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Novotny, a leading tropical biologist, does Big Science in Papua New Guinea, one of the world's last wild frontiers. In this unique and delightfully engaging collection of notes and reflections, he brings to life with warmth and wisdom the place, the people, the doing of science ...
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Renowned naturalist Roger Lovegrove has travelled to the world's remotest islands, from the South Seas to the Arctic Circle. They are beautiful, dangerous, and inspiring. Here he tells the story of twenty; each a self-contained habitat with a delicately-balanced ecosystem, and ea ...
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This book is a joint biography of William and Lawrence Bragg, who reshaped science in the twentieth century with the development of X-ray crystallography, and by mentoring the mid-century discovery of the structure of DNA. Their stories are vivid examples of science teaching and ...
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Some of the world's most advanced work on biodiversity is being carried out deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea by a team including local tribes-people. Novotny's entertaining, engaging, and unique diaries reflect on the wisdom of the ancient culture, bringing to life the peo ...
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By focusing on the history of the Gemini Observatory - twin 8-metre telescopes located on mountain peaks in Hawaii and Chile - this work tells the story behind the planning and construction of modern scientific tools, offering a detailed view of the technological and political tr ...
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Written in response to the increasing popularity of informal centres of learning, this text is designed to share ideas and approaches for teachers in schools as well as for curators and educators in museums and centres, in order to exploit museums' potential in popularising scien ...
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The information and communications technologies (ICT's) can bring growth and benefits. However, in developing countries they may contribute to uneven economic progress and development. This book looks at how the impact of the digital divide can be lessened to avoid unwanted conse ...
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Deriving from an initiative of the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Society, these are studies of scientific and cultural discoveries made on Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Seas in Endeavour , and of issues arising from this and subsequent Pacific voyages by European expl ...
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Eighteenth century botany, starring Cook, Banks, and Linnaeus, was sexy, dangerous, and big business, and Fara reveals the existence, barely concealed under the camouflage of noble enlightenment, of the more seedy drives to conquer, subdue and deflower in the name of the British ...
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This marine assessment surveys the coral reefs of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay Province, which play an integral role in sustaining coastal communities and represent an important component of the nation's rich natural heritage.
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