 and 1555 editions of Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica. It also offers a groundbreaking historical analysis of how the Fabrica traveled across the globe, and how readers studied, annotated and critiqued its contents from 1543 to 2017. The Fabrica of Andreas Vesalius sheds a fresh light on the book’s vibrant reception history and documents how physicians, artists, theologians and collectors filled its pages with copious annotations. It also offers a novel interpretation of how an early anatomical textbook became one of the most coveted rare books for collectors in the 21st century.

Science: A History

Science: A History
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 672
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ISBN-10 : 9780141042220
ISBN-13 : 0141042222
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Science: A History by : John Gribbin

In this book, John Gribbin tells the story of the people who made science and the turbulent times they lived in. As well as famous figures such as Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein, there are also the obscure, the eccentric, even the mad. This diversecast includes, among others, Andreas Vesalius, landmark 16th-century anatomist and secret grave-robber; the flamboyant Galileo, accused of heresy for his ideas; the obsessive, competitive Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books; GregorMendel, the Moravian monk who founded modern genetics; and Louis Agassiz, so determined to prove the existence of ice ages that he marched his colleagues up a mountain to show them the evidence.

Texas Oil & Gas Since 1543

Texas Oil & Gas Since 1543
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Publisher : Copano Bay Press
Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9780976779957
ISBN-13 : 0976779951
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Texas Oil & Gas Since 1543 by : C. A. Warner

When it was first published in 1939, oil historian James A. Clark called this book, "the most valuable collection of historical, biographical, and statistical data on Texas oil ever assembled." This definitive history of the petroleum industry in Texas exhaustively addresses the geology, technology, and economic impact of the industry that made Texas synonymous with oil. (Technology & Industrial Arts)

Leonhart Fuchs - The New Herbal of 1543

Leonhart Fuchs - The New Herbal of 1543
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Total Pages : 960
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ISBN-10 : 3836538024
ISBN-13 : 9783836538022
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Leonhart Fuchs - The New Herbal of 1543 by : Werner Dressendörfer

With his 1543 herb catalog, botanical pioneer Leonhart Fuchs created a masterpiece of Renaissance botany and publishing. This fresh reprint is based on Fuchs's personal, hand-colored original and features over 500 illustrations, including the first visual record of New World plant types such as maize, cactus, and tobacco.

The Book Nobody Read

The Book Nobody Read
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780802718129
ISBN-13 : 0802718124
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Book Nobody Read by : Owen Gingerich

After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing-Gingerich has written an utterly original book built on his experience and the remarkable insights gleaned from examining some 600 copies of De revolutionibus. He found the books owned and annotated by Galileo, Kepler and many other lesser-known astronomers whom he brings back to life, which illuminate the long, reluctant process of accepting the Sun-centered cosmos and highlight the historic tensions between science and the Catholic Church. He traced the ownership of individual copies through the hands of saints, heretics, scalawags, and bibliomaniacs. He was called as the expert witness in the theft of one copy, witnessed the dramatic auction of another, and proves conclusively that De revolutionibus was as inspirational as it was revolutionary. Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas.

Loci Communes, 1543

Loci Communes, 1543
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Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105110402612
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Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Loci Communes, 1543 by : Philipp Melanchthon

This English translation represents the first "evangelical" statement of theology.

Giving Up the Gun

Giving Up the Gun
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 0879237732
ISBN-13 : 9780879237738
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Giving Up the Gun by : Noel Perrin

Lord Hideyoshi, the regent of Japan at the time, took the first step toward the control of firearms. It was a very small step, and it was not taken simply to protect feudal lords from being shot at by peasants but to get all weapons out of the hands of civilians. He said nothing about arms control. Instead, he announced that he was going to build a statue of Buddha that would make all existing statues look like midgets. It would be so enormous (the figure was about twice the scale of the Statue of Liberty), that many tons of iron would be needed just for the braces and bolts. Still more was required to erect the accompanying temple, which was to cover a piece of ground something over an eighth of a mile square. All farmers, ji-samurai, and monks were invited to contribute their swords and guns to the cause. They were, in fact, required to. -- from publisher description.

All the Shah's Men

All the Shah's Men
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Publisher : Wiley
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0471678783
ISBN-13 : 9780471678786
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis All the Shah's Men by : Stephen Kinzer

This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a cautionary tale, and a real-life espionage thriller.