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  • The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science)

    Caroline Herschel's Astronomical Ambition

    par Claire Brock ...
    Collections series Icon Science
    Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal.Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 – the first woman in Britain to make her ... En savoir plus

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  • The Age of Wonder

    How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

    par Richard Holmes ...
    Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes’s dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook’s first Endeavour voyage, who stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769 fully expecting to have located Paradise. Back in Britain, the same ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Philosophical Breakfast Club

    Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World

    par Laura J. Snyder ...
    “[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ *—NewsweekThe* Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Man Who Changed Everything

    The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

    par Basil Mahon ...
    "Mahon has written a first-rate book on Maxwell's science and legacy."—New ScientistThis is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of our time and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. Approaching science with a freshness unbound by convention or previous expectations, he produced some of the most original scientific thinking of the ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Engineering

    A Very Short Introduction

    par David Blockley ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He considers the role of engineering in the modern ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

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  • The Lightning Tamers: True Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers Who Harnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World

    par Kathy Joseph ...
    You flick on a light without thinking about it. But what about the fascinating and bizarre stories hidden behind that simple action? Fortunes were made and lost, ideas stolen, rivalries pursued, dogs electrocuted, beards set on fire, arms amputated, and decapitated human heads reanimated all with the invention and evolution of electricity.In this physics and engineering chronicle disguised as an ... En savoir plus

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  • The Georgian Star

    How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos

    par Michael Lemonick ...
    “A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections.”—BooklistTrained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his sister Caroline yielded other groundbreaking work that affects how we see the world today. The Herschels made comprehensive surveys of ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Sea of Energy in Which the Earth Floats

    par John E. Moray ...
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    $5.99 CAD

  • Discord:The Story of Noise

    The Story of Noise

    par Mike Goldsmith ...
    Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the sense of dissonance, can also be used positively; composers have employed it from Baroque music to Rock ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Michael Faraday

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Frank A.J.L James ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behind the electric generator and transformer, he has frequently been portrayed as the 'father' of electrical engineering from whence much of his popular fame derives. This Very Short Introduction dispels the myth that Faraday was an experimental genius ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Electrical Oscillators

    par Nikola Tesla ...
    Nikola Tesla was a genius who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity. In 1893 he patented an electro-mechanical oscillator as a steam-powered electric generator. By his own account, one version of the oscillator caused an earthquake in New York City in 1898, for which it was accorded the moniker, "Tesla's earthquake machine." ... En savoir plus

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  • A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

    par Nikola Tesla ...
    Nikola Tesla was a genius who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity. During college his professors explained that it was impossible to design an engine without commutators or brushes. Tesla was unconvinced that such was necessary or even particularly desirable. It was then that Tesla began his work on the rotating field motor that ultimately gave birth to the modern age. In May of 1888 ... En savoir plus

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