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The Venetians : a new history : from Marco Polo to Casanova
\"Illuminates the character of the Republic during [Venice's golden age] by shining a light on some of the most celebrated personalities of European history--Petrarch, Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian, Vivaldi, Casanova. Frequently, though, these emblems of the city found themselves at odds with the Venetian authorities who prized stability above all else, and were notoriously suspicious of any 'cult of personality.' Was this very tension perhaps the engine for the Republic's unprecedented rise?\"--Dust jacket flap.
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Mendeleyev's dream : the quest for the elements
\"In 1869 Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev was puzzling over a way to bring order to the fledgling science of chemistry. Wearied by the effort, he fell asleep at his desk. What he dreamt would fundamentally change the way we see the world. Framing this history is the life story of the nineteenth-century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who fell asleep at his desk and awoke after conceiving the periodic table in a dream-the template upon which modern chemistry is founded and the formulation of which marked chemistry's coming of age as a science. From ancient philosophy through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this is the true story of the birth of chemistry and the role of one man's dream. In this elegant, erudite, and entertaining book, Paul Strathern unravels the quixotic history of chemistry through the quest for the elements\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Death in Florence : the Medici, Savonarola, and the battle for the soul of a Renaissance city
\"One of the defining moments in Western history, the bloody and dramatic story of the battle for the soul of Renaissance Florence\" -- provided by publisher.
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