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The Map That Changed the World
THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured …
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed …
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing …
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring...A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting …
Lonely Planet By the Seat of My Pants
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherHumorous tales of travel and misadventure.Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. …
Atlanterhavet
Det mektige historieverket Atlanterhavet tar deg med på en fascinerende biografisk oppdagelsesreise fra oseanets opprinnelse for 370 millioner år siden og frem til i dag. Med en …
Knowing What We Know
‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, …
Perfektionisterna : precision, ingenjörskonst och den moderna världens tillkomst
NOMINERAD TILL ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRICE 2018»Prosan är elegant och historien om precision är berättad med stor skicklighet. ... Överlag är detta en strålande bok som …