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"Unraveling the analog-digital divide at the frontier of physics and computation." Are we living in a digital universe, or is reality analog at its core? Between Waves and Bits explores this fundame……続きを見る

Johan kävi mäihä! Tarinoita sattumakeksintöjen takaa. Mikroaaltouuni, penisilliini, Post-it-laput. Röntgen, pikaliima, LSD. Näiden ja monien muiden tuttujen tuotteiden kiehtovat tarinat kertovat, mi……続きを見る

This book presents the first detailed scientific examination of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse. First published in Venice in 154……続きを見る

Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancie……続きを見る

Mathematicians Playing Games explores a wide variety of popular mathematical games, including their historical beginnings and the mathematical theories that underpin them. Its academic level is suit……続きを見る

Following on from Blitz on Kent, all aspects of life during the Second World War were experienced during in this embattled county. From the onset of the war Kent became a key part in the front line ……続きを見る

Now an Apple TV+ limited series, Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world’s most feared and admired business executivesーCarlos Ghosnーa re……続きを見る

Since media is omnipresent in our lives, it is crucial to understand the complex means and dimensions of media in history, and how we have arrived at the current digital culture. Media in History ad……続きを見る

To understand modern science, it is essential to recognize that many of the most fundamental scientific principles are drawn from the knowledge of ancient civilizations. Taking a global yet comprehe……続きを見る

This book presents a detailed treatment of ordinal combinatorics of large sets tailored for independence results. It uses model theoretic and combinatorial methods to obtain results in proof theory,……続きを見る

This book outlines the scientific career of Arto Salomaa, a pioneer in theoretical computer science and mathematics. The author first interviewed the subject and his family and collaborators, and he……続きを見る

'Forestillinger om Ana Ivan' begynder i Brooklyn et forår hvor en ung, dansk praktikant møder kunstneren og matematikeren Ana Ivan. Ana er opvokset i Rumænien i tiden op til Ceausescus fald i 1989, ……続きを見る

This book examines the philosophical conception of abductive reasoning as developed by Charles S. Peirce, the founder of American pragmatism. It explores the historical and systematic connections of……続きを見る

One can distinguish, roughly speaking, two different approaches to the philosophy of mathematics. On the one hand, some philosophers (and some mathematicians) take the nature and the results of math……続きを見る

De geboorte van de wetenschap in acht ruzies Schijnvroom, valschhartig, waanwijs: de mannen in dit boek beschimpen elkaar met de oneervolste woorden die ze maar kunnen bedenken. Ze voeren strijd ove……続きを見る

This book provides a perspective on the concepts placebo and placebo effects, which has been missing so far: a detailed analysis of the history of the terms, their current use, suggested alternative……続きを見る

This book is for those interested in number systems, abstract algebra, and analysis. It provides an understanding of negative and fractional numbers with theoretical background and explains rational……続きを見る

Manden, der opfandt den moderne verden. Newton er en enestående skikkelse i menneskehedens historie – på den ene side måske den mest geniale videnskabsmand, der nogensinde har levet, på den anden si……続きを見る

Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) er en af Europas allerstørste filosoffer. I sin samtid blev han regnet for en kætter og fritænker. I dag anses hans tanker om ytringsfrihed, religionskritik og demokrati s……続きを見る

Filosoffen Aristoteles var den første, der forfattede en lærebog i logik, matematisk-systematiske metoder til at afdække sprogets og tankens logiske indhold i talehandlinger. Logik hører til i den k……続きを見る

How do you build a scientifically and technologically strong modern nation with limited means and resources? Indian scientists faced this challenge seven decades ago when the country became independ……続きを見る

It has been nearly 150 years since Darwin published On the Origin of Species, and his theory of natural selection still ignites a forest of heated debate between scientific fundamentalists on the on……続きを見る

How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? How did it eclipse rival psychologies and psychotherapies, such that it became natural to bracket Freud with Copernicus and Darwin? Why……続きを見る

This book explores the emergence of epilepsy as a purely neurological disorder, in the second half of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the world’s first neurological hospital, the National Hosp……続きを見る