ledochowicz.com

History

Osiris, Volume 32 Data Histories

Aronova Elena, von Oertzen Christine, Sepkoski David

ISBN: PB: 9780226538778, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
304 pp., 25.5x17.5 cm

The history of data brings together topics and themes from a variety of perspectives in history of science: histories of the material culture of information and of computing, the history of politics on individual and global scales, gender and women's...

PB:

£26,50

QTY:

add books to the list

Ecology

Evolution

Hierarchy Perspectives for Ecological Complexity

Allen T. F. H., Starr Thomas B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226489681, ISBN: HB: 9780226489544, University of Chicago Press, December 2017
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 28 line drawings, 2 tables

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear, self-organizing, seemingly chaotic structures in which individuals...

PB:

£35,50

QTY:

HB:

£94,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Evolution

Planet of Microbes The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms

Anton Ted

ISBN: HB: 9780226353944, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

We live in a time of unprecedented scientific knowledge about the origins of life on Earth. But if we want to grasp the big picture, we have to start small – very small. That's because the real heroes of the story of life on Earth are microbes, the t...

HB:

£19,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Earth Sciences

Political Science

Elements of Power Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

Abraham David S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226904, Yale University Press, August 2017
336 pp., 21x14 cm, 3 black&white illus.

Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet...

PB:

£12,99

QTY:

add books to the list

Cartography

Decolonizing the Map Cartography from Colony to Nation

Akerman James R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226422787, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 121 halftones, 1 table

Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independen...

HB:

£49,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Astronomy

In the Shadow of the Moon The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses

Aveni Anthony

ISBN: HB: 9780300223194, Yale University Press, June 2017
328 pp., 21x14 cm, 32 black&white illus.

In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display. Since the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been c...

HB:

£20,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Birds

House of Owls

Angell Tony

ISBN: PB: 9780300223422, Yale University Press, January 2017
224 pp., 23.5x17.8 cm, 94 black&white illus.

Tony Angell, master artist and naturalist, offers an intimate account of owls he has observed, admired, and depicted for decades For a quarter century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western...

PB:

£12,99

QTY:

add books to the list

Nature

Amazing Rare Things The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery

Attenborough Sir David, Owens Susan, Clayton Martin, Alexandratos Rea

ISBN: PB: 9780300215724, Yale University Press, September 2015
224 pp., 25.1x19.4 cm, 160 colour illus.

The Royal Collection, held at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, has been shaped by the personal tastes of kings and queens for more than five hundred years. The Collection s exquisite natural history artworks in "Amazin...

PB:

£16,99

QTY:

add books to the list

History

Technology & Engineering

Everyday Technology Machines and the Making of India's Modernity

Arnold David

ISBN: PB: 9780226269375, ISBN: HB: 9780226922027, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
224 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 4 tables, 22 halftones

In 1909 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on his way back to South Africa from London, wrote his now celebrated tract "Hind Swaraj", laying out his vision for the future of India and famously rejecting the technological innovations of Western civilization....

PB:

£15,00

QTY:

HB:

£24,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Nature

How the Earth Turned Green A Brief 3.8-Billion-Year History of Plants

Armstrong Joseph E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226069777, ISBN: HB: 9780226069630, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
576 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 121 halftones, 31 line drawings, 4 tables

On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for...

PB:

£34,00

QTY:

HB:

£103,00

QTY:

add books to the list