A brief history of time
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To this day a brief history of time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wondersoxfam bookshop cheltenham was there a beginning of time? could time run backwards? is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?these are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkersit begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from newton to einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the big bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theorythis new edition includes recent updates from stephen hawking with his latest thoughts about the no boundary proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational wavesit was published in tandem with the app, stephen hawking's pocket universesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A brief history of secret societies by david vthis book is in good condition with only a small amount of wearall the pages are unmarked, intact and the binding is good
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Soft cover brand new book sapiens (a brief history of mankind)posted by ana elisa in books, comics & magazines, books in cosham
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A brief history of the law society was written by eand has been signed by him, published in by the royal society read more
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This is a concise history of the philosophy and practice of alchemy from its beginnings to the twentieth centuryshe is the author of more than thirty books on a wide range of subjectsbut what i admire about it most is how enlightening and enlivening it is
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1 sunday times bestseller'a beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' daily telegraph'effortlessly instructive, absorbing, up to the minute and - where it matters - witty' guardian the world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author of a brief history of time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous workbut even as his theoretical work on black holes, imaginary time and multiple histories took his mind to the furthest reaches of space, hawking always believed that science could also be used to fix the problems on our planetwide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, brief answers to the big questions, the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading nextis there a god?how did it all begin?can we predict the future?what is inside a black hole?is there other intelligent life in the universe?will artificial intelligence outsmart us?how do we shape the future?will we survive on earth?should we colonise space?is time travel possible?throughout his extraordinary career, stephen hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteriesa percentage of all royalties will go to charitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wanstead the noand now, as we face potentially catastrophic changes here on earth - from climate change to dwindling natural resources to the threat of artificial super-intelligence - stephen hawking turns his attention to the most urgent issues for humankind
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It includes a new introduction written specially for this editionat the same time, he explains his complex theories through a fresh visual dimensionover one hundred and fifty stunning colour illustrations have been specially commissioned for this purpose to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to graspthis is stephen hawking's updated, expanded and illustrated edition of his celebrated work which includes the most recent developments in the field, many of which were forecast by himoxfam books & music salisbury book and dj in excellent condition, no marks,notes or tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An illustrated brief history of china culture, religion, art, invention by wang jian (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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An appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &coxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamathe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationsp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe name of a previous owner is written on the f" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a time' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educatesrather than focusing on dry facts and dates, egombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic ageoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: ehe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a new history of england: giving an authentick account of all the various revolutions, and other memorable transactions, that have happened in it from the invasion of julius caesar, to the present time includes 3 fold-out illustrations (one split at fold) and one other illustrationboards bumped and rubbed at extremities, marked in places, with some losses to top and bottom of spinepage numbers and inclusion of two index sections, suggest that this may be an amalgamation of two editionspages are generally clean and tight - some a few more age-marked than othersno pre-title pages - ffep appears to be missing, with slight tears to title page5 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreleather binding, five raised bands and title to spinecollected from the best writers, &c the second edition printed for r goadby, in sherborne, and sold by w owen, bookseller, at temple-bar, london pp, plus two index sections exact status of this edition is slightly unclear - four editions dated appear on estc, of which the "fourth edition" has the same number of pagesname in faint ink on endpaper
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentthe third volume opens with a character study of early modern ireland and a panoramic survey of ireland in , followed by twelve chapters of narrative history the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinetwo surveys, 'land and people', cwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the irish abroadthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to dateplanned and established by the late tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railways
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the present the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinewithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to dateplanned and established by the late tthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout
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Title: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peopletitle: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peoplefirst edition: falsecondition: very goodproduct category: books
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - no inscriptions - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume contains a large number of images derived from the conflict spanning from through to - a very nice collector's setour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalsoxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalstomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkingas ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partnersin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupeven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togetheronce our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its ownin this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniquenesstomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interaction
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmvolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages - () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume discusses various events that unfolded during the global conflict which spanned from to - a very nice collector's setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A short history of nearly everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only bill bryson can render ithe has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful mindsto that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field campsscience has never been more involving or entertaininggood condition, paperback, 687 pages n bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselvestaking as territory everything from the big bang to the rise of civilization, bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us
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Title: a natural history of ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proofauthor(s): clarke, roger
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The title is a new history of italian renaissance artthe item format is a book hardbackthe sleeve condition is newbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale condition new
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A short history of nearly everything, by bill brysonessentially an encyclopaedia of lots of interesting people and informationas it says on the coverread once, in very good condition574 pages, plus notes, bibliography and index
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A short history of nearly everything by bill bryson (cd-audio, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world: a short history of modern delusions bycondition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 1st class
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Inside the royal wardrobe: a dress history of queen alexandralanguage: this book should contain text in 0publisher: bloomsbury publishing plcpublication dateauthor: strasdin, kate
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A pictorial history of indian cinema, rangoonwalla, firoze
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A picture history of great discoveries by clarke hutton - hardcover **mint condition**
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The potter's art: a complete history of pottery in britain by grahame clark - hardcover **brand new**
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