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Over the past five centuries, scientific imagination and technological ingenuity have created a deep understanding of the physical world. This has enabled an exploration of the outermost limits of t……続きを見る

Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical sci……続きを見る

The first monograph on the history of Islamic hospitals, this volume focuses on the under-examined Egyptian and Levantine institutions of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. By the twelfth century,……続きを見る

This book integrates studies on the thought of Bernard de Mandeville and other philosophers and historians of Modern Thought. The chapters reflect a rethinking of Mandeville’s legacy and, together, ……続きを見る

The industrial gases industry originated in 1886, when a London-based company began producing high-purity oxygen. Initially, purified oxygen was a solution in search of a problem, but demand for it ……続きを見る

Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plo……続きを見る

The depths of the oceans are the last example of terra incognita on earth. Adamowsky presents a study of the sea, arguing that – contrary to popular belief – post-Enlightenment discourse on the sea ……続きを見る

In this book, Esposito presents a historiography of organicist and holistic thought through an examination of the work of leading biologists from Britain and America. He shows how this work relates ……続きを見る

The number of substances potentially dangerous to our health and environment is constantly increasing. The papers in this volume examine the concurrent rise of pollutants and the regulations designe……続きを見る

The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalization of science in the nineteenth century. The author shows ho……続きを見る

This work fills a gap in recent studies on the history of race and science. Focusing on both the classification systems of human variety and the development of science as the arbiter of truth, Brown……続きを見る

Today we are used to clear divisions between science and the arts. But early modern thinkers had no such distinctions, with ‘knowledge’ being a truly interdisciplinary pursuit. Each chapter of this ……続きを見る

This study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views. 続きを見る

This is the first exploration of the relationship between the abdomen and British society between 1800 and 1950. Miller demonstrates how the framework of ideas established in medicine related to gas……続きを見る

This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism, an astronomical device from ancient Greece. The historical background, surviving ……続きを見る

In recent decades game theoryーthe mathematics of rational decision-making by interacting individualsーhas assumed a central place in our understanding of capitalist markets, the evolution of social……続きを見る

In November 2005, Bonnie Blodgett was whacked with a nasty cold. After a quick shot of a popular nasal spray up each nostril, the back of her nose was on fire. With that, Blodgettーa professional ga……続きを見る

This book shows, for the very first time, how love stories ー a vital issue in our lives ー can be tentatively described with classical mathematics. Focus is on the derivation and analysis of reliab……続きを見る

Holograms have been in the public eye for over a half-century, but their influences have deeper cultural roots. No other visual experience is quite like interacting with holograms; no other cultural……続きを見る

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the larges……続きを見る

From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the cou……続きを見る

At the close of the Second World War, modernist poets found themselves in an increasingly scientific world, where natural and social sciences claimed exclusive rights to knowledge of both matter and……続きを見る

The relationship between Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton is like that of two complementary stages of a rocket. Galileo, the argumentative "wrangler" who demanded that the universe be examined throu……続きを見る

A masterful biography of Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), the German scientist who discovered continental drift. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL Alfred Wegener aimed to……続きを見る

Ben prima della luce, a un decimillesimo di secondo dal Big Bang, i neutrini sono apparsi nell’Universo. Dopo un secondo il brodo primordiale si era raffreddato abbastanza da consentire loro di muov……続きを見る

Le cellule staminali sono fra i temi di ricerca più affascinanti della biologia contemporanea. Le grandi promesse nel campo della medicina rigenerativa che derivano da questo settore lasciano sperar……続きを見る

Le avventure di un’affascinante scienziata, appassionata e pronta a tutto, sullo sfondo di una Venezia incantata e dei misteriosi laboratori del cern di Ginevra. Un intrigo poliziesco che presenta i……続きを見る

Cosa possono avere in comune Galileo Galilei, l’emblema della scienza moderna, e Harry Potter, il mago più famoso dei nostri tempi? Provate a scoprirlo in questo viaggio ai confini tra scienza, magi……続きを見る

Subordinare la natura ai bisogni dell’uomo o sentirsene parte? Il farmaco è simbolo di questo conflitto fra le due anime del progresso scientifico e tecnologico. L’autore – dopo averne illustrato le……続きを見る

La storia della medicina greca e romana è, insieme, una storia delle idee di salute e malattia, una storia delle pratiche di cura, una storia della religione, una storia archeologica dei luoghi e de……続きを見る