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Cracking the Egyptian Code: The Revolutionary Life of Jean-Francois Champollion by Andrew Robinson
19.99 AUD
Category: History
Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-Francois Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the French Revolution who made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs. This finely illustrated account charts Champollion's dramatic life a ...Show more
Einstein: A Hundred Years of Relativity by Andrew Robinson
49.95 AUD
Category: Biography
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility ...The fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle." --Albert Einstein, 1936 Albert Einstein's universal appeal is only partially explained by his brilliant work in physics, as Andrew Robinson demonstrates in this authoritative, accessible, and ...Show more
Einstein on the Run - How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist by Andrew Robinson
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life--first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis In autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics ...Show more
India: A Short History by Andrew Robinson
19.99 AUD
Category: History
India's unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day India has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants - whi ...Show more
The Scientists: Pioneers of Discovery by Andrew Robinson (Editor)
24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Forty articles expertly curated by biographer Andrew Robinson provide an unrivalled account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time.Who made us see the atom, our minds, our planet and the universe afresh? How did we uncover the mysteries of life on earth? ...Show more
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