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16 produkter
Genesis and Geology
A Study of the Relations of Scientific Thought, Natural Theology, and Social Opinion in Great Britain, 1790–1850, With a Foreword by Nicolaas A. Rupke and a New Preface by the Author
Häftad, 1996
312 kr
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First published in 1951, Genesis and Geology describes the background of social and theological ideas and the progress of scientific researches that, between them, produced the religious difficulties that afflicted the development of science in early industrial England. The book makes clear that …
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827
A Life in Exact Science
Häftad, 2000
1183 kr
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Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known for his technical contributions to exact science, for the philosophical point of view he developed in the presentation of his work, and for the leading part he …
Science and Polity in France
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years
Inbunden, 2004
1247 kr
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From the 1770s through the 1820s the French scientific community predominated in the world to a degree that no other scientific establishment did in any period prior to the Second World War. In his classic Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime, Charles Gillispie analyzed the …
Science and Polity in France
The End of the Old Regime
Häftad, 2004
1553 kr
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By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the …
Edge of Objectivity
An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
Häftad, 2016
363 kr
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Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In the mid-1950s, a young professor at Princeton named Charles Gillispie began teaching Humanities 304, one of the first undergraduate courses offered anywhere in …
Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1749-1827
A Life in Exact Science
E-bok, 2018
856 kr
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Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known for his technical contributions to exact science, for the philosophical point of view he developed in the presentation of his work, and for the leading part he …
Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784
With a Word on the Importance of Ballooning for the Science of Heat and the Art of Building Railroads
Häftad, 2014
911 kr
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This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the first hotair balloon in Annonay, France on 4 June 1783. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously …
Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784
With a Word on the Importance of Ballooning for the Science of Heat and the Art of Building Railroads
Inbunden, 2016
1926 kr
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This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the first hotair balloon in Annonay, France on 4 June 1783. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously …
Essays and Reviews in History and History of Science
Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 96, Part 5)
Häftad, 2007
978 kr
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Science and Polity in France
The End of the Old Regime
E-bok, 2009
1170 kr
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By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the …
Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784
With a Word on the Importance of Ballooning for the Science of Heat and the Art of Building Railroads
E-bok, 2014
727 kr
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This vividly illustrated book introduces the reader to the brothers Montgolfier, who launched the first hotair balloon in Annonay, France on 4 June 1783. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously …
Science and Polity in France
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years
E-bok, 2014
1616 kr
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From the 1770s through the 1820s the French scientific community predominated in the world to a degree that no other scientific establishment did in any period prior to the Second World War. In his classic Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime , Charles Gillispie analyzed the …
Edge of Objectivity
An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
E-bok, 2016
500 kr
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Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as a full-fledged academic discipline. In the mid-1950s, a young professor at Princeton named Charles Gillispie began teaching Humanities 304, one of the first undergraduate courses offered anywhere in …
Lazare and Sadi Carnot
A Scientific and Filial Relationship
Av Charles Coulston Gillispie, Raffaele Pisano
Häftad, 2016
1643 kr
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Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineering and went largely unnoticed by …
Lazare and Sadi Carnot
A Scientific and Filial Relationship
Av Charles Coulston Gillispie, Raffaele Pisano
Inbunden, 2014
1643 kr
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Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineering and went largely unnoticed by …
Lazare and Sadi Carnot
A Scientific and Filial Relationship
Av Raffaele Pisano, Charles Coulston Gillispie
E-bok, 2014
2111 kr
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Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineering and went largely unnoticed by …
