History of science

This book provides a fresh and ecumenic understanding of naturalism for contemporary philosophers and scientists who, while accepting naturalism as a standard for doing philosophy and science, understand it often very differently.

This book provides a fresh and ecumenic understanding of naturalism for contemporary philosophers and scientists who, while accepting naturalism as a standard for doing philosophy and science, understand it often very differently.

This is the first ever anthology of key articles by Johan Galtung, widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies.

The period from the late fourth to the late second century B.

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The most exciting and significant episode of scientific progress is the development of thermodynamics and electrodynamics in the 19th century and early 20th century.

The aim of an encyclopaedia is to gather together the currently accepted.

In Sex Isn't Real, Beans Velocci traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of trans life.

This book approaches the history of railway building and its impact on economic change in a new way.

This book approaches the history of railway building and its impact on economic change in a new way.

Bullet bras, bazookas, bombshells, bikinis.

This innovative take on construction toys explores the development and use of building-inspired playthings between 1830 and 1940 as they became the educational toys par excellence for industrialised and industrialising societies in Europe and elsewhere.

In a unique fusion of art and pyrotechnic innovation, discover the history of Japanese fireworks in this collection of woodblock illustrations by Jinta Hirayama.

A foundational text in understanding the legacy and ongoing challenges of women in STEM, this volume is one of the earliest comprehensive surveys of women's contributions to science, from astronomy and mathematics to medicine and zoology.

Perfect for the curious mushroom novice, this charming Victorian guide introduces the mysterious world of fungi, with key insights on mushroom identification and habitat.

Shining a light on one of the most overlooked ecologically significant organisms, this practical pocket-guide introduces readers to the species of lichens found around Britain.

This first of a two-part volume (Book I) deals with a unit intellectual cultural history of science in the Renaissance within fundamental frameworks.

This edited collection of papers explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the role of images and objects in early modern knowledge-making practices with an emphasis on mapping methodological approaches against printed pictures and things.

Das Buch bietet systematische Uberlegungen uber Begriff, Aufgabe und Konzeption einer Wissenschaftsgeschichte der germanistischen Literaturwissenschaft.

Das Buch bietet systematische Uberlegungen uber Begriff, Aufgabe und Konzeption einer Wissenschaftsgeschichte der germanistischen Literaturwissenschaft.

This edited collection of papers explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the role of images and objects in early modern knowledge-making practices with an emphasis on mapping methodological approaches against printed pictures and things.

In contrast to physicists, biologists already have the Theory of Everything.

When people attend classical music concerts today, they sit and listen in silence, offering no audible reactions to what they're hearing.

The modern research university originated in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, largely due to the creation and expansion of the teaching and research laboratory.

Both the Christian Bible and Aristotle's works suggest that water should entirely flood the earth.

The modern research university originated in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, largely due to the creation and expansion of the teaching and research laboratory.

In contrast to physicists, biologists already have the Theory of Everything.

Both the Christian Bible and Aristotle's works suggest that water should entirely flood the earth.

When people attend classical music concerts today, they sit and listen in silence, offering no audible reactions to what they're hearing.

Dava Sobelerzahlt die Geschichte der beruhmten Naturwissenschaftlerin und der 45 Frauen, die sie in ihrem Labor ausgebildet hat.

Gefuhltes WissenWir leben in einer Zeit, in dem das Wissen nicht mehr zahlt.

Das dreibandige Werk bietet, abgesehen von seiner Bedeutung fur die aktuelle fachspezifische Forschung, jedem Studenten und jedem Laien eine grundlegende Einfuhrung in die Methode und die Grundsatze rationaler Argumentation.

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A compact and practical pocket-book, A Handbook of Fungi introduces readers to the diverse fungal species found across Britain's woodlands, heaths, and meadows.

This practical pocket-guide introduces the reader to the rich variety of mosses found throughout Britain's damp woodlands, riverbanks, and upland slopes.

How were the polymers which have transformed our world created?

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the theology of Abu l-Qasim al-Ka?

This innovative take on construction toys explores the development and use of building-inspired playthings between 1830 and 1940 as they became the educational toys par excellence for industrialised and industrialising societies in Europe and elsewhere.

Performative methods are playing an increasingly prominent role in research into historical production processes, materials, bodily knowledge and sensory skills, and in forms of education and public engagement in classrooms and museums.

Personal physician of the emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, and Septimius Severus, Galen was a multi-faceted intellectual and his extensive writings constitute, by far, the largest surviving corpus of any ancient author.

How were the polymers which have transformed our world created?

In den ersten Jahrzehnten der zweiten Halfte des 19.

The importance of place - as a unique spatial identity - has been recognized since antiquity.

The importance of place - as a unique spatial identity - has been recognized since antiquity.

This second of a two-part volume (Book II) extends the historical–scientific inquiry of first-part volume (Book I) by considering other specific case studies within cultural, fundamental & technological frameworks.

The period 1650 to 1790 was such a turbulent one for Scottish seafarers that much of this fast-flowing narrative reads like Treasure Island.

Performative methods are playing an increasingly prominent role in research into historical production processes, materials, bodily knowledge and sensory skills, and in forms of education and public engagement in classrooms and museums.