History of science

One book.

Newton's own popular account of the physics that ties the entire universe together - how the same force that drops an apple governs the orbits of moons and planets.

From the first spark of fire to the dawn of artificial intelligence — the entire story of human invention in one unforgettable book.

An engaging exploration of beauty in physics, with a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger PenroseThe concept of symmetry has widespread manifestations and many diverse applications-from architecture to mathematics to science.

Guido Adlers Aufsatz Umfang, Methode und Ziel der Musikwissenschaft"e; von 1885 ist das wohl einflussreichste Grundungsdokument der Universitatsdisziplin Musikwissenschaft.

A pinch too small to taste.

Four independent research threads — funded by the Department of Defense, validated by NASA, published in peer-reviewed journals — all pointed the same direction: electromagnetism and gravity can be coupled more strongly than physics allows.

A cannon that gets hotter the longer it is drilled, no matter how dull the drill bit becomes.

This book is published by an imprint of Globe Pequot Publishing Group.

We have always looked up at the sky and wondered.

Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, is renowned as one of the world's most ingenious and influential scientists.

Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, is renowned as one of the world's most ingenious and influential scientists.

Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705.

Edmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705.

This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About Astronomy, the human journey from watching stars for harvests and omens to discovering an expanding universe filled with galaxies, black holes, and invisible matter.

Welche Praktiken fuhrten zu den anthropologischen 'Rassen'-Theorien der Vergleichenden Anatomie in Europa und den USA im Ubergang vom 18.

An exquisitely illustrated collection of historical guides to creating pigments from flowers and plantsFlowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract and create rich blue and purple pigments from them.

The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin.

The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin.

An exquisitely illustrated collection of historical guides to creating pigments from flowers and plantsFlowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract and create rich blue and purple pigments from them.

Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space.

Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space.

Florida's rivers comprise a tapestry of natural wonders.

Florida's rivers comprise a tapestry of natural wonders.

Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads.

Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads.

A Dutch art forger stands trial for treason — and the only way to prove his innocence is to convince the court that he's a fraud.

A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.

A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.

Halley's Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years.

Halley's Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years.

Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C.

Vitamin C: A 500-Year Scientific Biography from Scurvy to Pseudoscience is the compelling story of the history and science behind vitamin C.

Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.

Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled.

This e-book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century.

What do the Upanishads and modern Information Technology have in common?

**A Guardian Best Science and Nature Book of 2025**From the award-winning science writer, a new history of the development of nuclear power and the extraordinary minds behind itHenry Becquerel s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.

He would not recant.

In der Nacht vom 27.

Kriminalfalle ohne Beispiel sind das nicht, die in diesem Buch auftauchen, denn sie kommen, wenn auch nicht taglich, immer wieder vor.

Der Band ist das Ergebnis einer gründlichen Quellensichtung und Aufarbeitung.

Este libro singular y extraordinario descubre y recopila los principales textos originales de los matemáticos de la Antigüedad griega y romana, normalmente inaccesibles o dispersos, que de forma habitual han llegado hasta nosotros contados o expuestos siempre de quinta o sexta mano y como premisa.

Die imaginäre Seite der Geschichte der Universität Jena, ihre Selbstdarstellungen und die Ausformung eines kulturellen Gedächtnisses stehen im Zentrum dieses E-Books.

Die Entschlüsselung der DNA-Struktur ist die wichtigste biologische Entdeckung des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Johannes Gutenberg-Univer­sität Mainz – Neue Folge Die alte Jüdische Bibliothek an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz bewahrt ein einzigartiges Zeugnis jüdischen Lebens und jüdischer Kultur in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Die bisherige Beschäftigung mit den Theologen der sogenannten Katholischen Tübinger Schule hat sich vor allen Dingen auf die systematische Theologie konzentriert und bis auf Ausnahmen die Bibelwissenschaft und ihre Vertreter nur am Rande betrachtet.

Klaudios Ptolemaios (ca.

Die Strukturen des vormodernen Bildungswesens in Deutschland hingen gleichermaßen von den politisch-konfessionellen Rahmenbedingungen in den Territorien wie von der ökonomisch-sozialen Situation in den Städten und Gemeinden ab.

ISBN tablierte sich Informatik als akademisches Fach an den Hochschulen – und ist seitdem ein attraktiver Studiengang, wie die stetig steigenden Studierendenzahlen belegen.