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6 produkter
Measure Of All Things
The Seven Year Odyssey That Transformed the World
Av Ken Alder
Häftad, 2004
318 kr
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THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS tells the story of how science, revolutionary politics, and the dream of a new economy converged to produce both the metric system and the first struggle over globalization. Amidst the scientific fervor of the Revolution two French scientists, Delambre and Mechain, were …
Engineering the Revolution
Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815
Av Ken Alder
Häftad, 2010
352 kr
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"Engineering the Revolution" documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the 'technological life'. Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history of the eighteenth century as the total history of …
Engineering the Revolution
Arms and Enlightenment in France, 1763-1815
Av Ken Alder
E-bok, 2010
761 kr
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Engineering the Revolution documents the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France, and the inauguration of a distinctively modern form of the “technological life.” Here, Ken Alder rewrites the history of the eighteenth century as the total history of one …
Measure of All Things
The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
Av Ken Alder
E-bok, 2014
199 kr
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In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their …
Lie Detectors
The History of an American Obsession
Av Ken Alder
E-bok, 2007
235 kr
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The story of the lie detector takes us straight into the dark recesses of the American soul. It also leads us on a noir journey through some of the most storied episodes in American history. That is because the device we take for granted as an indicator of guilt or innocence actually tells us more …
