A Noble MadnessFrom Roman emperors lusting after statues to modern-day hoarders, award-winning author James Delbourgo tells the extraordinary story of fanatical collectors throughout history. He explains how the idea first emerged that when we look a...Lasīt vairāk
Winner of the Louis Gottschalk PrizeA Times Book of the WeekWhen the British Museum opened its doors in 1759, it was the first free national public museum in the world. Collecting the World tells the story of the eccentric...Lasīt vairāk
Hans Sloane was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him, but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten. B...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2017, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The Belknap Press, ISBN-13: 9780674737334)
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In 1759 the British Museum opened its doors to the general publicthe first free national museum in the world. James Delbourgos biography of Hans Sloane recounts the story behind its creation, told through the life of a figure with an insatiable...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Jun-2017, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9781846146572)
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Nothing so fully displays the grandeur of his mind as his immense and rare collections ... perhaps the fullest and most curious in the world, National Gazette, 1753 Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was the greatest collector of his time, and one...Lasīt vairāk
Science and Empire in the Atlantic World is the first book in the growing field of Atlantic Studies to examine the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. Rather than focu...Lasīt vairāk
Science and Empire in the Atlantic World is the first book in the growing field of Atlantic Studies to examine the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. Rather than focu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2006, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674022997)
Benjamin Franklins invention of the lightning rod is the founding fable of American science, but Franklin was only one of many early Americans fascinated by electricity. As a dramatically new physical experience, electricity amazed those who dare...Lasīt vairāk
