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Henry Winstanley and the Eddystone Lighthouse
On 26 November 1703, during the worst storm that Britain had ever seen, Henry Winstanley died in his pioneering lighthouse as it was blown apart. He had defied incredible odds to build the first Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698, saving the lives of many sailors ...more |
Adam Hart-Davis &
Emily Troscianko |
1 Apr 2013 |
$14.57 |
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Falling to Earth
As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that humans have ever attempted. He spent six days orbiting the moon, including three days completely alone, ...more |
Al Worden &
Francis French |
29 Jul 2011 |
$17.95 |
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Don't Call Me Joey: The Wit and Wisdom of Albert "Joey" Belle
Telling the full story of one of the most disagreeable sports figures in recent memory, this book chronicles the highs and lows of Albert Belleâ€"his tirades and scufflings with reporters, including a profane outburst leveled at NBC reporter Hanna Storm ...more |
Albert Belle |
22 May 2013 |
$10.95 |
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Alan Turing: The Enigma The Centenary Edition
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Andrew Hodges |
21 May 2012 |
$24.95 |
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Me Father was the Keeper: John Smeaton and the Eddystone Light
Me Father was the keeper of the Eddystone light, He married a mermaid one fine night... The Eddystone Rocks are among the most feared and romanticized rock formations in the world. Guarding the approaches to Plymouth, England, over the centuries it has ...more |
Anonymous |
29 Aug 2011 |
$7.95 |
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
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, ...more |
Barbara Goldsmith |
21 Sep 2012 |
$14.95 |
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The Great Glen
This book provides a picture of the Great Glen, stretching from Fort William to Inverness, from AD550 to 1850. It begins with a description of the glen as it is today and an account of its geological development. This is followed by eleven chapters describing ...more |
Catriona Fforde |
15 Jul 2012 |
$14.57 |
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Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
A provocative new life restoring Agassiz--America's most famous natural scientist of the nineteenth century, inventor of the Ice Age, stubborn anti-Darwinist--to his glorious, troubling place in science and culture. ...more |
Christoph Irmscher |
7 Mar 2013 |
$35.00 |
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The Feathery Tribe
Amateurs and professionals studying birds at the end of the nineteenth century were a contentious, passionate group with goals that intersected, collided and occasionally merged in their writings and organizations. Driven by a desire to advance science, |
Daniel Lewis |
28 Mar 2012 |
$45.00 |
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Seven-Tenths: Love, Piracy, and Science at Sea
In 1995, a mechanical engineer whose career and heart are adrift meets a blind oceanographer who spends much of her life at sea. Sailing the Arabian Sea as Amy's eyes, David Fisichella watches her adapt to progressive vision loss while he finds his own ...more |
David Fisichella |
11 May 2010 |
$15.95 |
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Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself
This is the story of Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) and of the conception, and controversial construction of the tower that bears his name, perhaps the most famous tall building in the world. The Eiffel Tower was erected in 1887-9 on the Champs-des-Mars in ...more |
David I. Harvie |
1 Apr 2013 |
$13.11 |
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A Physicists Labour In War And Peace
This book is of interest to historians of science and to scientists as well as to the general reader. Historians will be interested in the author's 'revealing view' of the British pre war university system, the establishment of Theoretical Physics as a ...more |
E. Walter Kellermann |
28 Dec 2010 |
$5.99 |
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Almost a Boffin The Memoirs of Group Captain E.E.Vielle, OBE, RAF - Rtd
o continue to live life to the full at 100 years old is quite amazing! In this exhilarating, exciting and at times emotional book EE Vielle takes us through a life which involved several different careers. His early childhood memories draw you into a forgotten ...more |
EE Vielle |
19 Jun 2013 |
$9.99 |
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William Dargan (1799-1867): An Honourable Life
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Fergus Mulligan |
13 May 2013 |
$17.49 |
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The Seeds We Sow
"Practice random acts of kindness" is a catchy little phrase. It is also nonsense. There should be nothing random about the decision to be kind. There is no single action more powerful and "The Seeds We Sow" offers proof of the cross-generational power ...more |
Gary Beene |
5 Aug 2011 |
$2.99 |
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Where Our Food Comes from: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine
The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed ...more |
Gary Paul Nabhan |
10 Aug 2009 |
$24.95 |
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Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan
Cowan relates the details of his unique scientific career. ...more |
George A. Cowan |
1 Jun 2012 |
$27.95 |
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Rocknocker: A Geologist's Memoir
Rocknocker: A Geologist's Memoir reviews the life of George Devries Klein, an immigrant who made it through the American System as a geologist. It chronicles his life from early childhood, graduate school, working as an oil company researcher, university |
George Devries Klein |
20 Jul 2012 |
$9.95 |
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The Strangest Man
Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. His ...more |
Graham Farmelo |
6 May 2012 |
$18.99 |
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Dr. Hyde and Mr. Stevenson: The Life of the Rev. Dr. Charles McEwen Hyde including a discussion of the Open Letter of Robert Lou
Dr. Hyde and Mr. Stevenson: the life of the Rev. Dr. Charles McEwen Hyde, including a discussion of the open letter of Robert Louis Stevenson. ...more |
Harold Winfield Kent |
21 May 2013 |
$24.95 |
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