History of science

This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics.

The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany's age of extremes.

This collection offers readers a guide to analyzing historical texts and objects using a diverse selection of sources in early modern medicine.

Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry places contemporary poetics in dialogue with posthumanism and biomedicine in order to create a framework for advancing a posthuman-affirmative ethics within the culture of medical practice.

Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry places contemporary poetics in dialogue with posthumanism and biomedicine in order to create a framework for advancing a posthuman-affirmative ethics within the culture of medical practice.

This collection offers readers a guide to analyzing historical texts and objects using a diverse selection of sources in early modern medicine.

Previously dependent on Europe for scientific knowledge, the United States came into its own during the nineteenth century.

Previously dependent on Europe for scientific knowledge, the United States came into its own during the nineteenth century.

This volume explores the Industrial Age (1860-1914), bringing together published and archival primary sources with introductory essays that contextualize a period of extraordinary social, cultural, and economic transformation.

This book decodes the Meteorologica and shows how it provides the key to understanding Aristotle''s natural philosophy.

This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals.

This is the first volume devoted to the sections of the Aristotelian Mirabilia on natural science, filling a significant gap in the history of the Aristotelian study of nature and especially of animals.

This comprehensive and insightful book brings scientific rigor to the problems of reconstructing the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and understanding how it functioned as the archetypal lighthouse in antiquity, when it was described as a "e;second Sun"e;.

This comprehensive and insightful book brings scientific rigor to the problems of reconstructing the Pharos Lighthouse, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and understanding how it functioned as the archetypal lighthouse in antiquity, when it was described as a "e;second Sun"e;.

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death.

A fascinating look at the historical relationship between environmental issues and scientific study, social attitudes, and public policy from the 17th century to the present.

An encyclopedic collection of key scientists and the tools and concepts they developed that transformed our understanding of the physical world.

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of Beppo Occhialini, the cosmic-ray physicist associated among other things to the fundamental discoveries of the electron-positron pairs and of the pion thanks to his contributions to the development of the controlled cloud chamber and of new nuclear emulsions, is the occasion to publish his memoirs on the main events of his scientific life, which he dictated shortly before his death.

A provocative overview of the history of the race concept in European and American science, based on current research that shows how race and science grew together in Western thought.

The first introductory A-Z resource on the dynamic achievements in science from the late 1600s to 1820, including the great minds behind the developments and science's new cultural role.

A comprehensive biographical guide to the scientific achievements, personal lives, and struggles of women scientists from around the globe.

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This updated eighth edition provides a thorough and engaging history of communication and media through a collection of essential, field-defining essays.

This updated eighth edition provides a thorough and engaging history of communication and media through a collection of essential, field-defining essays.

Part of a two-volume series, this book offers a multicentric perspective on the history of psychology, situating its development in relation to developments made in other social sciences and philosophical disciplines.

This book examines education as a means to explore knowledge and literacy in the Old Babylonian period.

This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the medical body.

This book builds on the path-breaking work of George E.

This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the medical body.

Astronomy is a field concerned with matters very distant from Earth.

Diversification and Professionalization in Psychology offers readers a multicentric perspective on the history of social science and compares the developments in psychology in relation to the developments made in the other social and natural sciences.

Diversification and Professionalization in Psychology offers readers a multicentric perspective on the history of social science and compares the developments in psychology in relation to the developments made in the other social and natural sciences.

Part of a two-volume series, this book offers a multicentric perspective on the history of psychology, situating its development in relation to developments made in other social sciences and philosophical disciplines.

This book builds on the path-breaking work of George E.

Astronomy is a field concerned with matters very distant from Earth.

This book examines education as a means to explore knowledge and literacy in the Old Babylonian period.

Global Television (1993) looks at how satellites, fibre optics, compressed digital transmission, and interactive and high-definition television have converged with computer technology to revolutionise TV and film production, TV sets and even the smart home in which TV is viewed.

Broadcasting in Ireland (1978) outlines the historical and sociological background of Ireland to place the progress of its broadcasting service in the context of its post-independence development.

The Production of Political Television (1977) is a study of the organization and methods of production of political television that covers not only news broadcasts and current affairs programmes but all programmes involved with the policy making process in Britain.

A Director's Method for Film and Television (1992) presents the 'cinematic language' approach to directing for film and television directors.

Broadcasting in Mexico (1979) traces the birth and growth of Mexico's broadcasting services against the background of its geographical, cultural, demographic, economic and political structure.