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Henri Poincare: A Scientific Biography

Henri Poincare: A Scientific Biography

Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathema...
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€36.70
The Mirror and the Mind: A History of Self-Recognition in the Human Sciences

The Mirror and the Mind: A History of Self-Recognition in the Human Sciences

Since the late eighteenth century, scientists have placed subjects—humans, infants, animals, and rob...
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Alan Turing: The Enigma

Alan Turing: The Enigma

The official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumber...
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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its a...
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Axiomatics: Mathematical Thought and High Modernism

Axiomatics: Mathematical Thought and High Modernism

The first history of postwar mathematics, offering a new interpretation of the rise of abstraction a...
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The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics

The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics

The Story of Proof investigates the evolution of the concept of proof—one of the most significant an...
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"You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World

"You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World

Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it so...
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Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft

On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen U.S. aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To th...
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A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next

A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next

'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times...
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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

A captivating A-Z compendium of our fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions...
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Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems

Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems

'The truth which we arrive at by means of mathematical proofs is the same truth that is known to div...
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Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

A superbly illustrated chronology of the Soviet Union’s extraordinary achievements in space explor...
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Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop

An eminent engineer and historian tackles one of the most elemental aspects of life: how we experien...
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Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History

Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History

The pentagon and its close cousin, the pentagram, have inspired individuals for the last two and hal...
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€26.00
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus

From the author of the prescient Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicBreathless ...
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