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Making Modern Science, Second Edition
Av Peter J Bowler, Iwan Rhys Morus
Häftad, 2020
342 kr
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In this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expand on their authoritative survey of how the development of science has shaped our world.Exploring both the history of science and its influence on modern thought, the authors chronicle the …
Oxford Illustrated History of Science
E-bok, 2017
126 kr
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean …
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
Inbunden, 2017
356 kr
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean …
Oxford Illustrated History of Science
E-bok, 2017
122 kr
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean …
The Oxford History of Science
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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Histories you can trust. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of …
Oxford History of Science
E-bok, 2023
126 kr
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Histories you can trust. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of …
Oxford History of Science
E-bok, 2022
126 kr
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Histories you can trust. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of …
When Physics Became King
E-bok, 2009
796 kr
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As recently as two hundred years ago, physics as we know it today did not exist. Born in the early nineteenth century during the second scientific revolution, physics struggled at first to achieve legitimacy in the scientific community and culture at large. In fact, the term "physicist" did not …
When Physics Became King
Inbunden, 2005
857 kr
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As recently as two hundred years ago, physics as we know it today did not exist. Born in the early nineteenth century during the second scientific revolution, physics struggled at first to achieve legitimacy in the scientific community and culture at large. In fact, the term "physicist" did not …
When Physics Became King
Häftad, 2005
724 kr
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As recently as two hundred years ago, physics as we know it today did not exist. Born in the early nineteenth century during the second scientific revolution, physics struggled at first to achieve legitimacy in the scientific community and culture at large. In fact, the term "physicist" did not …
Osiris, Volume 34
Presenting Futures Past: Science Fiction and the History of Science
Av Amanda Rees, Iwan Rhys Morus
Häftad, 2019
317 kr
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The role of fiction in both understanding and interpreting the world has recently become an increasingly important topic for many of the human sciences. This volume of Osiris focuses on the relationship between a particular genre of storytelling—science fiction (SF), told through a variety of …
Frankenstein's Children
Electricity, Exhibition, and Experiment in Early-Nineteenth-Century London
Häftad, 2014
723 kr
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During the second quarter of the nineteenth century, Londoners were enthralled by a strange fluid called electricity. In examining this period, Iwan Morus moves beyond the conventional focus on the celebrated Michael Faraday to discuss other electrical experimenters, who aspired to spectacular …
Frankenstein's Children
Electricity, Exhibition, and Experiment in Early-Nineteenth-Century London
Inbunden, 2016
3007 kr
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During the second quarter of the nineteenth century, Londoners were enthralled by a strange fluid called electricity. In examining this period, Iwan Morus moves beyond the conventional focus on the celebrated Michael Faraday to discuss other electrical experimenters, who aspired to spectacular …
Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 9, The
The Correspondence, November 1865–March 1868
Av Iwan Rhys Morus, Geoffrey Belknap m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2090 kr
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This ninth volume of the Tyndall correspondence covers the period from February 1, 1865, to November 29, 1866. Tyndall was by now in his mid-forties and in the prime of life. His career as a man of science was firmly established and flourishing. He had been professor of natural philosophy at the …
Frankenstein's Children
Electricity, Exhibition, and Experiment in Early-Nineteenth-Century London
E-bok, 2014
970 kr
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During the second quarter of the nineteenth century, Londoners were enthralled by a strange fluid called electricity. In examining this period, Iwan Morus moves beyond the conventional focus on the celebrated Michael Faraday to discuss other electrical experimenters, who aspired to spectacular …
Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century (Icon Science)
Häftad, 2017
116 kr
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The only scientist to ever appear on the British twenty pound note, Michael Faraday is one of the most recognisable names in the history of science.Faraday's forte was electricity, a revolutionary force in nineteenth-century society. The electric telegraph had made mass-communication possible and …
Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future
Inbunden, 2019
153 kr
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'[This] crisply succinct, beautifully synthesized study brings to life Tesla, his achievements and failures...and the hopeful thrum of an era before world wars.' - NatureNikola Tesla is one of the most enigmatic, curious and controversial figures in the history of science. An electrical pioneer as …
How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon
The Story of the Nineteenth-Century Innovators Who Forged the Future
Inbunden, 2022
271 kr
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'[An] insightful analysis of 19th-century futurism ... Morus's account is as much a cautionary tale as a flag-waving celebration.' - DUNCAN BELL, NEW STATESMAN'[How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon] rattles thrillingly through such developments as the Transatlantic telegraph cable, the steam …
William Robert Grove
Victorian Gentleman of Science
Häftad, 2017
184 kr
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This book provides an accessible and authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove. Grove was an important and highly influential figure in Victorian science. His career as both man of science and leading barrister and judge spanned the Victorian age, and he also played …
William Robert Grove
Victorian Gentleman of Science
E-bok, 2017
276 kr
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William Robert Grove is one of the forgotten giants of nineteenth-century science. The improvements in battery technology developed by him helped power the Victorian telegraph; his essay On The Correlation of Physical Forces was widely recognised as a major contribution to natural philosophy; and …
William Robert Grove
Victorian Gentleman of Science
E-bok, 2017
276 kr
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This book provides an accessible and authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove. Grove was an important and highly influential figure in Victorian science. His career as both man of science and leading barrister and judge spanned the Victorian age, and he also played …
How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon
The Story of the Nineteenth-Century Innovators Who Forged the Future
Häftad, 2023
131 kr
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'[An] insightful analysis of 19th-century futurism ... Morus's account is as much a cautionary tale as a flag-waving celebration.' - DUNCAN BELL, NEW STATESMAN'[How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon] rattles thrillingly through such developments as the Transatlantic telegraph cable, the steam …
Bodies/Machines
E-bok, 2002
546 kr
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It is hard to believe that the pursuit of artificial intelligence is not a phenomenon of the twentieth century. For over three hundred years, the boundaries between bodies and machines the natural and the artificial, the animate and the inanimate have been passionately explored. These explorations, …
Bodies/Machines
Inbunden, 2002
1844 kr
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It is hard to believe that the pursuit of artificial intelligence is not a phenomenon of the twentieth century. For over three hundred years, the boundaries between bodies and machines the natural and the artificial, the animate and the inanimate have been passionately explored. These explorations, …
Bodies/Machines
Häftad, 2002
501 kr
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It is hard to believe that the pursuit of artificial intelligence is not a phenomenon of the twentieth century. For over three hundred years, the boundaries between bodies and machines the natural and the artificial, the animate and the inanimate have been passionately explored. These explorations, …
Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future
Häftad, 2020
114 kr
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'[This] crisply succinct, beautifully synthesized study brings to life Tesla, his achievements and failures...and the hopeful thrum of an era before world wars.' - NatureNikola Tesla is one of the most enigmatic, curious and controversial figures in the history of science. An electrical pioneer as …
William Robert Grove
Victorian Gentleman of Science
Inbunden, 2017
836 kr
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This book provides an accessible and authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove. Grove was an important and highly influential figure in Victorian science. His career as both man of science and leading barrister and judge spanned the Victorian age, and he also played …
