Steve - History 1

**'At last, a sensible and penetrating look at the possibility of life on Mars ... Bravo to Benner, one of the world’s most accomplished chemists, for putting the possibility of extant Martian life ……続きを見る

The epic story of how a handful of surprisingly simple mathematical ideas have sparked today’s technological breakthroughsーfrom Netflix’s recommendation algorithm to medical imaging to artificial i……続きを見る

“Delightful . . . easily digestible chapters include plenty of helpful examples and illustrations. You'll never forget the Pythagorean theorem again!”ーScientific American Many people take math in h……続きを見る

Leviathan and the Air-Pump examines the conflicts over the value and propriety of experimental methods between two major seventeenth-century thinkers: Thomas Hobbes, author of the political treatise……続きを見る

The Savilian Professorships in Astronomy and Geometry at Oxford University were founded in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, distinguished scholar and Warden of Merton College. The Astronomy professorship, ……続きを見る

Finalist for the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award of the Jewish Book Council Is relativity Jewish? The Nazis denigrated Albert Einstein’s revolutionary theory by calling it “Jewish science,” a……続きを見る

Steven Shapin argues that science, for all its immense authority and power, is and always has been a human endeavor, subject to human capacities and limits. Put simply, science has never been pure. ……続きを見る

In Bioethics in America, Tina Stevens challenges the view that the origins of the bioethics movement can be found in the 1960s, a decade mounting challenges to all variety of authority. Instead, Ste……続きを見る

By the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new natural history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary fa……続きを見る

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." ー New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In Th……続きを見る

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millio……続きを見る

In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletu……続きを見る

“Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” ーPresident Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” ーSteven Pinker, The New York Time……続きを見る

“The phrase ‘public intellectual’ is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the world merit the title, and Steven Weinberg is preeminent among them.” ーRichard Dawkins “Weinberg has a k……続きを見る

Erasmus Darwin's 'The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society' is a visionary work that intricately weaves together themes of natural philosophy, evolutionary theory, and social commentary. Writ……続きを見る

'SYNC' IS A STORY OF A DAZZLING KIND OF ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE, THE HARMONY THAT COMES FROM CYCLES IN SYNC. THE TENDENCY TO SYCHRONIZE IS ONE OF THE MOST FAR- REACHING DRIVES IN ALL OF NATURE. IT EXT……続きを見る

An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls "the……続きを見る

Immerse yourself in the history of medicine - a colourful story of skill, serendipity, trial and error, moments of genius, and dogged determination. From traditional Chinese medicine to today's soph……続きを見る

The revolution in twentieth-century physics has offered answers to many of the big questions of existence, such as the ultimate nature of things and how the universe came into being. It has undermin……続きを見る

Why did white pine help spark the American Revolution? How did balsam aid the development of germ theory? What does hemlock have to do with making leather? In Conifers of the New England–Acadian For……続きを見る

Wouldn’t you want a religion that every logician, mathematician, philosopher, and scientist on earth could embrace, a religion fully consistent with all the points made by Kurt Gödel when he listed ……続きを見る

The Ultrahuman is coming. The Ultrahuman is a member of a higher community. The Ultrahuman is our destiny. The Ultrahuman is the ordinary human’s designated replacement. Everything is about to chang……続きを見る

The calendar worked out by Bede remains essentially the one we still use today, yet the mathematical and scientific studies of the early medieval schools have been largely neglected in most discussi……続きを見る

The Inkas (Quechua spelling) worshipped the Sun, and their emperor was thought to be the son of the Sun. They conquered most of the Andes and their former empire is replete with examples of their as……続きを見る

Un impresionante relato de lo difícil que fue descubrir los objetivos y métodos de la ciencia moderna, y el impacto que ese descubrimiento tuvo en el conocimiento y desarrollo humanos. Por el premio……続きを見る

Do autor de Como chegamos até aqui e De onde vêm as boas ideias, a surpreendente história de como nós humanos ganhamos 20 mil dias a mais em nossas vidas. Buscando respostas para os desafios atuais ……続きを見る

The Nobel Prize–winner shares "a masterful journey through humankind's scientific coming-of-age" from the Greeks to modern times (Brian Greene). In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nob……続きを見る

Com profundidade analítica e talento literário, Steven Pinker defende a razão, a ciência e o humanismo, os ideais de que precisamos para enfrentar os nossos problemas e dar continuidade ao nosso pro……続きを見る

De Aristóteles a Isaac Newton, Nobel de Física conta a história da ciência de forma leve e acessível. Nesta história envolvente e reveladora, Steven Weinberg, vencedor do Nobel de Física em 1979, gu……続きを見る

All our inner organs and tissues require a constant environment to work effectively. Warm-blooded animals keep a core body temperature around 98°F as the cells function at an optimal capacity at thi……続きを見る