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David McLellan
David McLellan (born 1940)

scientist

  • University of Oxford

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Political Christianity
Marx Before Marxism
Marxism After Marx
The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Karl Marx
Ideology (Concepts in the Social Sciences / Series Editor, Frank Parki)
Thought of Karl Marx
Marx's Grundrisse
Marxism
Ideology (Concepts in the Social Sciences)
Marx (Modern Masters)
Simone Weil
The Young Hegelians and Karl Marx
Karl Marx His Life & Thought PR McLellan
Bernard Crick
Bernard Crick (1929-2008)

politician, political scientist

  • University College London

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George Orwell
Orwell remembered
In defence of politics
In defence of politics
Crossing Borders
Essays on Citizenship
Democracy
Basic forms of government
Bernard Crick at the Political Quarterly
Essays on politics and literature
Political thoughts and polemics
The reform of Parliament
The American science of politics: its origins and conditions
In defence of politics
In Defence of Politics (Continuum Impacts)
The Labour Party's aims & values
The American science of politics
Political thoughts and polemics
In Defense of Politics
Essays on citizenship
Freedom as politics
To make the parliament of Scotland a model for democracy
Political theory and practice
Protest and discontent
Essays on political education
Crime, rape, and gin
The reform of Parliament
Education for democratic citizenship
The American science of politics: its origins and conditions
What is politics?
National identities
To make the Parliament of Scotland, a model for democracy
In Defense of Politics
"Them and us"
In defense of politics
Parliament and the people
Citizens
Essays on reform, 1967
Reform of the Commons
Socialism
En Defensa De La Politica
Essays on politics and literature
Essays on political education
Crossing Borders
Democracy
George Orwell a Life-V1
The Four Nations
The American science of politics
Taxation policy
Citizens
Essays on reform, 1967
Political theory and practice
George Orwell a Life-V2
Political education and political literacy
Basic concepts for political education
Urban pioneering in Haifa
Freedom as politics
In defence of politics
In defence of politics
Freedom as politics
How Should We Live
The elementary types of government
Essays on Politics and Lite
List of American newspapers up to 1940, held by libraries in Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament and the people
Defending politics
A guide to manuscripts relating to America in Great Britain and Ireland
Reform of Parliament
Socialist values and time
Unemployment
In defence of politics
Regierungskunst in der heutigen Welt
China in transition
Essays on reform, 1967
The American science of politics
Brené Brown
Brené Brown (born 1965)

essayist, social worker, scientist, podcaster

  • University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston

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The Art of Asking
Daring Greatly
Dare to lead
You Are Your Best Thing
Braving the wilderness
Desafiando La Tierra Salvaje
Rising Strong
Rising strong
The gifts of imperfection
Controversial issues in social policy
Atlas of the Heart
The Gifts of Imperfection : 10th Anniversary Edition
The Enneagram of Belonging
De Kracht van Kwetsbaarheid
Women & Shame
Daring Greatly How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Controversial issues in social policy
The gifts of imperfect parenting
BRAVING THE WILDERNESS
Coragem de Ser Imperfeito - Daring Greatly
I Thought It Was Just Me
Connections
De moed van imperfectie
Braving the Wilderness
Women and Shame
Braving the wilderness
Brené Brown's 3-Book Set
Men, Women, and Worthiness
Daring Greatly
Los dones de la imperfección
The Gifts of Imperfection
PODER DE SER VULNERABLE
MÁS FUERTE QUE NUNCA
Gelukkig ben ik niet de enige
Falling Upward, Revised and Updated
Daring Greatly
Gelukkig ben ik niet de enige
Dary nesovershenstva
Más Fuerte Que Nunca / Rising Strong
Gifts of Imperfection, The
Mais forte do que nunca
When We Are Bold
Gelukkig ben ik niet de enige
Daring greatly
Atlas of the Heart
Die Gaben der Unvollkommenheit
Mukemmel Olmamanin Hediyeleri
The Power of Vulnerability
Los dones de la imperfección
Braving the wilderness
Acımasız Dünyaya Meydan Okumak
Dones de la Imperfección
Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice
The Gifts of Imperfection
The Gifts of Imperfection
Daring Greatly
A Arte da Imperfeicao
Dépasser la honte
Uri Bar-Joseph
Uri Bar-Joseph (born 1949)

political scientist

  • Stanford University

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Benoît Prieur
Benoît Prieur (born 1975)

Wikimedian, software engineer, correspondent, radio personality, amateur photographer, OpenStreetMap contributor, geohasher, teacher, chess player

  • Institut d'informatique d'Auvergne, Blaise Pascal University (Clermont II)

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Jean Forestier ou la conquête de Paris-Roubaix 1955
Programmation en C#
Informatique quantique
WPF
Projets personnels et gestion du temps, pistes d'organisation
Pygame - Initiez-vous au développement de jeux vidéo en Python
Traitement automatique du langage naturel avec Python
PyQt5 - Développez vos interfaces graphiques en Python
Rust - Développez des programmes robustes et sécurisés
David Brewster
David Brewster (1781-1868)

botanist, civil engineer, physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, inventor, biographer

