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Der Autor gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften vom Altertum über das Mittelalter...  Read More >>

The life-long inventor, Lee de Forest invented the three-element vacuum tube used between 1906 and 1916 as a detector,...  Read More >>

Evolution is the book on how we came to be.  Read More >>

Focuses on acquired mitochondropathy. This book offers a fresh perspective on the understanding and the treatment...  Read More >>

Examines the role of infinity in mathematics and geometry and its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. This...  Read More >>

From 19 talented young scientists comes an exciting volume of essays about the future of science. Including cutting...  Read More >>

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Eric Kandel and his colleagues have provided us with the most exciting contemporary approach to the conceptualization...  Read More >>

Marking the 150th anniversary of the first publication in 1861, this new edition of the celebrated series of lectures,...  Read More >>

The ability to measure accurately the hormones regulating calcium homeosta­ sis is the fundamental first step toward...  Read More >>

vitro methodology for the cultivation of erythroid The purpose of In Vitro Aspects of Erythropoiesis is to broaden...  Read More >>

XIV, bilden den Grundstein d s vorliegenden Buches; sie wurden verbessert, erweitert und mit neuen Beitdigen zu...  Read More >>

An investigation into standards, the invisible infrastructures of our technical, moral, social, and physical worlds....  Read More >>

A clear account of what has been discovered in recent years about quantum theory, its counter-intuitive features...  Read More >>

This book provides a lively and visual introduction to Einstein's theory of relativity. It brings to life the excitement...  Read More >>

How did plants get to be the way they are? In this new edition Ken Thompson grabs the opportunity to explain why...  Read More >>

This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring...  Read More >>

Is it right to use biomedical technologies to make us better than well or even perhaps better than human? Should...  Read More >>

How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced...  Read More >>

Gould covers topics as diverse as episodes in the birth of paleontology to lessons from Britain’s four greatest...  Read More >>

In his final book, Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great...  Read More >>

Gould shows why a more accurate way of understanding our world is to look at a given subject within its own context,...  Read More >>

Gould’s final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive...  Read More >>

Baffling questions and fascinating answers from the Sunday Telegraph's award-winning Murphy's Law scientist  Read More >>

With his customary brilliance, Gould examines the puzzles and paradoxes great and small that build nature’s and...  Read More >>