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Working Knowledge
A Simon Schaffer Reader
Av Simon Schaffer, Charlotte Bigg m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
341 kr
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Collects key articles by Simon Schaffer, one of the most important historians of science working today. Working Knowledge is the first English-language collection of essays by Simon Schaffer, coauthor of Leviathan and the Air-Pump, a landmark text in the history of science. Though the latter may be …
William Whewell
A Composite Portrait
Av Menachem Fisch, Simon Schaffer
Inbunden, 1991
2288 kr
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William Whewell was a giant of Victorian intellectual culture. His influence, whether recognized or forgotten, is palpable in areas as diverse as moral philosophy, mineralogy, architecture, the politics of education, physics, engineering, and theology. Recent studies of the place of the sciences in …
Sciences in Enlightened Europe
Av William Clark, Jan Golinski m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
856 kr
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This text explores the complex relations between "enlightened" values and the making of scientific knowledge. Here monsters and automata, barometers and botanical gardens, polite academies and boisterous clubs are all given their due place in the landscape of enlightened Europe. The contributors …
Working Knowledge
A Simon Schaffer Reader
Av Simon Schaffer, Charlotte Bigg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
991 kr
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Collects key articles by Simon Schaffer, one of the most important historians of science working today. Working Knowledge is the first English-language collection of essays by Simon Schaffer, coauthor of Leviathan and the Air-Pump, a landmark text in the history of science. Though the latter may be …
The Uses of Experiment
Studies in the Natural Sciences
Av David Gooding, Trevor Pinch m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
927 kr
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Experiment is widely regarded as the most distinctive feature of natural science and essential to the way scientists find out about the world. Yet there has been little study of the way scientists actually make and use experiments. The Uses of Experiment fills this gap in our knowledge about how …
Leviathan and the Air-Pump
Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life
Av Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer
Häftad, 2017
246 kr
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Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise Leviathan and vehement critic of systematic experimentation in natural philosophy, and Robert Boyle, …
Robert Hooke
New Studies
Av Michael Hunter, Simon Schaffer
Inbunden, 1989
1391 kr
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`Individually excellent and scholarly essays... most illuminating and thought-provoking. A conspicuous feature of the collection is the heterogeneity of the scientific topics discussed.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW `Essentialreading for all students of Hooke and of the context of Restoration …
The Board of Longitude
Science, Innovation and Empire
Av Alexi Baker, Richard Dunn m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
552 kr
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In the first book-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians of science bring to life one of Georgian Britain's most important scientific institutions. Having developed in the eighteenth century following legislation offering rewards for methods to determine …
Board of Longitude
Science, Innovation and Empire
Av Sophie Waring, Simon Schaffer m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
537 kr
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The Board of Longitude
Science, Innovation and Empire
Av Alexi Baker, Richard Dunn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1693 kr
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In the first book-length history of the Board of Longitude, a distinguished team of historians of science bring to life one of Georgian Britain's most important scientific institutions. Having developed in the eighteenth century following legislation offering rewards for methods to determine …
Board of Longitude
Science, Innovation and Empire
Av Sophie Waring, Simon Schaffer m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
537 kr
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Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences
Av Adriana Craciun, Simon Schaffer m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1484 kr
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In this book the eighteenth century Enlightenment receives an important reassessment, using an astonishing range of materials and objects drawn from Europe and beyond, including artefacts from India and China, West Africa and Polynesia. A series of authoritative essays written by experts in the …
Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences
Av Adriana Craciun, Adriana Craciun m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1073 kr
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In this book the eighteenth century Enlightenment receives an important reassessment, using an astonishing range of materials and objects drawn from Europe and beyond, including artefacts from India and China, West Africa and Polynesia. A series of authoritative essays written by experts in the …
Leviathan and the Air-Pump
Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life
Av Simon Schaffer, Steven Shapin
E-bok, 2011
324 kr
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Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise Leviathan and vehement critic of systematic experimentation in natural philosophy, and Robert Boyle, …
Science Stories
The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series
Av Simon Schaffer, Tracey Logan m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2023
191 kr
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In these ten absorbing series, award-winning authors Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball and guest presenters Tracey Logan, Kevin Fong, Simon Schaffer and Lindsey Fitzharris take a look at the many amazing events and characters from science's long history. In this collection, which runs close to 23 …
Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
Av Simon Schaffer, John Tresch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1641 kr
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Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made …
Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
Av Pasquale Gagliardi, John Tresch m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
2262 kr
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Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made …
Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge
Av Simon Schaffer, John Tresch m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1797 kr
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Born out of a major international dialogue held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, Italy, this collection of essays presents innovative and provocative arguments about the claims of universal knowledge schemes and the different aesthetic and material forms in which such claims have been made …
Reducing Food Waste in future Retail. Trends and Implications for Operations Strategy
E-bok, 2021
374 kr
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Master''s Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 1,0, The University of Liverpool (Operations and Supply Chain Management), language: English, abstract: Food waste remains a major economic, environmental, and social challenge for different food …
Applying Neuro-Cognitive Framing to Personal Selling
E-bok, 2022
381 kr
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Intermediate Examination Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1,0, University of Cooperative Education Loerrach, language: English, abstract: In this thesis, I would like to connect Neuro-Cognitive Framing with …
