Winner of the 2024 SHNH Natural History Book Prize (The John Thackray Medal)An exploration of plant wisdom, from the Southern Mountain Tea Flower to the Dawn RedwoodChinas vast and ancient body of documented knowledge about plants includes horticultural manuals and monographs, comprehensive encyclopedias, geographies, and specialized anthologies of verse and prose written by keen observers of nature.
Schon bald nach dem Erscheinen von Lavoisiers Hauptwerk Traité élémentaire de chimie im Jahre 1789 sprach man von einer Chemischen Revolution, und diese Einschätzung bleibt auch heute noch gültig.
This book provides the first English translation of the Greek text of the Spherics of Theodosios (2nd-1st century BCE), a canonical mathematical and astronomical text used from as early as the 2nd century CE until the early modern period.
This book provides the first English translation of the Greek text of the Spherics of Theodosios (2nd-1st century BCE), a canonical mathematical and astronomical text used from as early as the 2nd century CE until the early modern period.
Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key moments while also exploring their historical context and enduring legacy.
This book presents a compelling account of atomic development over the last century that demonstrates how humans have repeatedly chosen to ignore the associated impacts for the sake of technological, scientific, military, and economic expediency.
From the 90 or so articles he has published in the last two decades Professor Lloyd has chosen fifteen of the most important and influential to be reprinted in this collection.
From the 90 or so articles he has published in the last two decades Professor Lloyd has chosen fifteen of the most important and influential to be reprinted in this collection.
This book "e;History of Ancient Georgia"e; written by a widely recognized Georgian scientist Giorgi Melikishvili covers the fundamental issues of the ancient history of Georgia.
A scientific adventure story that dramatizes how profoundly our oceans have changed over the past 150 yearsIn December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition.
This three-volume set provides a comprehensive yet concise global exploration of health and medicine from ancient times to the present day, helping readers to trace the development of concepts and practices around the world.
In this compelling work, the distinguished French scientist Georges Mallet presents a chronological account of the major scientific discoveries of the past three millennia, guiding readers through the development of theories explaining the lead-up to the Big Bang and exploring alternative explanations to the creation of the universe.
This book examines the global history of allegedly scientific "e;mechanical"e; cures commonly used to combat internal and chronic diseases and explores how and why the professional demarcation between orthodox and irregular medicine evolved.
The first of its kind, this book presents a wide range of passages exploring many aspects of the Greco-Roman watery world: physics, philosophy, weather, medicine, marine biology, religion and mythology, infrastructure, sailing, mercantile activities, and waterways that have been politicized.
In this compelling work, the distinguished French scientist Georges Mallet presents a chronological account of the major scientific discoveries of the past three millennia, guiding readers through the development of theories explaining the lead-up to the Big Bang and exploring alternative explanations to the creation of the universe.
Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939-the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete.
For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.
This book draws upon a wealth of archival material to present the life and achievements of Pietro Blaserna, a "e;gentleman scientist"e; whose greatest legacy is considered to be the Institute of Physics on the Via Panisperna in Rome, of which he was the creator and first director.
This book provides detailed transcriptions of two notebooks written by Kurt Gödel in Vienna in 1937/38 in the nearly forgotten Gabelsberger shorthand system.
Ein großer Naturwissenschaftler und drei bedeutende Komponisten: Um das Beziehungsgeflecht zwischen Alexander von Humboldt, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Richard Wagner zu beleuchten, war das Who is Who der deutschen Humboldt-Forschung einen Tag lang in die Humboldt-Wirkungsstätte Goldkronach gekommen.
El PACK CIENTÍFICOS 2 de la colección EN 90 MINUTOS reúne a 6 de los más destacados científicos de la historia: TURING, CRICK Y WATSON, OPPENHEIMER, PITÁGORAS, DARWIN Y ARQUÍMEDESPaul Strathern presenta un recuento preciso y experto de la vida, ideas y descubrimientos de estos seis científicos y explica su influencia en la lucha del hombre por comprender su existencia en el mundo.
José Sarukhán ofrece en esta obra una descripción de los personajes e ideas que influyeron en la creación de los postulados descritos en Sobre el origen de las especies, a través de un relato novelado de episodios clave en la vida de Darwin y de algunos de sus contemporáneos, como Lamarck, Charles Lyell, Robert Malthus y John Gould.
