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  • The Importance of Small Decisions

    by Michael J. O'Brien, R. Alexander Bentley, William A. Brock ...
    Series series Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
    How people make decisions in an era of too much information and fake news.Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Spatial Dimension In Environmental and Resource Economics

    by William Brock, Anastasios Xepapadeas ...
    Series series Environmental, Natural Resource and Sustainable Development Economics
    Although the spatial dimension is embedded in most issues studied by environmental and resource economics, its incorporation into economic models is not widespread. As a result, significant aspects of important problems remain hidden, which could lead to policy failures. This Element fills this gap by exploring how space can be integrated into environmental and resource economics. The emergence of ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • The Fontana History of Chemistry

    by William Brock ...
    The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis.Beginning with the first tentative chemical explorations, Dr Brock proceeds via the alchemists’ futile, but frequently profitable, efforts to turn lead into gold to recount the emergence of the modern discipline of chemistry as fashioned by Boyle, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Fifth Business

    A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong

    by William H. Brock ...
    A biography of Henry Edward Armstrong, an underappreciated maverick in the history of chemistry.Fifth Business is a biography of the English chemist, educator, and scientific critic Henry Edward Armstrong. Today, Armstrong, who was a central figure in the development of the science of chemistry between 1885 and 1914, is more remembered for his campaigns to improve the teaching of chemistry, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science

    by William H. Brock ...
    Series series Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
    William Crookes' long life was one of unbroken scientific and business activity, culminating in his appointment as President of the Royal Society in 1913. Throughout his career he was an important science journalist, the discoverer of thallium, the inventor of the radiometer, investigator of cathode rays and the vacuum, a spectroscopist of significance in rare earth chemistry, and a spokesman for ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The History of Chemistry

    A Very Short Introduction

    by William H. Brock ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biological sciences, as well as technology. In this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout history. Covering alchemy, early-modern chemistry, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • a million billion pieces

    by David James Brock, Gareth Williams ...
    It’s time to make every moment count.Sixteen-year-olds Pria and Theo—or as they know each other online, the aspiring opera singer PriaSoprano and outer-space aficionado Eagle19—have decided to have sex. There’s just one catch… they both have life-threatening genetic disorders that may cause them to explode from one another’s touch. But they won’t know what will happen until they try. Sick of being ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South, 1818–2018

    by Julia Brock, William D. Bryan, Richard A. Cook Jr., Lisa L. Crutchfield, Edward Hatfield, Keith Hebert, R. Scott Huffard Jr., Jr., David Mason, Marko Maunula, Erica Metcalfe, Katheryn L. Nikolich, David B. Parker, Bradley R. Rice, Carey Olmstead Shellman ...
    In Gwinnett County’s two hundred years, the area has been western, southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, legal battles over Indian Removal, slavery and cotton, the Civil War and the Lost Cause, New South railroad and town development, Reconstruction and Jim Crow, business development and finance in a ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The History of Chemistry

    A Very Short Introduction

    by William H. Brock ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biological sciences, as well as technology. In this Very Short Introduction, William H Brock traces the unique appeal of this fundamental science throughout history. Covering alchemy, early-modern chemistry, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Case of the Poisonous Socks

    Tales from Chemistry

    by William H Brock ...
    In 1868, The Times reported that poisons contained in dyes were affecting the public's health. A doctor informed a London magistrate that brilliantly coloured socks had caused severe "constitutional and local complaint" to several of his patients. In one case, a patient's foot had become so swollen that his boots had to be cut off. Respected chemist, William Crookes, offered to identify the poison ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Harlequin Presents July 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

    An Anthology

    by Sharon Kendrick, Susanna Carr, Andie Brock, Cathy Williams ...
    Harlequin® Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents box set includes:THE RUTHLESS GREEK'S RETURNby Sharon KendrickCEO Loukas Sarantos's most recent procurement means he can finally take revenge on Jessica Cartwright—the only woman to ever walk away from him. But Loukas soon begins to realize Jessica may be the most precious jewel in his possession…TYCOON'S DELICIOUS ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre

    by Tim Lieder, C.C. Parker, Paul Haines, Roberta Rogow, Tim Johnson, Trina Shealy Orton, Jenifer Jourdanne, Cameron Hill, Rob Steussi, Brian Rosenberger, Michael Stone, Amanda Rehagen, William Brock ...
    Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre is an anthology of the best upcoming writers exploring the dark side of stoners, zombies, killer clowns, Disneyland, werewolves in night clubs, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Scottish hermit crabs. Includes new work by Roberta Rogow, Brian Rosenberger, Tim Johnson, C.C. Parker and Jenifer Jourdanne among others. Table of Contents Formaldehyde by C.C. Parker Doof Doof ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus