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12 books that changed the world / Melvyn Bragg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2006.Description: 372 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780340839805 (hbk.) :
  • 0340839813
Other title:
  • Twelve books that changed the world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 028 BRA
LOC classification:
  • Z1003
Incomplete contents:
Principia mathematica (1687) by Isaac Newton -- Married love (1918) by Marie Stopes -- Magna Carta (1215) by Members of the English Ruling Classes -- The Rule Book of Association Football (1836) by A group of former English public school men -- On the origin of the species (1859) by Charles Darwin -- On the abolition of the slave trade (1789) by William Wilbeforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions -- A vindication of the rights of woman (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft -- Experimental researches in electricity (3 volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday -- Patent specification for Arkwright\'s Spinning Machine (1769) by Richard Arkwright -- The King James Bible (1611) by William Tyndale and fifty-four scholars appointed by the King -- An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (1776) by Adam Smith -- The first folio (1623) by William Shakespeare.
Summary: Accompanying the TV series, this book describes a 'book' as an agent of social, political and personal revolution. Including famous books by Darwin, Newton and Shakespeare, it covers lesser-known works, such as Marie Stopes' 'Married Love', and the original feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'.
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Reference Nursing collection room Athlone Reference 028 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 200183

TV tie-in.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principia mathematica (1687) by Isaac Newton -- Married love (1918) by Marie Stopes -- Magna Carta (1215) by Members of the English Ruling Classes -- The Rule Book of Association Football (1836) by A group of former English public school men -- On the origin of the species (1859) by Charles Darwin -- On the abolition of the slave trade (1789) by William Wilbeforce in Parliament, immediately printed in several versions -- A vindication of the rights of woman (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft -- Experimental researches in electricity (3 volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855) by Michael Faraday -- Patent specification for Arkwright\'s Spinning Machine (1769) by Richard Arkwright -- The King James Bible (1611) by William Tyndale and fifty-four scholars appointed by the King -- An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations (1776) by Adam Smith -- The first folio (1623) by William Shakespeare.

Accompanying the TV series, this book describes a 'book' as an agent of social, political and personal revolution. Including famous books by Darwin, Newton and Shakespeare, it covers lesser-known works, such as Marie Stopes' 'Married Love', and the original feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'.

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