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subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy, plus useful tables, figures and photos, and 20 ‘Science Progress Reports’ ...
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
This book endeavours to pinpoint the relations between musical, and especially instrumental, practice and the evolving conceptions of pitch systems.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
Heilbron's crisp and witty book tells the 2500-year story and highlights the implications for humankind's self-understanding.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
A history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
William Newman and Lawrence Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory experiments of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
This volume forms a sequel to Michael Hunter’s two previous books: Robert Boyle: Scrupulosity and Science (2000) and The Boyle Papers: Understanding the Manuscripts of Robert Boyle (2007).
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
From the reviews: "A prominent research mathematician and a high school teacher have combined their efforts in order to produce a high school geometry course.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
Clear and concise explanations of the development of theories explaining physical phenomena.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
In good company with the works of Atul Gawande, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Abraham Verghese, The Cancer Chronicles is endlessly surprising and as radiant in its prose as it is authoritative in its eye-opening science.
subject:"Science / History" from books.google.com
A history of criminology as a history of science and practice.