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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that ¿Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Count Rumford are the greatest minds that America has produced, ¿ and indeed, Rumford was a peer of theirs, and arguably contributed more to the scientific canon, and yet is nowhere near as well known. Born in the British Americas as Benjamin Thompson, he died a count and a knight, and lived a fascinating, eventful life in between, founding the Royal Instit...

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The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. The idea of evolution had been around, in various guises, since the time of Ancient Greece. And nor did theorizing about evolution stop with what Daniel Dennett called "Darwin¿s dangerous idea." In this riveting new book, bestselling science writers John and Mary Gribbin explore the history of the idea of evolution, show...

A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years.

The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years.

A new edition of the acclaimed biography of the Nobel prize-winner published for the 100th anniversary of Feynman's birth.

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Uses 100 notable experiments to explore the history of science, with more than 200 photos. Covers everything from the discovery of microscopic worlds to the accelerating universe and gravitational waves.

A sound and insightful exploration into the birth of British science that focuses on the story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley - two scientists that have long been overshadowed by Isaac Newton. The Gribbins argue that even without the father of the scientific revolution, Britain would have made a great leap forward, headed by these extraordinary men.

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Gribbon speaks to those who are interested in science but are scared off by the technical detail, in a broad picture of scientific achievement at the end of the 20th century.

First published in Great Britain in 2008 by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London"--T.p. verso.

This book is an homage to Lovelock. The Gribbins have spent time with him, looked at his personal archives with him, and obviously the book is coming out of a deep admiration for his work. The biographical chapters are interspersed with science chapters, including a good one on the history of our understanding of the greenhouse effect, and others that cover Earth's biogeochemical cycles."--Tyler Volk, author of "CO2 Rising" "James Lovelock is ...

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This exceptionally interesting biography brings Robert FitzRoy--captain of the Beagle--out of Charles Darwin's shadow for the first time and spotlights his groundbreaking weather forecasting skills.