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Originally published in paperback in 1986, the essays in this book discuss questions about the growth and conceptual structure of the modern evolutionary synthesis, or 'neo-Darwinism'. Written by biologists, historians and philosophers, the collection...

The development of the concept of valency has provided one of the major unifying contributions to the growth of chemistry as a science. The study of its history is therefore of the greatest interest to all chemists and historians of chemistry. After...

Charles Blacker Vignoles (1793-1875) has been somewhat overshadowed by his contemporaries, the Stephensons, Brunel and Locke. Yet from 1825 to 1870, he was continually involved in the field of civil engineering in the UK, Ireland and overseas. Among his...

Integrating the history of science, environmental history, and science studies, Notes from the Ground examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in early America.Notes from the Ground examines the cultural conditions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538329Author Philipp von HilgersFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

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Invention --that single leap of a human mind that gives us all we create. Yet we make a mistake when we call a telephone or a light bulb an invention, says John Lienhard. In truth, light bulbs, airplanes, steam engines--these objects are the end results,...

Weighing the World is a revealing behind-the-scenes look at the scientific events leading to modern map making, written by one of the world's master surveyors. Edwin Danson, using a similar approach to his earlier best seller, "Drawing the Line: How...

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The southern agricultural landscape is enriched by the occasional old cane mill, once the center of family activity each fall as juice was squeezed from the cane, evaporated in a kettle or evaporator pan, and converted into syrup for home use or cash...

In spite of all that has been written in the past decades about the first half-century of the Royal Society's existence, no one has so far examined just what took place at the Society's weekly meetings nor how far they fulfilled the expressed aim of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357946926Author Archibald WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint V & S PublishersPublisher V & S PublishersWeight(grams) 259g

From the 1880s to the 1920s, hunger artists - professional fasters - lived on the fringes of public spectacle and academic experiment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as popular urban spectacle and subject of scientific study,...

From the 1880s to the 1920s, hunger artists - professional fasters - lived on the fringes of public spectacle and academic experiment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as popular urban spectacle and subject of scientific study,...

This collection of essays examines the ways in which disputes and controversies about the application of scientific knowledge are resolved. Four concrete examples of public controversy are considered in detail: the efficacy of Laetrile, the...

This famous book, first published in 1929 was considerably revised and enlarged in its fourth edition, which is being reprinted now. This edition had the addition of a postscript by Professor I. Bernard Cohen containing a list of reading, with comments...

Where the Truth Lies is an absorbing account of a case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus that illustrates all that can go wrong in scientific knowledge-making. Jan Sapp follows Moewus' meteoric flight...

The Disappearance of the Social in American Social Psychology is a critical conceptual history of American social psychology. In this challenging work, John Greenwood demarcates the original conception of the social dimensions of cognition, emotion and...

Primarily a scientific biography of Walther H. Nernst (1864-1941), one of Germany's most important, productive and often controversial scientists, this 1999 book addresses a set of specific scientific problems that evolved at the intersection of physics,...

Between 1920 and 1950, British and US internationalists called for aviation and atomic energy to be taken out of the hands of nation-states, and instead used by international organizations such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357976237Author James CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 163g

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A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways. In Taming the Muskingum, esteemed scholar...

Emory Kemp is the founder and director of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology at West Virginia University, where he also served as a chair and professor of civil engineering and a professor of history. This collection...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357977586Author A E DolbearFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 100g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931839327Author Carroll DunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Ross & PerryPublisher Ross & PerryWeight(grams) 272g

What lies beneath the ground? Our poor eyesight cannot penetrate even an inch into the soil, so for centuries, fortune-seekers have tried every way imaginable to see below the surface. Whether searching for mineral veins, groundwater, or buried treasure,...

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One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. Now unfolding the fascinating story behind its mystique this 2002 book provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357972680Author Hubert E CollinsPage Count 94Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357977593Author Alexander Graham BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 64g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357944946Author Lydia Maria GurneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint V & S PublishersPublisher V & S PublishersWeight(grams) 95g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783744810562Author Karl KleineFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357973359Author Eliza LeslieFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410202956Author Hubert E CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...