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Download or read book Cyclopaedia of Literary and Scientific Anecdote written by William Keddie and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anecdotes Literary and Scientific written by William Keddie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anecdotes, Literary and Scientific: Illustrative of the Characters, Habits, and Conversation of Men of Letters and Science About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Bartlett s Book of Anecdotes written by Andre Bernard and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2000-09-21 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.

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Download or read book The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument written by Peter Dear and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1991-01-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven science historians examine the historical creation and meaning of a range of scientific textual forms from the 17th to the late 19th centuries. They consider examples from the fields of chemistry, medicine, zoology, physics, physiology and mathematics.