Matematica e fisica

The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements

Atkins, Peter · 1995 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson London ix, 161, text figs. . HB. Fine in d/w.. This is a journey of imagination in which the periodic table is treated as a country, a periodic kingdom, each region of which corresponds to an element. The book introduces the reader (who needs no prior kno...

A regional study of the radiation environment of Greenham Common, Newbury district and surrounding areas

Croudace, I.W.; Sanderson, D.C.W.; Warwick, P.E.; Allyson, J.D. · 1997 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

84, tables, maps, text figs. . Spiral Binding. Vg.. A collaborative project by the University of Southampton and the Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre..

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and The Royal Society

Bryson, B. (Ed.) · 2010 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harper Press [vi], 490, col + b/w illus. . HB. Fine in d/w - as new.. First edition. Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson among...

Butterfly cooing like a Dove

Rothschild, Miriam · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Doubleday London xv, 215, col illus. . HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. In this informal autobiographical anthology, the author follows the trail of wings through history, art, science, and literature.. [9780385269155]

How To Think About AI: A Guide For The Perplexed

Susskind, R. · 2025 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Oxford University Press 224, . . HB. As new.. Revealing the unfolding story of Artificial Intelligence, Richard Susskind presents a short non-technical guide that challenges us to think differently about AI. Susskind brings AI out of computing laboratories, big tech companies,...

A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist

Fortey, Richard · 2021 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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William Collins London x, 338, text illus. 240x159mm. HB. Fine in d/w (in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. What makes a scientist? Charming, funny and wise, in this memoir Richard Fortey shows how restless curiosity about the natural world led him to become a lead...

Scottish chemistry, classification and the late mineralogical career of the 'ingenious' Professor John Walker (1779-1803)

Eddy, M.D. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Cambridge University Press 27, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 37(4), No. 135: 373-399 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

Vitalism and teleology in the natural philosophy of Nehemiah Grew

Garrett, B. · 2003 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Cambridge University Press 19, . . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 36(1), No. 128: 63-81 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

The Discovery of Natural Goods: Newton's Vocation as an 'Experimental Philosopher' [and] Hidden Truths of Creation: Newton's Methods of Fluxions

Ben-Chaim, M. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Cambridge University Press 22; 22, text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 34(4), No. 123: 395-416; 417-438 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

Unpacking Goethe's Collections: the public and the private in natural-history collecting

Hamm, E.P. · 2001 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Cambridge University Press 25, 4 text figs. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 34(3), No. 122: 275-300 (complete issue - includes other papers)..

On Time: History, Science, and Commemoration

Ashworth, W.; Agar, J.; Hughes, J. · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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Cambridge University Press 130, b/w photos. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers. Vg.. <i>British Journal for the History of Science</i> Vol. 33(4), No. 119 - Special issue. A collection of papers on the subject of time, with essays on the scientific past, remembrance and scientific heri...

Outline Guide to the Exhibits: Science Museum, London

1959 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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HMSO London 36, 6 b/w plates, map. . PB. 8vo, orig. wrappers, lightly soiled. Good.. Reprint (first published 1953)..

Dictionary of British Scientific Instruments

1976 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Interbook International B.V. Schiedam xii, 334, frontis, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Jim Green (1928-2016), Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary College, University of London, with his name to endpaper.. Unchanged reprint of 1921 edition..

Encyclopedia of Antique Scientific Instruments

Mills, John Fitzmaurice · 1983 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Aurum Press London 255, 16 col plates, b/w photos. . HB. Vg in d/w.. First truly comprehensive record of antique scientific instruments. More than 700 entries arranged in alphabetical order, covering not only the objects themselves but also the famous inventors and instrument-...

The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus.

Gingerich, O. · 2004 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

William Heinemann London xii, 306, 8 col plates, text figs. . HB. Vg in d/w. Name and ownership stamp to endpaper.. After three decades of investigation, and after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe-from Melbourne to Moscow, Boston to Beijing - Gingerich...

Butterfly Cooing like a Dove

Rothschild, Miriam · 1991 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Doubleday London xv, 215, col illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Foot of spine bumped with corresponding small tear to d/w.. In this informal autobiographical anthology, the author follows the trail of wings through history, art, science, and literature.. [9780385269155]

The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635-1703

Inwood, S. · 2002 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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MacMillan xxix, 497, 37 b/w photos, 2 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to endpaper.. . [9780333782866]

Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist

Consolmagno, Guy · 2000 · Pemberley Natural History Books

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McGraw-Hill vi, 229, . . HB. Vg in d/w.. Ever since Galileo was forced to recant his proofs of a sun-centered solar system, the Roman Catholic Church has been considered hostile toward science. Not quite true, argues Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno in his moving and intellectua...

Renaissance Genius: Galileo Galilei and His Legacy to Modern Science

Whitehouse, David · 2009 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Sterling Publishing Co 256, col photos. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and inscription to endpaper.. Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei first used the telescope to gaze at the heavens. In honour of that annivers...

Galileo, Science, and the Church

Langford, J.J. · 1992 · Pemberley Natural History Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

University of Michigan Press xv, 225, text figs. . PB. Vg. From the library of David R. Nellist, British arachnologist, with his name and ink ownership stamp to flyleaf.. Third edition. A penetrating account of the confrontation between Galileo and the Church of Rome.. [978047...