History of Science - Page 7

Power and Technology: A Theory of Social, Technical and Natural Power

The definition of power varies across disciplines. Social scientists tend to deal with social power,...

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Quantum Leaps: How Maths Drives Scientific Progress

From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at the mathematics tha...

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The Seven Measures of the World

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand...

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Beyond the God Particle

Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, an...

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After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

Roswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petroza...

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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions—sp...

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Vital Organs: A History of the World's Most Famous Body Parts

…a bracing adventure, and one where our ancestors are not reduced to characters of myth and legend,...

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Enlightenment Biopolitics: A History of Race, Eugenics, and the Making of Citizens

A wide-ranging history tracing the birth of biopolitics in Enlightenment thought and its aftermath.I...

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The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science

A must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of...

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Uncountable: A Philosophical History of Number and Humanity from Antiquity to the Present

Ranging from math to literature to philosophy, Uncountable explains how numbers triumphed as the bas...

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Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

Why does it always seem like the elevator is going down when you need to go up? Is it really true th...

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An Artificial History of Natural Intelligence: Thinking with Machines from Descartes to the Digital Age

A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machine...

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Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particl...

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Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy and the World of Books

A new perspective on the innovative Renaissance anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius. In 15...