Environmental & Earth Sciences
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A New Ecological Order: Development and the Transformation of Nature in Eastern Europe [Hardback]
Stefan Dorondel (Editor); Stelu Serban (Editor)
£39.50ISBN: 9780822947172
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Intersections: Histories of Environment
The rise of industrial capitalism in the 19th century forged a new ecological order in North American and Western European states, radically transforming the environment through science and technology in the name of human progress. Far less known ... .... Learn More -
Human Transformations of the Earth [Paperback]
Charles French (Author)
£40.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789259209
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studying Scientific Archaeology
Volume: 7
This book charts and explains how human activities have shaped and altered the development of soils in many parts of the world, taking advantage of five decades of soil analytical work in many archaeological landscapes from around the globe. The c... .... Learn More -
Far Beyond the Moon: A History of Life Support Systems in the Space Age [Hardback]
Kärin Nickelsen (Author); David P. D. Munns (Author)
£25.50ISBN: 9780822946540
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Intersections: Histories of Environment
From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 years) needed to reach another planet. They've imagined and tried to create a little piece of Earth in a... .... Learn More -
Krakow: An Ecobiography [Hardback]
Adam Izdebski (Author)
£28.50ISBN: 9780822946137
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
Like most cities, Poland's Krakow developed around and because of its favorable geography. Before Warsaw, Krakow served as Poland's capital for half a millennium. It has functioned as a cultural center, an industrial center, a center of learning, ... .... Learn More -
A Tale of Two Viruses: The Parallel Research Trajectories of Tumor and Bacterial Viruses [Hardback]
Neeraja Sankaran (Author)
£43.00ISBN: 9780822946304
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
In 1965, French microbiologist André Lwoff was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on lysogeny - one of the two types of viral life cycles - which resolved a contentious debate among scientists about the nature of viruse... .... Learn More -
Explorations in the Icy North: How Travel Narratives Shaped Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century [Hardback]
Nanna Katrine Luders Kaalund (Author)
£31.00ISBN: 9780822946595
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Science in the Arctic changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth century, when early, scattered attempts in the region to gather knowledge about all aspects of the natural world transitioned to a more unified Arctic science under the F... .... Learn More -
Nature's Diplomats: Science, Internationalism, and Preservation, 1920-1960 [Hardback]
Raf De Bont (Author)
£43.00ISBN: 9780822946618
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Intersections: Histories of Environment
Nature’s Diplomats explores the development of science-based and internationally conceived nature protection in its foundational years before the 1960s, the decade when it launched from obscurity onto the global stage. Raf De Bont studies... .... Learn More -
Astronomy in India, 1784-1876 [Paperback]
Joydeep Sen (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780822966470
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Indian scientific achievements in the early twentieth century are well known, with a number of heralded individuals making globally recognized strides in the field of astrophysics. Covering the period from the foundation of the Asiatick Society in... .... Learn More -
Cultural Landscapes of India: Imagined, Enacted, and Reclaimed [Hardback]
Amita Sinha (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9780822946427
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Most people view cultural heritage sites as static places, frozen in time. In Cultural Landscapes in India, Amita Sinha subverts the idea of heritage as static and examines the ways that landscapes influence culture and that culture influ... .... Learn More -
Coastal Metropolis: Environmental Histories of Modern New York City [Hardback]
Carl A. Zimring (Editor); Steven H. Corey (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9780822946526
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: History of the Urban Environment
Built on an estuary, New York City is rich in population and economic activity but poor in available land to manage the needs of a modern city. Since consolidation of the five boroughs in 1889, New York has faced innumerable challenges, from compl... .... Learn More
