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  • - Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis
    by Sherwin B. (Yale University) Nuland
    £12.49

    The "riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) story of the discovery that handwashing helps prevent the spread of disease.

  • - Galileo and the Roman Inquisition
    by Dan Hofstadter
    £16.49

    A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science.

  • - How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos
    by Michael Lemonick
    £14.99

    "A bright, shiny gift to popular-science collections."-Booklist

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