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Buckets from an English Sea
1832 and the Making of Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Darwin did not discover evolution. He didn't trip over it on the way to somewhere else the way Columbus discovered the New World. Like the atom, planetary orbits, and so many other scientific constructs, evolution was invented in order to explain striking phenomena. And it has been most successful....
Written in Stone
Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
As the media frenzy over Darwinius and the recent proliferation of books on evolution and creationism show, the public is fascinated by debates about evolutionary biology.
Transitional fossils are often featured in news headlines as "missing links" perpetuating a profound misunderstanding...
Philosophy of Science
The Link Between Science and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A great mathematician and teacher bridges the gap between science and the humanities in this exposition of the philosophy of science. Philipp Frank, a distinguished physicist and philosopher in his own right, traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein to illustrate philosophy’s ongoing...
by Mike Hockney
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
“The problem is not to find the answer, it’s to face the answer.” – Terence McKennaAt school, you are taught “science”. You are not taught the history of science, so you have no idea how science came to be the institution it now is. Above all, you have no idea that science is a...
Darwin Deleted
Imagining a World without Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
The ideas and terminology of Darwinism are so pervasive these days that it seems impossible to avoid them, let alone imagine a world without them. But in this remarkable rethinking of scientific history, Peter J. Bowler does just that. He asks: What if Charles Darwin had not returned from the voyage...
The Edge of Physics
A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
A tour of the exotic and remote outposts where scientists seek answers to the great mysteries: “A thrilling ride around the globe and around the cosmos.” —Sean Carroll, author of From Eternity to Here
In The Edge of Physics, a science writer journeys to the ends of the Earth—visiting...
The Spinning Magnet
The Electromagnetic Force That Created the Modern World--and Could Destroy It
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting power
Alanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change...
by A.P. Dimri, Amulya Chevuturi
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
This book examines the meteorological phenomenon known as Western Disturbances (WDs) and traces their influence on the Indian subcontinent. It fully details the unique characteristics and dynamics of these disturbances, which produce large-scale instabilities in the atmosphere over northern India...
Interactive Wittgenstein
Essays in Memory of Georg Henrik von Wright
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The philosophical thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein continues to have a profound influence that transcends barriers between philosophical disciplines and reaches beyond philosophy itself. Less than one hundred years after their publication, his early masterpiece 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' and the...
by Piers Bizony
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of genius, the history of the atom’s discovery is as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as the atom itself.
John Dalton gave us the first picture of the atom in the early 1800s. Almost 100 years later the young misfit New...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
What will kids get from doing science experiments? Their imagination and creativity will finally meet reality. Results are measured based on the steps included. There’s an order to them and that’s something children need to learn. Of course, there are tons of other benefits to doing experiments. Can you name some?
by Stephen M. Barr
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A concise introduction to scientific history and ideas, with a special emphasis on physics and astronomy.
Physicist Stephen M. Barr’s lucid Student’s Guide to Natural Science aims to give students an understanding, in broad outline, of the nature, history, and great ideas of natural science...
Truth or Beauty
Science and the Quest for Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired—and have sometimes misled—scientists attempting to understand nature.
Orrell shows...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2005
With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists, concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to the present. For students, teachers, historians,...