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| Shocking Bodies: Life, Death and Electricity in Victorian England
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Iwan Rhys Morus.
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| Publisher: History Press. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780752458007. Daedalus Item Code: 30446 |
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| Although electricity was known to the ancient Egyptians, it was not until the Victorian era that its potential truly began to be realized and embraced as a science of spectacle and of wonder. Luigi ... (Read More)
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| The Single Helix: A Turn Around the World of Science
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Steve Jones.
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| Publisher: Abacus. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780349119403. Daedalus Item Code: 02142 |
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| In some 100 short articles, British science columnist and television presenter Steve Jones' barnstorming survey veers nimbly from the chemistry of gold to the failures of funding, the chaos in the ... (Read More)
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| Smart Swarm
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Peter Miller.
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| Publisher: Collins. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780007393749. Daedalus Item Code: 20019 |
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| The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but 21st-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarms. Here National Geographic reporter Peter ... (Read More)
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| Smoot's Ear: The Measure of Humanity
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Robert Tavernor.
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| Publisher: Yale. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780300143348. Daedalus Item Code: 01792 |
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| Measures are the subject of this unusual book, in which Robert Tavernor offers a fascinating account of the various measuring systems human beings have devised over two millennia. Tavernor urges us ... (Read More)
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| The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge
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Jamie James.
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| Publisher: Hyperion. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781401302139. Daedalus Item Code: 23409 |
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| "Like the more famous wildlife adventurer Steve Irwin, biologist Joe Slowinski, an expert in snakes, died as a result of his professional passion. On a 2001 expedition into the Burmese jungle to ... (Read More)
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| Space
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Andrew Chaikin. James A. Lovell, foreword.
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| Publisher: Carlton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781847320773. Daedalus Item Code: 12108 |
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| Essentially a photo album of the Space Race, this striking book is full of large color and black and white photographs (up to 22 x 11 inches) documenting U.S., Russian, Chinese, and private ... (Read More)
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