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  • 100 Local Heroes

    For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining. ... En savoir plus

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  • The Lunar Men

    The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810

    par Jenny Uglow ...
    Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toy-maker Matthew ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Weather Experiment

    The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

    par Peter Moore ...
    A history of weather forecasting, and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possibleBy the 1800s, a century of feverish discovery had launched the major branches of science. Physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy made the natural world explicable through experiment, observation, and categorization. And yet one scientific field remained in its infancy. ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Ingenious Victorians

    Weird and Wonderful Ideas from the Age of Innovation

    par John Wade ...
    Discover some of the Victorian Era's most outlandish inventions—from the world-changing to the simply weird—in this look at nineteenth-century innovation.We all know that some of history's greatest inventions came about in the Victorian age. But in The Ingenious Victorians, John Wade goes beyond those famous advances to explore some of the weird and wonderful ideas and projects that have largely ... En savoir plus

    $12.79 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Yorkshire

    A lyrical history of England's greatest county

    par Richard Morris ...
    Yorkshire is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie close. By weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, Richard Morris reveals how Yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regard. The result is a fascinating and wide-ranging meditation on Yorkshire and Yorkshireness, told through the prism of the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Clock Makers and Clock Manufacture in the North East of England - Celebrated Clock Manufacturers from the Golden Age of Northern Horology

    par Anon ...
    This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to the clock makers and clock manufacture in the north east of England, being a discussion of celebrated clock manufacture from the golden age of northern horology. Containing a wealth of interesting historical information and a plethora of detailed illustrations, this volume will appeal to those with a keen interest in the history and development ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes

    par David Hall ...
    Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the 'magnificent age of British engineering' - the nineteenth century - and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of the period whose prolific innovations and dedicated work ethic inspired a national mood of optimism and captured the hearts of the British public.Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes tells the stories of some of ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • So That's Why They Call It Great Britain

    How One Tiny Country Gave So Much To The World

    par Steve Pope ...
    In this quirky and entertaining book, Steve Pope reveals the stories behind some of the world's most remarkable inventions and discoveries - and all of them are British.Presented in an easy to read A-Z format, So That's Why They Call It Great Britain is quite simply crammed full of fascinating facts.For example, did you know we gave the world chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, the flushing loo, ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Great Kiwi Firsts

    par Astral Sligo ...
    Our fern might be silver but us Kiwis love to take that gold medal spot. First to give women the vote, first to climb Mount Everest, first to split the atom .But did you know that it was a Kiwi who was the first player to be sent off in a rugby test? Or that it was a Kiwi who was the first two-time world Scrabble champion? Or indeed that it was a Kiwi who invented the tranquiliser dart gun? Or ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • What the Victorians Got Wrong

    The nineteenth century was an era of scientific advance like no other in history. And no nation gained more from its forward momentum than Britain and her Empire. Railways were built, bridges constructed, rivers tamed and electricity harnessed, to the great benefit of all But progress was only achieved at high cost. Impatience for achievement too often resulted in catastrophe and disaster. In 1879 ... En savoir plus

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  • Iron, Steam & Money

    The Making of the Industrial Revolution

    par Roger Osborne ...
    In late eighteenth-century Britain a handful of men brought about the greatest transformation in human history. Inventors, industrialists and entrepreneurs ushered in the age of powered machinery and the factory, and thereby changed the whole of human society, bringing into being new methods of social and economic organisation, new social classes, and new political forces. The Industrial ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Imagination and a Pile of Junk

    A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions

    par Trevor Norton ...
    'In his whistle-stop tour of inventions large and small, the scientist Trevor Norton shares the Gershwins' view that invention is fundamentally comic.' The Sunday TimesTrevor Norton, who has been compared to Gerard Durrell and Bill Bryson, weaves an entertaining history with a seductive mix of eureka moments, disasters and dirty tricks.Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD