1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003562890403321

Autore

Schulze Delitzsch

Titolo

Delle unioni di credito ossia delle banche popolari / Schulze Delitzsch ; a cura di Pascolato A. e R. Manzato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Venezia : M. Visentini, 1871

Edizione

[4 edz.]

Descrizione fisica

477 p.

Locazione

DECSE

Collocazione

SE 052.07.15-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806249003321

Autore

Rodgers Michael

Titolo

Publishing and the advancement of science : from selfish Genes to Galileo's finger / / Michael Rodgers ; with a foreword Richard Dawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Imperial College Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78326-372-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Classificazione

24,1

Disciplina

509

Soggetti

Science - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Richard Dawkins; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Hawking, Einstein, and popular science; 2. Discovering the world of science and scientists; 3. Falling under the spell of the selfish gene; 4. The origins and evolution of the



college science textbook, and the birth of a superstar; 5. A companion to the mind, and science in the vegetable garden; 6. r- and K-selection, and the extended phenotype; 7. The blind watchmaker, and the universe in twenty objects; 8. Bill Hamilton and John Maynard Smith: working with two giants of evolutionary biology

9. 'The best textbook of organic chemistry I ever hold in my hands'10. Scientific anecdotes, the ten great ideas of science, 'science writing at its best'; Epilogue; Notes and references; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Popular science books, selling in their thousands - even millions - help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students; the scientists of tomorrow. But how do these books come about? And why are some of them so spectacularly successful?. This is the first ever insider's account of science publishing, written by an editor intimately involved in the publication of some of the most famous bestsellers in the field. Michael Rodgers reveals the stories behind these ex