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ISBN: 9780349104522 - The Man Who Knew Infinity The Man Who Knew Infinity
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0349104522  ISBN13: 9780349104522
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Abacus
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Dec 1992
'One of the finest, best-documented biographies ever published about a modern mathematician' - Martin Gardner In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several... More

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ISBN: 9780307269591 - On an Irish Island On an Irish Island
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0307269590  ISBN13: 9780307269591
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Mar 2012

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ISBN: 9780812221329 - Faux Real Faux Real
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 081222132X  ISBN13: 9780812221329
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Aug 2010
From Leatherette to Naugahyde, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake leather seem real. Faux Real explores this borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the... More

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ISBN: 9780262612067 - The One Best Way The One Best Way
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0262612062  ISBN13: 9780262612067
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd MIT Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Feb 2005
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was the first efficiency expert, the original time-and-motion man - the father of scientific management, the inventor of a system that became known, inevitably enough, as Taylorism. "In the past the man has... More

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ISBN: 9780801847578 - Apprentice to Genius Apprentice to Genius
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0801847575  ISBN13: 9780801847578
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: Johns Hopkins pbk. ed
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Nov 1993
From the author of the bestselling "The Man Who Knew Infinity" comes an unprecedented look at the traditional master-apprenticeship relationship alive today in modern science. Along the way, using interviews and anecdotes, Kanigel takes readers... More

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ISBN: 9780963124678 - Vintage Reading - from Plato to Bradbury Vintage Reading - from Plato to Bradbury
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0963124676  ISBN13: 9780963124678
Publisher: The Bancroft Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Feb 1998
Presents a collection of essays unlike any other stuffy attempt at introducing the modern reader to the Great Books. "Whether a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this book appeals..." - "The Word", Summer 2001. This book brings the Great Books out... More

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ISBN: 9780316854955 - High Season in Nice High Season in Nice
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0316854956  ISBN13: 9780316854955
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Jul 2002
Founded by the Greeks some time after the 6th century BC, Nice has borne the tread of Roman legionnaires and Italy-bound Englishmen on the Grand Tour and now has tourism at its heart. This book explores how tourism evolved, how Nice and the... More

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ISBN: 9780140260809 - The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0140260803  ISBN13: 9780140260809
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc.,US
Edition: Open market e.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Apr 1999
"In the past man has been first. In the future the System will be first", predicted Frederick Winslow Taylor, the first efficiency expert and model for all the stopwatch-clicking engineers who stalk the factories and offices of the industrial world. More

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ISBN: 9780356206998 - Man Who Knew Infinity Ru Man Who Knew Infinity Ru
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0356206998  ISBN13: 9780356206998
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Little, Brown
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Jan 1992

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ISBN: 9780316882941 - The One Best Way The One Best Way
Robert Kanigel

ISBN10: 0316882941  ISBN13: 9780316882941
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Dec 1997
Frederick Winslow Taylor is regarded by many as the original time-and-motion man and the first efficiency expert. Responsible for the modern obsession with time and efficiency, he sought to erase the antagonism between labour and management. More