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      The Victorians and the Holy Land

      Allan Chapman

      Why were people in the Victorian age fascinated with the archaeological mysteries of the Holy Land? In this engaging study, Allan Chapman shows how the Holy Land took on new…

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      Mary Somerville and the World of Science

      Allan Chapman

      Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with…

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      Medicine of the People: A History of Popular Medicine Before the National Health Service

      Allan Chapman

      So much research in the history of medicine has been devoted to the development of medicine as a progressive science, but seventy years after the institution of the National Health…

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      Ghosts that Never Haunted Christ Church: A Collection of Curious Tales about The House

      Allan Chapman

      The tales in this book are a curious mixture of genuine historical fact, legend, and fiction. For while many of the ghosts in these tales may not have haunted Christ…

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      England’s Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution

      Allan Chapman

      Despite the many contributions of Hooke (1635-1703) to the new experimental science, his reputation has been eclipsed by arch-rival, Sir Isaac Newton.

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      Physicians, Plagues and Progress: The History of Western medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics

      Allan Chapman

      A fascinating and adventurous insight into the origin and development of medicine and surgery.

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      Physicians, Plagues and Progress: The History of Western medicine from Antiquity to Antibiotics

      Allan Chapman

      A fascinating and adventurous insight into the origin and development of medicine and surgery.

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      Slaying the Dragons: Destroying myths in the history of science and faith

      Allan Chapman

      A lively corrective to popular misunderstandings about key events in the history of science-faith relations

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      The Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920

      Allan Chapman

      This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with the technical issues that were active in Victorian astronomy, and reviews the…

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      England’s Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution

      Allan Chapman

      Despite the many contributions of Hooke (1635-1703) to the new experimental science, his reputation has been eclipsed by arch-rival, Sir Isaac Newton.

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      Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang: A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble

      Allan Chapman

      The fascinating story of astronomy from the seventeenth century onwards, including the huge achievements of women

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      The Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920

      Allan Chapman

      This is the first book to look in detail at amateur astronomy in Victorian Britain. It deals with the technical issues that were active in Victorian astronomy, and reviews the…

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      Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes: The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland

      Dr Allan Chapman

      William Buckland, Victorian fossil-hunter extaordinaire, is widely regarded as the founder of the science of geology. This and his many other achievements are presented here in vivid and entertaining detail.

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      Slaves On Horseback: A Tale of Oil Conspiracy

      Allan Chapman (University of Oxford UK)

      Nick Shepherd survives the terrorist attack, but becomes the prime suspect. In his quest to unmask the true perpetrators, Nick runs into trouble at UNRC, the oil company where he…

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      Patrick Moore’s Millennium Yearbook: The View from AD 1001

      Patrick Moore,Allan Chapman

      In a characteristically off-beat approach, Patrick Moores Millennium Yearbook celebrateswell, the wrong millennium. Articles on Bodes observations, King Alfreds chronological work, reviews of a new Star Catalogue by Al-Sufi and…

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      Teen Transformation

      Allan Westcott Chapman

      Adventures With Mr. Wugidgem continue with James in his second year as a teenager. He thought a lot happened during his first year. Dad ordered him to keep his magic…

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      Young Mister Wugidgem

      Allan Westcott Chapman

      On the morning of his thirteenth birthday, July 4, 1994, James Wugidgem hung upside-down by his feet from the main storm drain on Oak Street. Beams of white light flashed…

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      Mr. Wugidgem And The Phoenix Journey

      Allan W Chapman

      Fraternal twins, Debby and Michael discover a mano bird, long thought to be extinct. Mr. Wugidgem promises to search for the truth another day, but today the trio travels on…

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      Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance

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      The Plays of George Chapman: The Tragedies with Sir Gyles Goosecappe: A Critical Edition

      ‘Much-needed modern critical edition. 'REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES

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      Chemistry at Oxford: A History from 1600 to 2005

      This fascinating and unique history of the Oxford Chemistry School shows how the University and individuals have advanced chemistry.

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      Nature, Truth, and Value: Exploring the Thinking of Frederick FerrZ

      Explored by scholars, in some manner the values they find inherent in the world, their nature, and revelence through the thought of Frederick FerrZ, these essays coming from manifold perspectives…

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      Nature, Truth, and Value: Exploring the Thinking of Frederick FerrZ

      Explored by scholars, in some manner the values they find inherent in the world, their nature, and revelence through the thought of Frederick FerrZ, these essays coming from manifold perspectives…

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