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Hunt for Vulcan - How Albert Einstein .. by Thomas Levenson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science
In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation was that there had to be an unseen planet circling even closer to the sun. He called the planet Vulcan. Supported by the theories of Sir Isaac Newton, the f ...Show more
Money for Nothing - The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism by Thomas Levenson
$40.00 AUD
Category: Asian
The South Sea Company was formed to trade with Asian and Latin American countries. But it had almost no ships and did precious little trade. Instead it got into financial fraud on a massive scale, taking over the government's debt and promising to pay the state out of the money received from the shares ...Show more
Money for Nothing - The South Sea Bubble and the Invention of Modern Capitalism by Thomas Levenson
$23.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
A Financial TimesEconomics Book of the Year A brilliant narrative of early capitalism's most famous scandal, a speculative frenzy that nearly bankrupted the British state during the hot summer of 1720 - and paradoxically led to the birth of modern finance. The South Sea Company was formed to trade wit ...Show more
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