Este libro rastrea la articulación de esa nueva identidad profesional: el "nuevo filósofo" o "astrónomo filosófico", dentro del ámbito de la Corte y analiza la relación entre esa identidad y la obra de Galileo.
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.
"e;A Short History of Physics"e; takes readers on a fascinating journey through the evolution of one of the most fundamental sciences shaping our understanding of the universe.
Firing the Cloud: How Humanity Survived and Accelerated is a sweeping, provocative journey through 15,000 years of human history, tracing how we evolved from small, fire-lit bands of hunter-gatherers to a globally networked civilisation living inside a digital cloud.
Here it is, ready to paste:What if the greatest scientific revolution in human history almost never happened — saved at the last moment by scholars working across three continents and a thousand years?
Secrets of the Universe – From Microscopic Particles to Cosmic Structures takes readers on a captivating journey through the deepest mysteries of reality.
A Short History of Psychology offers a clear and engaging journey through the development of one of the most fascinating fields of human knowledge—the study of the mind and behavior.
Alfred Nobel began his career as a brilliant inventor and industrialist, but his inventions—particularly the creation of dynamite—brought him more anguish than satisfaction.
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.
The current state of weather forecasting owes much to the many great scientists who studied various aspects of meteorology and developed instruments, theories, and equations to describe the behavior of the atmosphere and oceans.
The Nobel for Accidents: How Nature Keeps Rewarding Human Misunderstanding — and Calling It DiscoveryWhat if humanity's greatest scientific triumphs were never achievements of genius, but moments of accidental alignment?
Der Evolutionsbiologe und Anthroposoph Wolfgang Schad zeigt an offenen Fragen des Selbst- und Weltverständnisses, wie der «zentrisch» geführte Blick der mit der Neuzeit hervortretenden Naturwissenschaften erst mit dem «peripheren» Blick der Anthroposophie vervollständigt werden kann.
Scientific breakthroughs that changed the way we understand the worldand the fascinating stories of the scientists behind them Some of the most significant breakthroughs in science don't receive widespread recognition until decades later, sometimes after their author's death.
Most things you ';know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.
';Entertaining and engrossing' Sean Carroll Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekeeping.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ';Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists.
Featuring stunning full-colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA s archives, the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful testimonies from the astronauts, scientists, engineers and space tourists who have lived it.
The ultimate collection of Einstein's scientific writings on everything from statistical mechanics to general relativityThe Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings presents Einstein's most important physics papers, spanning his groundbreaking contributions to statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity as well as his ambitious yet ultimately unrealized attempts at a general unified field theory.
The ultimate collection of Einstein's scientific writings on everything from statistical mechanics to general relativityThe Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings presents Einstein's most important physics papers, spanning his groundbreaking contributions to statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity as well as his ambitious yet ultimately unrealized attempts at a general unified field theory.
