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Scientific Revolution (96 Edition)
Scientific Revolution (96 Edition)
by Steven Shapin
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"There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it." With this provocative and apparently paradoxical claim, Steven Shapin begins his bold vibrant exploration of the origins of the modern scientific worldview. "Shapin's... (read more)

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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Wo 2ND Edition
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Wo 2ND Edition
by Galileo Galilei
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This 1967 edition of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is a revision of a 1953 edition. It includes a foreword by Albert Einstein, which is presented in en face German and English versions. The translation itself is based on the... (read more)

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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution
The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution
by Carolyn Merchant
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Nature as Female<P>The world we have lost was organic. From the obscure origins of our species, human beings have lived in daily, immediate, organic relation with the natural order for their sustenance. In 1500, the daily interaction with nature... (read more)

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Natural History : a Selection (91 Edition)
Natural History : a Selection (91 Edition)
by Pliny The Elder
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Pliny’s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in... (read more)

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Last Train To Paradise
Last Train To Paradise
by Les Standiford
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Now in paperback, "Last Train to Paradise" is acclaimed novelist Standiford's fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad--one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken... (read more)

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more)

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The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors
The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors
by John Gribbin
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-623) and index.... (read more)

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Science and Technology in World History (2ND 06 Edition)
Science and Technology in World History (2ND 06 Edition)
by James E. Mcclellan
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Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth... (read more)

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Social History of American Technology (97 Edition)
Social History of American Technology (97 Edition)
by Ruth S. Cowan
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For over 250 years American technology has been regarded as a unique hallmark of American culture and an important factor in American prosperity. Despite this American history has rarely been told from the perspective of the history of technology. A... (read more)

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Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time
Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps: Empires of Time
by Peter Galison
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A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness time that culminated in the revolutionary science of relativity, Einstein's Clocks, Poincar's Mapsis "part history, part science, part adventure, part biography, part meditation on the meaning of... (read more)

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Eyewitness To Science (95 Edition)
Eyewitness To Science (95 Edition)
by John (ed.) Carey
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Plotting the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory, John Carey chooses accounts by scientists themselves that are both elegant and arrestingly written. The classic science-writers are here: Darwin, Huxley, Fabre. So, too... (read more)

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Beginnings of Western Science: the European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory To A. D. 1450 (2ND 08 Edition)
Beginnings of Western Science: the European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious, and Institutional Context, Prehistory To A. D. 1450 (2ND 08 Edition)
by David C. Lindberg
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When it was first published in 1992, The Beginnings of Western Science was lauded as the first successful attempt ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas... (read more)

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Reenchantment of the World (81 Edition)
Reenchantment of the World (81 Edition)
by Morris Berman
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A perspective study of our scientific consciousness and a cogent and forceful challenge to its supremacy. Focusing on the rise of the mechanistic idea that we can know the natural world only by distancing ourselves from it, Berman shows how science... (read more)

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Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
by Michio Kaku
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Kaku's thrilling, unique narrative introduces a world in which we are no longer passive bystanders to the dance of the universe, but creative choreographers of matter, life, and intelligence. "With this fascinating volume, Kaku positions himself as a... (read more)

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Science and Society (07 Edition)
Science and Society (07 Edition)
by Richard W. Grinnell
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Part of Longman’s successful Topic’s Reader series, Science and Society is a brief thematic reader that touches on the nature of science and various scientific issues and controversies.... (read more)

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Crucibles the Story of Chemistry 4TH Edition
Crucibles the Story of Chemistry 4TH Edition
by Bernard Jaffe
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Classic popular account of great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeleeff, Curie, Thomson,Lavoisier, up to A-bomb research and recent work with subatomic particles. The Chicago Daily Tribune declared, "The saga is exciting and Mr... (read more)

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Science in Public : Communication, Culture, and Credibility (98 Edition)
Science in Public : Communication, Culture, and Credibility (98 Edition)
by Jane Gregory
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Does the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a "scientifically illiterate" society--one that thinks about... (read more)

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Mind Has No Sex? (89 Edition)
Mind Has No Sex? (89 Edition)
by Londa Schiebinger
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continue to shape the course of scientific scholarship and knowledge.... (read more)

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Natural Science in Western History (08 Edition)
Natural Science in Western History (08 Edition)
by Frederick Gregory
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Natural Science in Western History provides an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of western science from ancient times through the Enlightenment to the present. Author Frederick Gregory, past president of the History of Science Society, applies his... (read more)

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History of Science in Society : From Philosophy To Utility, Volume II (04 - Old Edition)
History of Science in Society : From Philosophy To Utility, Volume II (04 - Old Edition)
by Andrew Ede
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A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion without sacrificing the sophistication and richness of the subject. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the... (read more)

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