  • University of Edinburgh

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The martyrs of science
Memoirs of the life, writings, and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Letters on Natural Magic
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Brewster and Wheatstone on vision
More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian
The stereoscope; its history, theory, and construction
More worlds than one
The stereoscope
The kaleidoscope, its history, theory and construction with its application to the fine and useful arts
The history of free masonry
More Worlds Than One
A treatise on optics
More worlds than one
A treatise on magnetism
Letters on natural magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart
More Worlds Than One
Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott 1832
Nouveau manuel de magie naturelle et amusante
The martyrs of science
Observations on the mean temperature of the globe
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott
On the existence of two new fluids in the cavities of minerals, which are immiscible, and possess remarkable physical properties
Account of two remarkable rainbows
On a new analysis of solar light
On the refractive power of the two new fluids in minerals
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher, rev. and edited by W.T. Lynn
Observations on the relation between the optical structure and the chemical composition of the apophyllite and other minerals of the zeolite family
Description of a monochromatic lamp for microscopical and other purposes, &c
On the absorption of polarized light by doubly refracting crystals
Description of a new reflecting telescope
Notice respecting the existence of the new fluid in a large cavity in a specimen of sapphire
Observations on the optical structure of lithion-mica
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours
On the connexion between the optical structure and chemical composition of minerals
On some remarkable affections of the retina
Description of a copper battle-axe found in Ratho Bog
On the optical properties and mechanical condition of amber
On the phenomena and laws of elliptic polarization
Memoirs of the life, writings and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
On a singular development of crystalline structure by phosphorescence
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart
On the formation of single microscopes from the lenses of fishes, etc
Account of the native hydrate of magnesia, discovered by Dr. Hibbert in Shetland
On the separation of epistilibite from heulandite, as demonstrated by optical characters
Notice respecting Professor Hansteen's chart of the variation and dip of the needle
More worlds than one
On a new series of periodical colours produced by the grooved surfaces of metallic and transparent bodies
Optics
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences
Observations on the pyro-electricity of minerals
Observations on the structure and crystalline forms of haytorite
On the action of the second surfaces of transparent plates upon light
On the optical and general properties of tabasheer
A treatise on magnetism
On a new cleavage in calcareous spar
On some properties of light
On the phenomena of dichroism, or the absorption of common light by crystallised bodies
Description of gmelimite, a new mineral speries
On the mean temperature of the equator
Observations on the diurnal variation of the needle from 1775-1780, at Zwanenburg in Holland
Results of the thermometrical observations made at Leith Fort every hour of the day and night during the whole of the years 1824 and 1825
Account of comptonite, a new mineral from Vesuvius
Notice respecting a method of producing an intense heat from gas for various purposes in the arts
On the existence of a group of moveable crystals of carbonate of lime in a fluid cavity of quartz
On the phosphorescence of minerals
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher
Treatise on the kaleidoscope
Account of some single microscopes upon a new construction
More worlds than one
Account of a remarkable peculiarity in the structure of glaberite
Letters on natural magic
Description of withamite, a new mineral species found in Glenco
On a singular luminous property of wood &c. steeped in solutions of lime and magnesia
Reply to a note in the Annales de chimie by M. Arago, on the phosphorescence of fluor-spar
Description of two surfaces composed of siliceous filaments incapable of reflecting light
On the natural history and properties of tabasheer, the siliceous concretion in the bamboo
Account of the establishment of a scientific prize by the late Alexander Keith
Observations relative to the motions of the molecules of bodies
On the law of partial polarization of light by reflection
On the accomodation [sic] of the eye to different distances
On the principle of illumination for microscopic objects
Farther observations on levyne, a new mineral species
Notice respecting some new species of lead-ore from Wanlockhead and Lead Hills
Description of levyne, a new mineral species
Experiments on the structure and refractive power of the coats and humours of the human eye
Observations on vision through coloured glasses
On the reflection and decomposition of light at the separating surfaces of media of the same and of different refractive powers
On a new species of double refraction, accompanying a remarkable structure in analcime
On the construction of polyzonal lenses and mirrors of great magnitude
Account of an improvement on the nautical eye-tube
Description of a teinoscope for altering the lineal proportions of objects
Account of the new galvano-magnetic condenser invented by M. Poggendorff
On the laws of the polarization of light by refraction
Notice respecting a singular optical property of tabasheer
The Edinburgh encyclopædia
Account of meteorological observations made in North America by Dr. Holyoke and Prof. Dewey
Notice respecting the mean temperature of the equator
A treatise on new philosophical instruments for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours. By David Brewster
Description of a new double image micrometer for measuring the diameter of minute celestial objects
The kalaeidoscope
On a new optical and mineralogical structure, exhibited in certain specimens of apophyllite and other minerals
Description of a new reflecting microscope
Account of a new monochromatic lamp depending on the combustion of compressed gas
On the production of regular double refraction in the molecules of bodies by simple pressure
Reply to Mr. Brooke's observations on the connexion between the optical structure of minerals and their primitive forms
Observations on the visions of impressions on the retina
Account of a singular experiment depending on the polarization of light by reflexion
Description of oxahverite, a new mineral from oxahver, in Iceland
Notice respecting a singular structure in the diamond
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry
The martyrs of science, or the lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
A treatise on optics
Optics
On the life-boat, the lightning conductor, and the lighthouse
Ernst Ludwig Krause
Ernst Ludwig Krause (1839-1903)

biologist, botanist, pharmacist

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Erasmus Darwin
Kepa Altonaga
Kepa Altonaga (born 1958)

biologist, zoologist

  • University of the Basque Country

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