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No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity
No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity

On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity

In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein’s revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the...

Curious Encounters: Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century (UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series)
Curious Encounters: Voyaging, Collecting, and Making Knowledge in the Long Eighteenth Century (UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series)

With contributions from historians, literary critics, and geographers, Curious Encounters uncovers a rich history of global voyaging, collecting, and scientific exploration in the long eighteenth century. Leaving behind grand narratives of discovery, these essays collectively restore a degree of symmetry and contingency to our...

Destination China: Immigration to China in the Post-Reform Era
Destination China: Immigration to China in the Post-Reform Era
This book is a compelling account of China’s response to the increasing numbers of ‘foreigners’ in its midst, revealing a contradictory picture of welcoming civility, security anxiety and policy confusion. Over the last forty years, China’s position within the global migration order has been undergoing a remarkable shift....
In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt
In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt
Returning to the UK in September 2010 after serving in Iraq as the political adviser to the top American general, Emma Sky felt no sense of homecoming. She soon found herself back in the Middle East traveling through a region in revolt. In a Time of Monsters bears witness to the demands of young people for dignity and justice during the...
Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s
Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s
This book sheds light on the history of Greek eugenics during the post-war period. At this time, eugenics had already been condemned by international declarations. Alexandra Barmpouti, however, challenges the assumption that eugenics disappeared and confirms the continuity of eugenics after the Second World War. She looks at the Greek...
Mind and the Cosmic Order: How the Mind Creates the Features & Structure of All Things, and Why this Insight Transforms Physics
Mind and the Cosmic Order: How the Mind Creates the Features & Structure of All Things, and Why this Insight Transforms Physics
The topic of this book is the relationship between mind and the physical world. From once being an esoteric question of philosophy, this subject has become a central topic in the foundations of quantum physics. The book traces this story back to Descartes, through Kant, to the beginnings of 20th Century physics, where it becomes clear...
The Year you Were Born 1940: The year you were born 1940 United Kingdom: An 89 page A4 book full of interesting facts, figures and trivia.
The Year you Were Born 1940: The year you were born 1940 United Kingdom: An 89 page A4 book full of interesting facts, figures and trivia.
An 89 page A4 book about the year you were born in 1940 United Kingdom with interesting facts, figures and trivia on topics of History of Britain 1940, UK Events, Adverts, Cost of Living, British Births, Sporting Events, Books publication, Most popular movies of the year with trivia and goofs about the movie, Number one songs, World events and...
Bees and Beekeeping (Shire Library)
Bees and Beekeeping (Shire Library)

The essential primer on the role of honeybees in British history, covering biology, folklore, the history of beekeeping and the danger to bees posed by climate change.

One in every four bites of food we eat is thanks to bees. They pollinate 80 per cent of the world's crops and plants, but how much...

The Sailor King: The life of King William IV
The Sailor King: The life of King William IV
Of all the British monarchs who have claimed they ruled the seas, just one, King William IV, has been a truly professional seafarer.

Known as the ‘Sailor King’ in his own lifetime, he saw himself as a naval officer who happened to become the sovereign, rather than a monarch who had been a naval...
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War
Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War
In 1846, under the terms of the Treaty of Amritsar, the British sold the beautiful valley of Kashmir to the Hindu Dogra ruler, Gulab Singh. It was not a sale in the traditional sense of the word since Britain was not physically occupying the land it sold, but rather a confirmation of an existing state of affairs where by Gulab Singh...
From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India (South Asia in Motion)
From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India (South Asia in Motion)
BETWEEN 1946 AND 1952, the British Raj, the world’s largest colony, was transformed into the Republic of India, the world’s largest democracy. Independence, the Constituent Assembly Debates, the founding of the Republic, and India’s first universal franchise general election took place amid the violence and...
 
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