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Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements
The wondrous and illuminating story of humankind's quest to discover the fundamentals of chemistry, culminating in Mendeleyev's dream of the Periodic Table. **One of Bill Gates' …
Mendeleyev's Dream
**One of Bill Gates' Top Five Book Recommendations** In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. …
Empire: A New History of the World
A dazzling new history of the world told through the ten major empires of human civilization. Eminent historian Paul Strathern opens the story of Empire with the Akkadian …
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World
An original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart. It is generally accepted that …
Florentines
A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias.
Spirit of Venice
Presents the history of the economic and naval power of the modern Western world, from its struggle to ascendancy, through the arc of its glory. This book offers the story of the …
A Brief History of Medicine
Paul Strathern follows the development of medicine through the lives of its greatest practitioners, whose discoveries (and errors) shaped the course of medical history. Includes …
Derrida in 90 Minutes
In Derrida in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Derrida's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in …
The Medici
A vivid, dramatic, and authoritative account of perhaps the most influential family in Italian history: the Medici. A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one …
Nietzsche in 90 Minutes
In Nietzsche in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Nietzsche's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his …
The Other Renaissance
'Enlightening and fascinating' John Banville, Wall Street JournalThrough the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, …