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  • A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965

    by W. J. Baker ...
    This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry. ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Recent Trends in Theoretical Psychology

    Proceedings of the Second Biannual Conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, April 20–25, 1987, Banff, Alberta, Canada

    Edited by W.J. Baker, Henderikus J. Stam, Hans V. Rappard, Leendert P. Mos ...
    Series series Recent Research in Psychology
    This volume constitutes the proceedings of the second biannual conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology (see Epilogue) held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, April 20-25, 1987. Thirty-nine papers were presented during the four days of the conference including an invited address by Kenneth Gergen. Unfortunately, even after severely restricting the length of the written papers, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Not Much of an Engineer

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  • Turing

    The Tragic Life of Alan Turing

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  • How We Got Here

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