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El quinto volumen de la serie Siglo XX Venezolano presenta al lector un recorrido por el desarrollo del sistema científico del país durante la centuria pasada. El conjunto de ensayos, escritos por m……続きを見る

This book examines the technological and scientific imagery in Cervantes’s novel, Don Quixote, and the ways in which the Scientific Revolution participated in the author’s examination of early moder……続きを見る

This innovative take on construction toys explores the development and use of building-inspired playthings between 1830 and 1940 as they became the educational toys par excellence for industrialised……続きを見る

– Quelle est l’équation derrière la mélodie de Let It Be des Beatles ? – Comment construire un pont de cartes de sorte qu’elles ne tombent jamais ? – Pourquoi l’Académie royale des sciences de Paris……続きを見る

This book addresses the ways in which science and technology were employed in South Africa during the Second World War. A key theme underlying the chapters is the human mind: in Chapter One, which a……続きを見る

In 1945, W. Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was presented with a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States as a 'gesture of friendship' by a delegation from th……続きを見る

The turbulent history of generic pharmaceuticals raises powerful questions about similarity and difference in modern medicine. Generic drugs are now familiar objects in clinics, drugstores, and hous……続きを見る

Winner, 2009 Rachel Carson Prize, Society for the Social Studies of ScienceWinner, 2012 Edward Kremers Award, American Institute of the History of Pharmacy The second half of the twentieth century w……続きを見る

This book offers readers an introduction to the world of artificial histories and historians. It looks behind the interfaces of AI and explores everyday platforms and prize-winning history books to ……続きを見る

A través de la recopilación de una serie de artículos de divulgación científica escritos a lo largo de los últimos años, algunos de ellos publicados en un diario de la ciudad de México, el doctor Sh……続きを見る

Con un lenguaje atractivo y sugerente, Cuando la ciencia nos alcance es una compilación de artículos que nos conduce, a través de interesantes personajes, anécdotas y entidades cósmicas que se antoj……続きを見る

Descubra las asombrosas habilidades matemáticas de los sumerios, a quienes tanto debemos. Sorprende la cantidad y calidad de conocimientos que atesoraron los sumerios hace más de cuatro milenios, y ……続きを見る

In a unique fusion of art and pyrotechnic innovation, discover the history of Japanese fireworks in this collection of woodblock illustrations by Jinta Hirayama. Originally published as a catalogue ……続きを見る

We all like to think we're making decisions based on reality, but in fact, we're almost always working from incomplete information. And when 'you don't know what you don't know', it can be impossibl……続きを見る

Wicked Philosophy. Philosophy of Science and Vision Development for Complex Problems provides an overview of the philosophy of the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities, and explo……続きを見る

Du temps des premières civilisations préhistoriques jusqu’au Maroc moderne du XXIe siècle, ce livre retrace l’extraordinaire aventure d’un pays à l’histoire millénaire. À travers un récit historique……続きを見る

This book takes the reader on a visual journey of the microscope and shares exciting stories about its development and the new technologies that exist that renders the invisible visible. The book be……続きを見る

"To show that inventors have accomplished more than most persons realize, not only in bringing forth new mechanisms, but in doing creative work in many walks of life, is, in part, the object of this……続きを見る

This book offers a systematic reconstruction of Paulin Hountondji’s contributions to the debate about the place of modern science on the African continent. The book shows that Hountondji develops an……続きを見る

Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th Century to present day. The history of the Yan family is in……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

The Vedic Math Way is more than a guide to faster calculations-it's a revolutionary journey into the timeless intelligence of ancient Indian mathematics, reimagined for today's learners, educators, ……続きを見る

This book studies the history of geoscience in ancient China. Building on a comprehensive review of the historical development of Chinese geoscience, the authors map out the trends and patterns in t……続きを見る

'Sidney Coleman was the master teacher of quantum field theory. All of us who knew him became his students and disciples. Sidney’s legendary course remains fresh and bracing, because he chose his ……続きを見る

This book offers a journey into the history of pioneering Israeli women in electronic computing and explores the impact these women had on the annals of Israeli computing history. With the primary s……続きを見る

Cycles of Invention and Discovery offers an in-depth look at the real-world practice of science and engineering. It shows how the standard categories of “basic” and “applied” have become a hindrance……続きを見る

This eminently readable book focuses on the people of mathematics and draws the reader into their fascinating world. In a monumental address, given to the International Congress of Mathematicians in……続きを見る

Exploring a vast array of topics related to computation, Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective covers the historical and technical foundation of ancient and modern-day computing. The boo……続きを見る

An exhaustive catalogue of tornadoes in Utah from 1847 to present day. 続きを見る

This book presents a recasting of Aristotle’s theory of spatial displacement of inanimate objects. Aristotle’s claim that projectiles are actively carried by the media through which they move (such ……続きを見る