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The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates

The Invention of Medicine: From Homer to Hippocrates

Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Anc...
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Duel Without End: Mankind’s Battle with Microbes

Duel Without End: Mankind’s Battle with Microbes

In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the Spanish flu an...
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Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat—and wh...
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Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia

Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents, From Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia

A dark and chilling story of the invention, proliferation and use of nerve agents.   Nerve agents...
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The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters

BBC Radio 4’s celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world’s most renowned experts...
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Spike: The Virus vs. The People - The Inside Story

Spike: The Virus vs. The People - The Inside Story

First book on Covid-19 by a scientist on SAGE, assessing how the government 'followed the science'...
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The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's World of Science, History, and Court Intrigue

The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini's World of Science, History, and Court Intrigue

Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meet...
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The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World

The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World

How did a piece a gold foil completely change our understanding of atoms?What part did a hot air bal...
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The Bomber Mafia: A Tale of Innovation and Obession

The Bomber Mafia: A Tale of Innovation and Obession

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilli...
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The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty

The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty

The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? How does it relat...
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Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race

Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race

'Masterly' New York Times'Riveting' Scott Kelly'Remarkable' The TimesWhen Richard Branson founded Vi...
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The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century

The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century

A history of the relationship between art and geometry in the early modern period. In The Polyhedri...
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Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion

Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion

On May 11, 1997, millions worldwide heard news of a stunning victory, as a machine defeated the defe...
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Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene

Evolution of Knowledge: Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene

This book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that...
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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife’s blood. But was he...
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