Science in London : a guide to memorials / Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai.
2021
Q127.G4 H27 2021eb
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Title
Science in London : a guide to memorials / Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai.
Author
Hargittai, István.
ISBN
9783030623333 (electronic bk.)
3030623335 (electronic bk.)
9783030623326
3030623327
3030623335 (electronic bk.)
9783030623326
3030623327
Published
Cham : Springer, 2021.
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-62333-3 doi
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Q127.G4 H27 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
509.421
Summary
This book introduces the reader to the statues, busts, and memorial plaques of scientists, explorers, medicine men and women, and inventors found in the bustling capital of the United Kingdom, London. The former capital of the British Empire, London remains a world center of trade, navigation, finance and many more. It is also a hub of science, the seat of the Royal Society, Royal Institution, Science Museum, British Museum, Natural History Museum, and of great institutions of higher education. The historical figures depicted in these memorials are responsible for creating great institutions, milestone discoveries, contributions to the scientific and technological revolutions, fighting against epidemics, advancing medicine, and contributing to the progress seen during the past four hundred years. This is a guidebook for the visitor and the Londoner alike. It presents memorials that everybody is familiar with and others that the authors discovered during their years of painstaking research. The 750 images and the text, interlarded with anecdotes, is both informative and entertaining.
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Hargittai, Magdolna.
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Science in London : A Guide to Memorials.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Explorers
Scientists
Medicine men and women
Innovators, engineers, and technologists.
Explorers
Scientists
Medicine men and women
Innovators, engineers, and technologists.