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Fernando Vallejo
Fernando Vallejo (born 1942)

biologist, film director

  • National University of Colombia, Pontifical Xavierian University

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El mensajero
Barba Jacob, el mensajero
El cuervo blanco Spanish Edition
Chapolas negras
El desbarrancadero
La Puta De Babilonia/ the Bitch of Babylonia
La Virgen de los Sicarios
La Rambla Paralelau
Our Lady of the Assassins
La tautología darwinista y otros ensayos de biología
Mi hermano el alcalde
El Don De La Vida
Logoi
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Entre Fantasmas / Between Ghosts
Los caminos a Roma
Los días azules
La Vierge des tueurs
Almas En Pena, Chapolas Negras
Años de indulgencia
El Fuego Secreto
Entre fantasmas
Mi Hermano El Alcalde/my Brother the Mayor
Las bolas de Cavendish
Die Madonna der Mörder
El río del tiempo
La puta de Babilonia
Le feu secret
Manualito de Imposturologia Fisica
El Desbarrancadero/the Edge of the Abyss
Los Dias Azules
¡Llegaron!
Gene Brewer
Gene Brewer (born 1937)

chemist, microbiologist

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Creating K-PAX -or- Are You Sure You Want To Be A Writer?
K-Pax
On a beam of light
K-Pax III
K-Pax II
K-PAX
Watson's God
The American Way
K-Pax Omnibus
WRONGFUL DEATH
K-PAX REDUX
K-pax IV
On a Beam of Light
En un rayo de luz
Ben And I
Murder On Spruce Island
K-Pax 2
Three Stories And A Novella
K-Pax V
Na Promieniu Swiatla
Made in Vermont
Becoming Human
Spheres of Europa
K-Pax (French Edition)
Archie Carr
Archie Carr (1909-1987)

zoologist, herpetologist, conservationist, naturalist

  • University of Florida

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High jungles and low
The reptiles
The land and wildlife of Africa
The windward road
Everglades (American Wilderness)
So excellent a fishe
The turtle
Handbook of turtles
Ulendo
Ulendo
New perspectives on the pelagic stage of sea turtle development
A naturalist in Florida
The Everglades
Guide to the reptiles, amphibians, and fresh-water fishes of Florida
Paysages et nature en Afrique
The ecology and migrations of sea turtles
A taxonomic reappraisal of the turtle, Pseudemys alabamensis Bauer
Outline for a classification of animal habitats in Honduras
A contribution to the herpetology of Florida
Les Marais de la Floride
Los reptiles
Guideposts of animal navigation
Afrika
So excellent a fishe
Ulendo, travels of a naturalist in and out of Africa
Surveys of sea turtle populations and habitats in the western Atlantic
The reptiles
ha-Zoḥalim
Handbook of turtles
The windward road
Peter Medawar
Peter Medawar (1915-1987)

physician, immunologist, zoologist, autobiographer, professor, biologist, physiologist, researcher

  • University of Oxford, Marlborough College

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Memoir of a thinking radish
Aristotle to zoos
Pluto's Republic
The life science
The future of man
The uniqueness of the individual
The threat and the glory
The limits of science
The art of the soluble
Advice to a young scientist
The hope of progress
Advice to a young scientist
Induction and intuition in scientific thought
Life Science
Life Science
Advice to a young scientist
The strange case of the spotted mice and other classic essays on science
Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought
The Art of the Soluble
Advice to a Young Scientist
The uniqueness of the individual
Historia De Un Rbano Pensante Autobiografa
The Threat and the Glory
Future of Man
Induction and intuition in scientific thought
The hope of progress
De Aristóteles a Zoológicos
Pluto's Republic
Art of the Soluble
Hope of Progress
Uniqueness of the Individual
Frontiers of Knowledge
Advice to a young scientist
The Future Of Man (A Mentor Book)
Essays on growth and form presented to D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
An Introduction to immunology
An Introduction to immunology
The art of the soluble
The future of man
La Amenaza y La Gloria
An unsolved problem of biology
Major histocompatibility system
Plutos republic
Die Einmaligkeit des Individuums
Genç bilimadamina ögütler
The Limits of Science
Major histocompatibility system
The art of the soluble
Essays on growth and form presented to D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
An Unsolved problem of biology
The future of man
Induction and intuition in scientific thought
The future of man
Warren Upham
Warren Upham (1850-1934)

