Science and medicine in the Scottish enlightenment
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India in Edinburgh: 1750s to the present
Eighteenth-century Edinburgh was the cradle of the Scottish Enlightenment and a city of international significance. The lives and ideas of its prominent figures have received extensive treatment, but little attention has been paid to the society which produced them. In this wide…
Eighteenth-century Edinburgh was the cradle of the Scottish Enlightenment and a city of international significance. The lives and ideas of its prominent figures have received extensive treatment, but little attention has been paid to the society which produced them. In this wide…
Philosophic Whigs explores the links between scientific activity and politics and offers new insights into the form and content of medical education in early nineteenth-century Scotland. Through a study of the Thomson family - a medical dynasty active in Edinburgh from 1789 to 1…
Kriminalroman. Da en nær kollega bliver brutalt overfaldet inddrages politikommissær John Rebus i en sag der involverer en hotelbrand, et uidentificeret lig og en for længst glemt nat med terror og mord
Under forberedelserne til et stort bal i højlandet ved Edinburgh, hvor familierne kender hinanden godt, afdækkes fortiden langsomt, og mange skæbnetråde bindes endelig sammen
