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Eureka: How Invention Happens

An examination of ophthalmology, including chapters covering how the eye sees and how to examine the eye, as well as on typical complaints such as the watering eye, cataract, glaucoma, the squint, retinal detachment and the effects of hypertension and diabetes on the eye.

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780300192087 | Yale Univ Pr, September 22, 2015, cover price $30.00

Paperback:

9780443047664, titled "Ophthalmology" | 2 sub edition (Churchill Livingstone, December 1, 1993), cover price $35.00 | also contains Ophthalmology | About this edition: An examination of ophthalmology, including chapters covering how the eye sees and how to examine the eye, as well as on typical complaints such as the watering eye, cataract, glaucoma, the squint, retinal detachment and the effects of hypertension and diabetes on the eye.

Children of Light: How Electricity Changed Britain Forever

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9781848871175 | Atlantic Books, April 1, 2011, cover price $42.95

The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Making of the Modern World 1776-1914

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780802118998 | Grove Pr, April 1, 2009, cover price $27.50

Paperback:

9780802144843 | Grove Pr, May 18, 2010, cover price $16.95

The Making of Modern London

By Steve Humphries, Joanna Mack (contributor), John Taylor (contributor) and Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780091920043 | Random House Uk Ltd, February 1, 2008, cover price $35.00

The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Creation of the Modern World 1776-1914

Interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Stevenson, Watt, Wedgwood, Daimler, Bessemer and Edison with lesser-known characters who carried industrialism from one nation to another, like the young Japanese Samurai who risked their lives to learn the secrets of Western industrial might.

By Gavin Weightman

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9781843545842 | Ill edition (Atlantic Books, August 9, 2007), cover price $35.25 | About this edition: Interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Stevenson, Watt, Wedgwood, Daimler, Bessemer and Edison with lesser-known characters who carried industrialism from one nation to another, like the young Japanese Samurai who risked their lives to learn the secrets of Western industrial might.

London's Thames: The River That Shaped a City And Its History

A history of London as reflected by the Thames traces the river's long-standing role as a key component of British commerce, in an account that covers a range of topics from waterside architecture and the lives of local residents to the river's wildlife and its ecological issues.

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780312340179 | St Martins Pr, November 29, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A history of London as reflected by the Thames traces the river's long-standing role as a key component of British commerce, in an account that covers a range of topics from waterside architecture and the lives of local residents to the river's wildlife and its ecological issues.

Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution

Offers a close-up look at the invention of the radio and its creator, Guglielmo Marconi, and its dramatic influence on the world of communications, science, and technology.

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780306812750 | Da Capo Pr, August 1, 2003, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Offers a close-up look at the invention of the radio and its creator, Guglielmo Marconi, and its dramatic influence on the world of communications, science, and technology.

Paperback:

9780306813788, titled "Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century & the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution" | Da Capo Pr, September 21, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Offers a close-up look at the invention of the radio and its creator, Guglielmo Marconi, and its dramatic influence on the world of communications, science, and technology.

Signor Marconi's Magic Box

Gavin Weightman tells the story of how Guglielmo Marconi invented the wireless - and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution.

By Gavin Weightman

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Paperback:

9780007130061 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, March 15, 2004), cover price $22.90 | About this edition: Gavin Weightman tells the story of how Guglielmo Marconi invented the wireless - and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution.

The Frozen-Water Trade

Traces the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America as presented through the story of Frederick Tudor who, despite hardship and ridicule, founded a hugely successful business shipping ice to tropical countries. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

By Gavin Weightman

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Paperback:

9780786886401 | Reprint edition (Hachette Book Group USA, February 1, 2004), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Traces the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America as presented through the story of Frederick Tudor who, despite hardship and ridicule, founded a hugely successful business shipping ice to tropical countries.

What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780563487944 | Bbc Pubns, October 1, 2003, cover price $40.00

The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story

Traces the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America as presented by the story of Frederick Tudor, who despite ridicule founded a hugely successful business shipping ice to tropical countries.

By Gavin Weightman

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Hardcover:

9780786254163 | Lgr lrg edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 2003), cover price $28.95

9780786867400 | 1 edition (Hyperion Books, January 1, 2003), cover price $23.45 | About this edition: Traces the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America as presented by the story of Frederick Tudor, who despite ridicule founded a hugely successful business shipping ice to tropical countries.

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