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112 Mercer Street: Einstein, Russell, Godel, Pauli, and the End of Innocence in Science

By Estate of Margaret M Feldman Burton Feldman (c/o Elizabeth Richardson), Senior Lecturer in Criminology Katherine Williams

J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the American Century

By Cassidy, David

Einstein at Home

By Friedrich Herneck, Josef Eisinger, Alice Calaprice

An Einstein Encyclopedia

By Alice Calaprice (Senior Editor), Daniel Kennefick, Robert Schulmann

Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller

By Gregg Herken

Gravitation and Cogravitation: Developing Newton's Theory of Gravitation to Its Physical and Mathematical Conclusion

By Oleg D Jefimenko

Paul Dirac: The Man and his Work

By Abraham Pais (Rockefeller University, New York), Maurice Jacob (Conseil Europeen de Recherches Nucleaires, Geneva), David I. Olive (University of Wales, Swansea), Michael F. Atiyah (University of Edinburgh)

John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More

By Norman Macrae

Postmodernism and the Social Sciences: A Thematic Approach

By Robert Hollinger

Martyr of science: Sir David Brewster 1781-1868

By N.G.F. Christie, Alison Morrison-Low

John Phillips and the Business of Victorian Science

By Jack Morrell

Papers of H.T. De La Beche 1796-1855 in the National Museum of Wales

By T. Sharpe, P.J. McCartney

Charles Darwin, Geologist

By Sandra Herbert

Concession to the Improbable: An Unconventional Autobiography

By George Gaylord Simpson

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

By Roger Osborne

Lyell: The Past is the Key to the Present

By Derek J. Blundell, A. C. Scott

Richard Owen: Victorian Naturalist

By Nicolaas A. Rupke

Fifty Wonders of Korea, Volume 1 (Series IV): Culture and Art; Volume 2 (Serives V): Science and Technology. A discussion of fifty world-class cultural and scientific achievements, advances and dis...

By Korean Spirit & Culture Promotion Project

Undoctored: The brand new No 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of 'This is Going to Hurt'

By Adam Kay

Benjamin Silliman: A Life in the Young Republic

By Chandos Michael Brown

Logic for Computer Science

By Reeves

Environmental Science: Topics 9-11: Grasslands, Tropical Forests, Biological Conservation (S216 Environmental Science)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE : WATER AND LIFE (THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)

By Open University

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE : AIR & EARTH (THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)

By Open University

Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect

By Charles Thorpe

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

By Daniel J. Levitin

Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons

By Curtis Klaassen

Einstein: A Life

By Denis Brian

Dirty medicine : science big business and the assault on natural health care

By Martin J. Walker

Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and Recollections

By Alice Kimball Smith, Charles Weiner