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The drying up of the Aral Sea - a major environmental catastrophe of the late twentieth century - is deeply rooted in the dreams of the irrigation age of the late nineteenth and early twentieth cent……続きを見る

The book presents a comprehensive historical and technical account of Science Museums, Science Centres and Science Cities in India covering the period from 1956 to 2016. It is an academic endeavour ……続きを見る

This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838–1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previous……続きを見る

Pound, Frost, Moore and Poetic Precision: Science in American Modernist Poetry examines three major poets in light of the demand that poetry aspire to scientific precision. The critical insistence t……続きを見る

By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macromolecular assemblies and are analyzed with a variet……続きを見る

Translated from the original French and annotated with figures, historical maps and commentary from the translators, this work is Jean-Charles Houzeau's account of his escape from Texas during the A……続きを見る

This book offers an integrated historical and philosophical examination of the origin of genetics. The author contends that an integrated HPS analysis helps us to have a better understanding of the ……続きを見る

Women and Dionysus links repression of the Dionysian spirit in Western culture with the rise of the patriarchy over the course of two millennia. It effectively draws aconnection between Dionysus and……続きを見る

La obra plantea la naturaleza compleja y transdisciplinar de los problemas en la educación matemática, afirmando la necesidad de adoptar una posición epistemológica explícita y militante. Se present……続きを見る

This comprehensive and authoritative volume traces the history of research leading to the development of the wireless radio systems. It discusses the methods adopted by a large number of inventors a……続きを見る

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world 'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and ……続きを見る

A User's Guide to Melancholy takes Robert Burton's encyclopaedic masterpiece The Anatomy of Melancholy (first published in 1621) as a guide to one of the most perplexing, elusive, attractive, and af……続きを見る

Genetic engineering, nanotechnology, astrophysics, particle physics: We live in an engineered world, one where the distinctions between science and engineering, technology and research, are fast dis……続きを見る

Our lives have benefited immensely from the scientific evolution over the years. This book provides an overview of the lives of three great scientists, Newton, Faraday and Einstein, who made the mos……続きを見る

This book, within the vision of the study on the image history, clearly manifests the development of Chinese image science and technology of over 2000 years based on compendium, while having briefly……続きを見る

Few people have had as many influences on as many different fields as true Renaissance man Blaise Pascal. At once a mathematician, philosopher, theologian, physicist, and engineer, Pascal’s discover……続きを見る

Des histoires d'avant est un essai total. Il part de rien, un espace hypothétique recelé par la voie lactée où s'installe un nuage de poussière d'où naîtra un système stellaire tel que nous le conna……続きを見る

This book offers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to scientific theories and the evolution of science and mathematics through the centuries. It discusses the history of scientific thought ……続きを見る

The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America. Blacklisted from federal funding review panel……続きを見る

Tsuchiya presents a new insight into the political roles of science and technology during the Cold War era in Asia. The Cold War was not only a battle of conflicting ideologies and economic systems,……続きを見る

A BEST BOOK OF 2023 FOR THE TELEGRAPH, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW SCIENTIST AND STYLIST A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READ 2023 Discover the next frontier of scientific understanding: your body’s electrome. E……続きを見る

'Maniac' John von Neumann was een van de meest invloedrijke wetenschappers die ooit heeft geleefd. Kernwapens, computers, smartphones. Ze dragen allemaal de vingerafdruk van deze opmerkelijke man. O……続きを見る

The book focuses on Pareto optimality in cooperative games. Most of the existing works focus on the Pareto optimality of deterministic continuous-time systems or for the regular convex LQ case. To e……続きを見る

This textbook develops the abstract algebra necessary to prove the impossibility of four famous mathematical feats: squaring the circle, trisecting the angle, doubling the cube, and solving quintic ……続きを見る

The Renaissance, scholars have long argued, was a period beset by the loss of philosophical certainty. In Possible Knowledge, Debapriya Sarkar argues for the pivotal role of literatureーwhat early m……続きを見る

“Geometry of Hindu Temples” is unique in the following sense: It has emphasized the “earthquake proof architecture of Ajanta and Elora in Aurangabad, INDIA. It elaborates the Hindu geometry versus t……続きを見る

This book deals with the rise of mathematics in physical sciences, beginning with Galileo and Newton and extending to the present day. The book is divided into two parts. The first part gives a brie……続きを見る

"A fascinating and funny guide to history's favorite geniusーand why he still matters." ーA.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author A fascinating look into how Einstein's genius and science con……続きを見る

A world where little light penetrates. Of dense vegetation, tangled roots, fetid mud and swamps. Where the helicopter, sophisticated weaponry and technology have revolutionized military combat. But ……続きを見る

A fascinating account of poultices, pills, and prescriptions over the centuries and how they’ve been developed and delivered. This lively account follows the development of medicines from traces of ……続きを見る