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109 produkter
Planning Armageddon
Britain, the United States and the Command of Western Nuclear Forces, 1945-1964
Av Len Scott, Stephen Robert Twigge m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
520 kr
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Planning Armageddon provides the first detailed account of Britain's Command, Control, Intelligence and Communications infrastructure. A central theme of the book is the British-American atomic relationship and its implications for NATO strategy. Based on the recollections of officials and military …
Human Extinction
A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation
Inbunden, 2023
2525 kr
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This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "existential risks."Many leading intellectuals agree that the risk of human extinction this century may be higher than at any point in our 300,000-year history as …
Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine
Writing Recent Science
Av Ronald E. Doel, Thomas Söderqvist
Häftad, 2006
882 kr
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As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and …
Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East Germany
Treatments of the Past
Av Markus Wahl
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic. Based on archival work, it will demonstrate how members of the medical profession successfully manipulated their pre-1945 past in order …
Politics, Statistics and Weather Forecasting, 1840-1910
Taming the Weather
Inbunden, 2019
2517 kr
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Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book …
Cancer, Radiation Therapy, and the Market
Häftad, 2019
950 kr
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Appraising cancer as a major medical market in the 2010s, Wall Street investors placed their bets on single-technology treatment facilities costing $100-$300 million each. Critics inside medicine called the widely-publicized proton-center boom "crazy medicine and unsustainable public policy." There …
Spatializing the History of Ecology
Sites, Journeys, Mappings
Häftad, 2019
950 kr
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Throughout its history, the discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with the history of space and place. On the one hand, ecology is a field science that has thrived on the study of concrete spatial entities, such as islands, forests or rivers. These spaces are the workplaces in …
Farming, Psychiatry and Rural Society
Asylum and Hospital Farms, England, 1845–1955
Inbunden, 2027
2546 kr
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This book is about the history of farming, psychiatry and rural society, which were closely intertwined during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The complex inter-relationships between them are central to understanding psychiatric institutions, the countryside, and the people who lived and …
Pathogens Crossing Borders
Global Animal Diseases and International Responses, 1860–1947
Inbunden, 2022
2582 kr
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The increasing globalization of trade, travel and transport since the mid-19th century had unwelcome consequences – one of them was the spread of contagious animal diseases over greater distances in a shorter time than ever before. Borders and national control strategies proved to be insufficient …
Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000
The Peckham Experiment
Häftad, 2020
726 kr
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The Peckham Experiment, conducted between 1935 and 1950 in the London Pioneer Health Centre, was one of the most talked-about social experiments of the 20th century. Families from the South London neighbourhood of Peckham were invited to use the facilities of a radiantly modern building. They were …
Soviet Science and Engineering in the Shadow of the Cold War
Häftad, 2020
719 kr
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The 1950s were a vital time in the history of science. In accordance with the intensification of the Cold War, many scientific talents were mobilized to several military-related research and development projects not only in the United States, but also in the Soviet Union. Contrary to the …
Urban Histories of Science
Making Knowledge in the City, 1820-1940
Av Oliver Hochadel, Agustí Nieto-Galan
Häftad, 2020
726 kr
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This book tells ten urban histories of science from nine cities—Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Dublin (2 articles), Glasgow, Helsinki, Lisbon, and Naples—situated on the geographical margins of Europe and beyond. Ranging from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, the …
Health Policies in Interwar Europe
A Transnational Perspective
Häftad, 2020
726 kr
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Research into public health policies and expert instruction has been oriented traditionally in the national context. There is a rich historiography that analyses the development of health policies and systems in various European and American countries during the first decades of the twentieth …
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Race and Natural History, 1750–1850
Av Nicolaas Rupke, Gerhard Lauer
Häftad, 2020
726 kr
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The major significance of the German naturalist-physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) as a topic of historical study is the fact that he was one of the first anthropologists to investigate humankind as part of natural history. Moreover, Blumenbach was, and continues to be, a central …
Cold Science
Environmental Knowledge in the North American Arctic during the Cold War
Av Stephen Bocking, Daniel Heidt
Häftad, 2020
726 kr
