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25 produkter
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context
Av Hugh Richard Slotten, Ronald L. Numbers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2203 kr
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This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and …
Empire of Climate
A History of an Idea
Inbunden, 2024
356 kr
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How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these …
Empire of Climate
A History of an Idea
Häftad, 2026
338 kr
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How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these …
Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective
Av David N. Livingstone, D. G. Hart m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
2215 kr
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Comprising papers by such distinguished scholars as John Headley Brooke, James R. Moore, Ronald Numbers, and George Marsden, this collection shows that questions of science have been central to evangelical history in the United States, as well as in Britain and Canada. It is an invaluable resource …
Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective
Av Mark A. Noll, D. G. Hart m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
1247 kr
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, evangelicals often took their place among prominent practicing scientists, and their perspectives exerted a considerable impact on the development of modern western science. Over the last century, however, evangelical scientists have become less visible, …
Putting Science in Its Place
Geographies of Scientific Knowledge
Häftad, 2013
211 kr
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We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of …
Geography and Enlightenment
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Häftad, 1999
437 kr
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Explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary and topical perspectives, contributors consider the many ways in which the world of the long 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, exploration …
Putting Science in Its Place – Geographies of Scientific Knowledge
Inbunden, 2003
330 kr
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We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of …
Putting Science in Its Place
Geographies of Scientific Knowledge
E-bok, 2010
406 kr
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We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques to challenge the work of a scientist in New York; and of …
Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2011
637 kr
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In "Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science", David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers gather essays that deftly navigate the spaces of science in this significant period and reveal how each is embedded in wider systems of meaning, authority, and identity. Chapters from a distinguished …
Geography and Revolution
Av Charles W. J. Withers, David N. Livingstone
E-bok, 2010
1327 kr
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A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now, almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of geography. Geography and Revolution examines the ways that place and space matter in a variety …
Empire of Climate
A History of an Idea
E-bok, 2024
368 kr
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How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these …
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science
Häftad, 2005
528 kr
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Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science is the first book-length study of the man who served a Harvard’s Professor of Geology and Paleontology during the Darwinian era. Shaler was a student of Louis Agassiz and went on to a successful, multifaceted career as a geologist, …
Preadamite Theory and the Marriage of Science and Religion
Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 82, Part 3)
Häftad, 1992
447 kr
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Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion
Av David N. Livingstone, Mikael Leidenhag m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
746 kr
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This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion. It explores questions concerning how scientific and religious explanations for features of the world or phenomena within it relate to each other and whether they might work together …
Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion
Av David N. Livingstone, Mikael Leidenhag m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
746 kr
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This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion. It explores questions concerning how scientific and religious explanations for features of the world or phenomena within it relate to each other and whether they might work together …
Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion
Av Diarmid A. Finnegan, David H. Glass m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2136 kr
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This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion. It explores questions concerning how scientific and religious explanations for features of the world or phenomena within it relate to each other and whether they might work together …
Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion
Av Diarmid A. Finnegan, David H. Glass m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
649 kr
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This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion. It explores questions concerning how scientific and religious explanations for features of the world or phenomena within it relate to each other and whether they might work together …
Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context
Av David N. Livingstone, Ronald L. Numbers m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
522 kr
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This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and …
Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context
Av David N. Livingstone, Ronald L. Numbers m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
522 kr
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This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and …
The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge
Av John Agnew, David N Livingstone
Inbunden, 2011
3453 kr
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A refreshingly innovative approach to charting geographical knowledge. A wide range of authors trace the social construction and contestation of geographical ideas through the sites of their production and their relational geographies of engagement. This creative and comprehensive book offers an …
Adam's Ancestors
Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins
Häftad, 2011
406 kr
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Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long-standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet. In this engaging and provocative work, …
Dealing with Darwin
Place, Politics, and Rhetoric in Religious Engagements with Evolution
Inbunden, 2014
494 kr
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Using place, politics, and rhetoric as analytical tools, historical geographer David N. Livingstone investigates how religious communities sharing a Scots Presbyterian heritage engaged with Darwin and Darwinism at the turn of the twentieth century. His findings, presented as the prestigious Gifford …
Geography and Enlightenment
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 1999
892 kr
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Explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary and topical perspectives, contributors consider the many ways in which the world of the long 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, exploration …
Geography and Revolution
Av David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers
Inbunden, 2005
603 kr
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A term with myriad associations, revolution is commonly understood in its intellectual, historical, and sociopolitical contexts. Until now, almost no attention has been paid to revolution and questions of geography. "Geography and Revolution" examines the ways that place and space matter in a …
