Science: general issues

A new social history of botany in Britain and France, 1760–1815, demonstrating the significance of commerce, horticulture and amateur scholarship.

An alarming number of philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that mind extends beyond the brain and body.

This book presents the findings of experimental and theoretical (including first-principles molecular dynamics simulation) studies of nanostructured and nanocomposite metal-based materials, and nanoscale multilayer coatings fabricated by physical or chemical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering, electrospark alloying, ionic layer absorption, contact melting, and high-current electron beam irradiation.

This book describes visual perception and control methods for robotic systems that need to interact with the environment.

A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the world's most densely populated continent-Europe.

OPEN CHANNEL DESIGN A fundamental knowledge of flow in open channels is essential for the planning and design of systems to manage water resources.

Human information and communication technology (ICT) implants have developed for many years in a medical context.

This book tells the story of how the "e;servile arts"e; turned into the "e;mechanical arts,"e; which in turn developed into a kind of philosophical apparatus that made modern science possible.

The volume contains twelve papers dealing with the approximation of first and second order problems which arise in many fields of application including optimal control, image processing, geometrical optics and front propagation.

This book focuses on molecular space chemistry, which is recognized as an important concept for the design of novel functional materials and catalysts.

A response to complex problems spanning disciplinary boundaries, Worlds of ScienceCraft offers bold new ways of conceptualizing ideas of science, sociology, and philosophy.

This book is a research guide and bibliography of Parliamentary material, including the Old Scottish Parliament and the Old Irish Parliament, relating to patents and inventions from the early seventeenth century to 1976.

Understanding the functional roles of DNA modifications relies on the accurate detection, quantification, and mapping of DNA modifications.

Providing an introduction to the use of nutrition and health claims, this book explores these claims around the world and the impact of the different legislations on consumers as well as likely developments in the future.

Filling a gap in the literature, this book features in-depth discussions on amplitude modulation AFM, providing an overview of the theory, instrumental considerations and applications of the technique in both academia and industry.

This volume, the result of an ongoing bridge building effort among engineers and humanists, addresses a variety of philosophical, ethical, and policy issues emanating from engineering and technology.

From climate to vaccination, stem-cell research to evolution, scientific work is often the subject of public controversies in which scientists and science communicators find themselves enmeshed.

Employing her original concept of the ontopoiesis of life, the author uncovers the intrinsic law of the primogenital logos - that which operates in the working of the indivisible dyad of impetus and equipoise.

Dieses Lehrbuch zur Quantentheorie ist speziell für Lehramtsstudierende konzipiert und auf die Bedürfnisse zukünftiger Lehrer und Lehrerinnen zugeschnitten.

Spanning the period from Elizabeth I's reign to Charles II's restoration, this study argues the garden is a primary site evincing a progressive narrative of change, a narrative that looks to the Edenic as obtainable ideal in court politics, economic prosperity, and national identity in early modern England.

This edited book attempts to foreground how challenges and complexities between policy and practice intertwine in the teaching and learning of the STEM subjects in multilingual settings, and how they (policy and practice) impact on educational processes, developments and outcomes.

This book presents a collective attempt to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed WWII.

Today's youth will face global environmental changes, as well as complex personal and social challenges.

On Science: Concepts, Cultures, and Limits explores science and its relationship with religion, philosophy, ethics, mathematics, and with socio-economic changes.

***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*** FT Best books of 2020: Business 'In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option.

The Nobel Prizes enjoy enormous prestige throughout the world.

When young children first begin to ask 'why?

Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule.

In a broad interdisciplinary perspective, established experts and leading young scholars bring together important currents of Hegelianism in Europe from the 19th to the 21st century to trace the political, social and intellectual contexts in which Hegel's philosophy was taken up and inspired very different forms of Hegelianism and Anti-Hegelianism.

Although philosophers have explored memory since antiquity, recent years have seen the birth of philosophy of memory as a distinct field.

This book highlights some of the latest advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials from leading researchers in Ukraine, Europe and beyond.

Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things?

In an unscientific era when maps were rarities, how did ancient Romans envisage their far flung empire?

Please note this title is suitable for any student studying:Exam Board: OCRLevel: A LevelSubject: PhysicsFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: June 2017Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and extends students through the new linear course whilst delivering the breadth, depth, and skills needed to succeed in the new A Levels and beyond.

Ein Archiv ist, was Menschen sich als Archiv denken: eine Schachtel mit der Aufschrift „Archiv“, eine Schatzkammer mit goldenen Kladden.

Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks - local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular - as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world.

Afin de mettre à mal les desseins du terrible Zhorror qui souhaite s’emparer de tous les zéros, ce qui lui permettrait de devenir le Maître du Monde, six jeunes adolescents se voient confier une étrange mission : reconstituer l’histoire du zéro à travers l’histoire.

This book examines the photography's unique capacity to represent time with a degree of elasticity and abstraction.

This book provides an avenue for students to explore the Nile-the world's longest river-and better understand its larger role in society in the past, present, and future.

This book provides an accessible overview of the societal relevance of contemporary geosciences.

The United States is responsible for nearly one-fifth of the world's energy consumption.

The source of endless speculation and public curiosity, our scientific quest for the origins of human consciousness has expanded along with the technical capabilities of science itself and remains one of the key topics able to fire public as much as academic interest.

Nature, by dint of its constitution, harbors many unassuming mysteries broadly manifested by its constituent cohorts.

This book highlights key technologies of signal processing in pulsar-based navigation.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Die deutsch-russische Begegnung und Leonhard Euler" verfügbar.

A vivid look at China's shifting place in the global political economy of technology production How did China's mass manufacturing and "e;copycat"e; production become transformed, in the global tech imagination, from something holding the nation back to one of its key assets?

Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time.