Автор: Turner, Steven Название: Science Of James Smithson ISBN: 1588346900 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781588346902 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 18360.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Accessible exploration of the noteworthy scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution. James Smithson is best known as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, but few people know his full and fascinating story. He was a widely respected chemist and mineralogist and a member of the Royal Society, but in 1865, his letters, collection of 10,000 minerals, and more than 200 unpublished papers were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian Castle. His scientific legacy was further written off as insignificant in an 1879 essay published through the Smithsonian fifty years after his death--a claim that author Steven Turner demonstrates is far from the truth. By providing scientific and intellectual context to his work, The Science of James Smithson is a comprehensive tribute to Smithson's contributions to his fields, including chemistry, mineralogy, and more. This detailed narrative illuminates Smithson and his quest for knowledge at a time when chemists still debated thing as basic as the nature of fire, and struggled to maintain their networks amid the ever-changing conditions of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP00308300
CollectionID: CTRG10169604-B
PublicationDate: 18710101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
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Collation: 139 p., 3] leaves of plates: ports.; 26 cm
Автор: Pauker Scott Название: The Colony Chronicles ISBN: 0985674989 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985674984 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Smithson Amy Название: Germ Gambits: The Bioweapons Dilemma, Iraq and Beyond ISBN: 0804775524 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804775526 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 97240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Arms control and nonproliferation treaties are among the fingers in the dike preventing the unthinkable nuclear, biological, and chemical catastrophe. For decades the ability to ascertain whether states are hiding germ weapons programs has been nonexistent because the 1975 bioweapons ban has no inspection measures. Yet, in 1995 a small United Nations inspection corps pulled off a spectacular verification feat in the face of concerted resistance from Iraq's Saddam Hussein and popular skepticism that it was even possible to conduct effective biological inspections. Working from sketchy intelligence—and hampered by the Iraqis' extensive concealment and deception measures—the inspectors busted open Iraq's cover stories and wrested a confession of biowarfare agent production from Baghdad. This rigorously researched book tells that compelling story through the firsthand accounts of the inspectors who, with a combination of intrepidness, ingenuity, and a couple of lucky breaks, took the lid off Iraq's bioweapons program and pulled off an improbable victory for peace and international security. The book concludes by drawing lessons from this experience that should be applied to help arrest future bioweapons programs, by placing the Iraq bioweapons saga in the context of other manmade biological risks, and by making recommendations to reduce those risks. While written as an engaging, analytical historical narrative that explains what the biological inspectors knew, when and how they knew it, and how they outmaneuvered the Iraqis, this book's real contributions are the inspectors' blueprint to "get it right" with regard to the verification challenges associated with the bioweapons ban, and the author's roadmap to address the overall biological threats facing the world today.
Автор: Smithson Steve Название: The Man Who Sang Along ISBN: 1291034684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781291034684 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Smithson William T. Название: The Methodist Pulpit, South. ISBN: 1275800610 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275800618 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 29200.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Smithson William T. Название: The Methodist Pulpit, South. ISBN: 1275804985 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275804982 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 35630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Smithson Rumsey Название: Political Status of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ISBN: 1275776833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275776838 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
