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Expanding the Scope of Social Science Research on Disability
B. M. Altman
Hardcover - $193.95
The first volume presents a collection of exciting papers exploring several new areas of disability research. The contributions include: examination of the media representation of disability and coverage of disability policy issues which gives an und ...
Dust : A History of the Small and the Invisible
Joseph A. Amato
Paperback - $35.95
While the story of the big has often been told, the story of the small has not yet even been outlined. With "Dust, Joseph Amato enthralls the reader with the first history of the small and the invisible. "Dust is a poetic meditation on how dust has b ...
Predicting the Weather : Victorians and the Science of Meteorology
Katharine Anderson
Hardcover - $90.95
Victorian Britain, with its maritime economy and strong links between government and scientific enterprises, founded an office to collect meteorological statistics in 1854 in an effort to foster a modern science of the weather. But as the office turn ...
Heroes of Invention and Discovery - Lives of Eminent Inventors and Pioneers in Science
Anon
Paperback - $62.95
The 1702 Chair of Chemistry at Cambridge : Transformation and Change
Mary D. Archer
Paperback - $124.95
The University of Cambridge's 1702 chair of chemistry is the oldest continuously occupied chair of chemistry in Britain. This book's descriptions of the lives and work of the 1702 chairholders over the past three hundred years paint a vivid picture o ...
Passions and Tempers : A History of the Humours
Noga Arikha
Hardcover - $44.95
Arikha intertwines the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy in this 2,500-year journey that explores the origins of humours in ancient Greece to the present day.
Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads : The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums
Stephen T. Asma
Paperback - $82.95
- A lively kaleidoscopic look at natural history museums, both past and present