botanist, geologist, archaeologist, librarian

  • Dartmouth College

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Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society
Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota biographies, 1655-1912
The glacial Lake Agassiz
Minnesota geographic names
Minnesota place names
The upper beaches and deltas of the glacial lake Agassiz
Eskers near Rochester, N.Y
The glacial lake Agassiz
The geology of central and western Minnesota
Report of exploration of the glacial lake Agassiz in Manitoba
Report of exploration of the glacial lake Agassiz in Manitoba
Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908
Minnesota in three centuries, 1655-1908
Man in the ice age at Lansing, Kansas, and Little Falls, Minnesota
Congregational work of Minnesota, 1832-1920
Correspondence
Altitudes between Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains
History of mining and quarrying in Minnesota
Discussion of the climatic conditions of the glacial period
Catalogue of the flora of Minnesota
The San Francisco and Valparaiso earthquakes and their causes
Groseilliers and Radisson
Robert Chambers
Robert Chambers (1802-1871)

publisher, historian, biographer, biologist, naturalist, geologist

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A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen
Man of letters
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature
The life and works of Robert Burns
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English literature
A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen
Traditions of Edinburgh
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
The book of days
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
The Scottish ballads
Cyclopaedia of English Literature
Domestic annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the rebellion of 1745 ..
Illustrations of the author of Waverley
History of the English language and literature
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English literature
Chamber's Cyclopædia of English literature
Trusts
Book of Days
Explanations
History of the rebellions in Scotland
Domestic annals of Scotland
Cyclopedia of English literature
The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including ..
The Moral Class-book
Ancient sea-margins
Edinburgh merchants and merchandise in old times
Vestiges of the natural history of creation and other evolutionary writings
Course of Lectures on the English Law, 1767-1773
Walks in Edinburgh
History of the rebellion of 1745-6
Domestic annals of Scotland, from the reformation to the revolution
Twentieth Century Interpretations of All the King's Men
The poetical remains of Robert Chambers
History of the rebellion in Scotland in 1745, 1746
History of the Jews in England
Chambers's cyclopædia of English literature
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Part 3
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature V2
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 429, New Series, Saturday, March 20, 1852
The romantic Scottish ballads: their epoch and authorship
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVIII, No. 445, New Series, Saturday, July 10, 1852
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 432, New Series, Saturday, April 10, 1852
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 430, New Series, Saturday, March 27, 1852
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 425, New Series, Saturday, February 21, 1852
Chamber's Journal Of Popular Literature, Science And Arts
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 436, New Series, Saturday, May 8, 1852
History Of The Rebellion In Scotland In 1745-1746 V2
The Book of Days
The history of Scotland
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 434, New Series, Saturday, April 24, 1852
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and Biographical of Authors in ...
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature V3
Select Writings Of Robert Chambers
Things As They Are In America
Scottish jests and anecdotes
The Scottish songs; collected and illustrated
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 442, New Series, Saturday, June 19, 1852
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 443, New Series, Saturday, June 26, 1852
History of the rebellions in Scotland, under the Marquis of Montrose, and others, from 1638 till 1660
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVIII, No. 444, New Series, Saturday, July 3, 1852
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 431, New Series, Saturday, April 3, 1852
The songs of Scotland
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 435, New Series, Saturday, May 1, 1852
The popular rhymes of Scotland, chiefly collected from oral sources
Palestina
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVIII, No. 446, New Series, Saturday, July 17, 1852
Illustrations of the author of Waverley
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 424, New Series, Saturday, February 14, 1852
The book of days, a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography, & history, curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Part 2
Index to heirs at law, next of kin, legates and creditors or their representatives in Chancert suits
Chambers Traditions of Edinburgh
Domestic Annals Of Scotland
Story of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Revised, with Additions, Incl. the Autobiography
Tit-bits of Scottish humour
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature
Domestic Annals of Scotland
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 433, New Series, Saturday, April 17, 1852
Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads
Notices of the most remarkable fires in Edinburgh
Chambers's information for the people
The Passing Crowd - Pamphlet
History Of The Rebellion In Scotland In 1745-1746 V1
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volume XVII, No. 427, New Series, Saturday, March 6, 1852
Chambers's Journal, Volume 83
Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. New Ed. , Rev. under the Care of the Publishers. with a Supplementary Volume, Continuing the Biographies to the Present Time; 1, Pt. 2
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and Biographical of Authors in ...
Chambers's Journal, Volume 74
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...
Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature; a History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue From the Earliest Times Till the ... With Specimens of Their Writings Volume 2
Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion Of 1745
Picture of Scotland
Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining knowledge
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature : A History, Critical and Biographical of British Authors with Specimens of Their Writings
Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature V2
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 17-18
Chambers's Information for the People; Volume 1
Sketch of the History of the Edinburgh Theatre-Royal
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: With a Supplemental Volume ...
The book of days
Chambers's Journal, Volume 49
Picture of Scotland; Volume 2
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen Volume 3
Poems
An Expository Outline of the 'vestiges of the Natural History of Creation', [by R. Chambers] with a Notice of the Author's 'explanations'
Domestic Annals of Scotland - From the Reformation to the Revolution Vol. II
Explanations
The gazetteer of Scotland
A Biographical Dictionary Of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1
Domestic Annals of Scotland, from the Reformation to the Revolution
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
Chambers's Journal, Volume 68
Essays
Chambers' Encyclopædia
Chambers's Journal, Volume 79
Few Rambling Remarks on Golf [by R. Chambers]. with the Rules
The life of King James the First
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature
Picture of Scotland; Volume 1
The Life of King James the First; Volume 1
Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British ...
Memoirs of a Banking House; 1860
Solid and Spherical Geometry and Conic Sections
Chambers's Information for the People
Walks in Edinburgh
The Book of Days, a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection With the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character
Chambers's Journal, Volume 60
Select writings of Robert Chambers
Life of King James the First
Smollett: his life and a selection from his writings
From The Revolution To The Rebellion Of 1745
The popular rhymes of Scotland with illustrations, chiefly collected from oral sources
Chambers's Journal, Volume 73
Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Scotsmen : From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, and Forming a Complete Scottish Biographical Dictionary
A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen
Select Writings of Robert Chambers
Moral Class-Book
Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. With a Supplemental Volume, Continuing the Biographies to the Present Time Volume 1
Lives of illustrious and distinguished Scotsmen
Chambers's Encyclopaedia
The book of days
Chambers's Journal, Volume 65
Chambers's Journal
THE BOOK OF DAYS
Lives Of Illustrious And Distinguished Scotsman, Forming A Complete Scottish Biographic Dictionary : Embellished With Splendid And Authentic Portraits. ... Das Früher Hier Stehender U Ab. D. Titel
Chambers's Journal, Volume 72
Chambers's Pocket Miscellany, Volumes 17-18
Golfing 1891
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
Chambers's Journal, Volume 50
The Threiplands of Fingask
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen Volume 2
Chambers's Pocket Miscellany; Volume 2
Chambers's Information for the People; Volume 2
History of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745, 1746; Volume 2
Chambers's Journal, Volumes 39-40
Personal observations on terraces, and other proofs of changes in the relative level of sea land in Scandinavia
Memoir of William and Robert Chambers
The Life And Works Of Robert Burns, Volume 4
Life and Works; 1
Chamber's Cyclopædia Of English Literature
The book of days
Chamber's cyclopedia of English literature
Twelve Romantic Scottish Ballads: With the Original Airs, Arranged for the Pianoforte
Natürliche Geschichte der Schöpfung des Weltalls, der Erde und der Auf Ihr Befindlichen Organismen
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 1-2
Natural Philosophy
Romantic Scottish Ballads
Notices and anecdotes illustrative of the incidents, characters, and scenery described in the novels of Walter Scott
Domestic Annals of Scotland, from the Reformation to the Revolution; Volume 2
The Prose Works of Robert Burns, with the Notes of Currie and Cromek
DOomestic annals of Scotland
Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. New Ed. , Rev. under the Care of the Publishers. with a Supplementary Volume, Continuing the Biographies to the Present Time; 1, Pt. 1
Ancient Domestic Architecture of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle As Before the Siege Of 1573
Chambers's Journal, Volumes 35-36
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
The romantic Scottish ballads
Historical sketches of English and American literature
Narcotics
Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts
Remarks upon a recent work published by Wiley and Putnam of New York, entitled The natural history of the vestiges of creation [i.e. Vestiges of the natural history of creation]
Surgical scraps
Fireside amusements
Vaccination
Chamber's cyclopaedia of English literature
Life of Sir Walter Scott
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
Minor antiquities of Edinburgh
The book of days
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
The book of days
Chambers's elocution
Chambers's book of days
Chamber's journal of popular literature, science and arts
Life of Sir Walter Scott
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature
Edinburgh papers
Cyclopaedia of English literature
Select writings of Robert Chambers
London hospitals and dispensaries
On glacial phenomena in Scotland and parts of England
The germ theory again
The book of days
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
The book of days
Sporen van de natuurlijke geschiedenis der schepping; of, Schepping en voortgaande ontwikkeling van planten en dieren
Testimony: its posture in the scientific world
Sketch of the history of the Edinburgh Theatre-Royal
Medieval history
The electric light in medicine
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
History of the rebellions in Scotland
The book of days
Chamber's cyclopaedia of English literature
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English literature
Popular rhymes of Scotland
Chambers' Edinburgh journal
Vestiges of the natural history of creation
Donald Kennedy
Donald Kennedy (1931-2020)

biologist, academic

  • Harvard University, Dublin School

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A Place in the Sun
Academic duty
The Cold and the Dark
Cellular and organismal biology
Academic duty
From cell to organism
The last of your springs
Science magazine's state of the planet, 2006-2007
THE LIVING CELL READINGS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Air pollution, the automobile, and public health
Humans, nature, and birds
Responsibility and the University (The Grace A. Tanner Lecture in human values)
Science magazine's state of the planet, 2006-2007
Integration
Science and the media
The living cell
From cell to organism
Maarten 't Hart
Maarten 't Hart (born 1944)

biologist, literary critic, ethnologist

  • Leiden University

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Het roer kan nog zesmaal om
Het uur tussen hond en wolf
Verlovingstijd
The Sundial
De bril van God
De kroongetuige
Onder de korenmaat
Das Pferd, das den Bussard jagte
De scheltopusik
Die Sonnenuhr. Oder
Stenen voor een ransuil
Ein Schwarm Regenbrachvögel
Das Wüten der ganzen Welt
De groene overmacht
De som van misverstanden
Die Netzflickerin
Concerto Russe. CD. Musik und Texte
Feest
Ein Schwarm Regenbrachvögel. Roman
La colère du monde entier
Gott fährt Fahrrad. Oder Die wunderliche Welt meines Vaters
Bach und ich. Inkl. CD
De stiefdochters van Stoof
Concerto russe. Mit CD. Erzählungen
Mozart und ich: mit CD
De vlieger