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Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest within the historical research community, attracting the attention of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War, and environmental history. The Arctic—recognized as a frontier of confrontation between the …
Germs in the English Workplace, c.1880–1945
Av Laura Newman
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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This book looks at how the workplace was transformed through a greater awareness of the roles that germs played in English working lives from c.1880 to 1945. Cutting across a diverse array of occupational settings – such as the domestic kitchen, the milking shed, the factory, and the Post Office – …
Politics, Statistics and Weather Forecasting, 1840-1910
Taming the Weather
Häftad, 2021
707 kr
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Weather forecasting is the most visible branch of meteorology and has its modern roots in the nineteenth century when scientists redefined meteorology in the way weather forecasts were made, developing maps of isobars, or lines of equal atmospheric pressure, as the main forecasting tool. This book …
Medical Memories and Experiences in Postwar East Germany
Treatments of the Past
Av Markus Wahl
Häftad, 2021
728 kr
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This book draws on the example of the major cities of Leipzig and Dresden to illustrate continuity and change in public health in the German Democratic Republic. Based on archival work, it will demonstrate how members of the medical profession successfully manipulated their pre-1945 past in order …
Public Understanding of Science
A History of Communicating Scientific Ideas
Av David Knight
Inbunden, 2006
2517 kr
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Answering questions such as whether the interesting parts of science be conveyed in sermons, poems, pictures and journalism, Knight explores the history of science to show how the successes and failures of our ancestors can help us understand the position science comes to occupy now.
Changing Images in Mathematics
From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
Av Umberto Bottazini, Amy Dahan Dalmedico
Inbunden, 2001
2517 kr
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This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by …
Analogue Alternative
The Electronic Analogue Computer in Britain and the USA, 1930-1975
Inbunden, 2001
2592 kr
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We are in the midst of a digital revolution - until recently, the majority of appliances used in everyday life have been developed with analogue technology. Now, either at home or out and about, we are surrounded by digital technology such as digital "film," audio systems, computers and …
Heredity and Infection
The History of Disease Transmission
Av Jean-Paul Gaudilliére, Ilana Löwy
Inbunden, 2001
2592 kr
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Ideas about the transmission of disease have long formed the core of modern biology and medicine. Heredity and Infection examines their development over the last century. Two scientific revolutions - the bacteriological revolution of the 1890s and the genetic revolution at the start of the …
Science and Ideology
A Comparative History
Av Mark Walker
Inbunden, 2002
2517 kr
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Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have …
Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine
Writing Recent Science
Av Ronald E. Doel, Thomas Söderqvist
Inbunden, 2006
2592 kr
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As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and …
Instruments, Travel and Science
Itineraries of Precision from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
Av Marie Noëlle Bourguet, Christian Licoppe m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2592 kr
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We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process that gave rise to this instrumental culture. The contributors trace the displacement of instruments …
Fight Against Cancer
France 1890-1940
Inbunden, 2002
2517 kr
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Between the two World Wars an illness that mainly affects adults over fifty years old became so prominent that it superseded both tuberculosis and syphilis in importance.As Patrice Pinell shows, the effect of cancer in France before World War Two reached far beyond the question of its mortality …
Science and Ideology
A Comparative History
Av Mark Walker
Häftad, 2002
737 kr
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Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have …
Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Changing Relationships in Britain and France, 1935–1965
Inbunden, 2007
2592 kr
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Examining the issue of 'British decline' after the war, this fascinating text describes the evolution of cooperation in Britain and France, and argues that the relationship between these two countries helped to disseminate a culture of research, resulting in the transformation of the medical …
Classical Genetic Research and its Legacy
The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics
Av Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Inbunden, 2004
2517 kr
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With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics. An accompanying volume - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics - covers the history of molecular genetics and …
From Molecular Genetics to Genomics
The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics
Av Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Inbunden, 2004
1831 kr
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With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. Maps of genomes have become the icons for a comprehensive knowledge of the organism on a previously unattained level of complexity, and the organisation of genetic knowledge in maps has been a major driving force in the …
