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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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Theories of the World From Antiquity 2ND Edition
Theories of the World From Antiquity 2ND Edition
by Michael J Crowe
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Newly revised edition of Professor Crowe's accessible, enlightening book re-creates the change from an earth-centered to a sun-centered conception of the solar system. The work is organized around a hypothetical debate: Given the evidence available in... (read more)

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High Performance : Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000 (Rev 01 Edition)
High Performance : Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, 1950-2000 (Rev 01 Edition)
by Robert C. Post
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High Performance is a dramatic, firsthand history of this daring sport, from the earliest legal drags run on rural airfields to the spectacular -- and sometimes tragic -- careers of drag racing's most daring innovators. Post, a former racer himself, was... (read more)

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Genesis and Development of Scientific Fact (81 Edition)
Genesis and Development of Scientific Fact (81 Edition)
by Fleck And Bradley (translator) / Trenn (ed. And Translator) / Merton (ed.)
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Originally published in German in 1935, this monograph anticipated solutions to problems of scientific progress, the truth of scientific fact and the role of error in science now associated with the work of Thomas Kuhn and others. Arguing that every... (read more)

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Epitome of Copernican Astronomy: And, Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series)
Epitome of Copernican Astronomy: And, Harmonies of the World (Great Minds Series)
by Johannes Kepler
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The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion: that the planets move not in circular but elliptical... (read more)

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Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (3RD 08 Edition)
Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (3RD 08 Edition)
by John Henry
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This is a concise but wide-ranging account of all aspects of the Scientific Revolution from astronomy to zoology. The third edition has been thoroughly updated, and some sections revised and extended, to take into account the latest scholarship... (read more)

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Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries
Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries
by Joshua Gilder
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Heavenly Intrigue is the captivating, true account of the seventeenth-century collaboration between Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe that revolutionized our understanding of the universe; and it ended in murder. One of history's greatest geniuses, Kepler... (read more)

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How We Got Here : Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets (05 Edition)
How We Got Here : Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets (05 Edition)
by Andy Kessler
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Best-selling author Andy Kessler ties up the loose ends from his provocative book, Running Money, with this history of breakthrough technology and the markets that funded them. Expanding on themes first raised in his tour de force, Running Money, Andy... (read more)

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Fabric of the Heavens : the Development of Astronomy and Dynamics (61 Edition)
Fabric of the Heavens : the Development of Astronomy and Dynamics (61 Edition)
by Stephen Toulmin
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Conceived as three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, these books—intelligent, informative, and accessible—are an excellent source for those who have no technical knowledge... (read more)

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Galileo on the World Systems : a New Abridged Translation and Guide (97 Edition)
Galileo on the World Systems : a New Abridged Translation and Guide (97 Edition)
by Galilei Galileo
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Galileo's 1632 book, Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, comes alive for twentieth-century readers thanks to Maurice Finocchiaro's brilliant new translation and presentation. Condemned by the Inquisition for its heretical... (read more)

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What Have We Learned About Science and Technology From the Russian Experience? (98 Edition)
What Have We Learned About Science and Technology From the Russian Experience? (98 Edition)
by Loren R. Graham
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Loren Graham examines how the Russian experience sheds light on the status and character of science and technology throughout the world. He looks at the question of whether science is a social construction, its development dependent on external, social... (read more)

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The Scientists
The Scientists
by John R. Gribbin
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Creates a history of human scientific achievement as revealed by the lives and individual accomplishments of such scientists as Andreas Vesalius, Nicholaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Charles Darwin, Galileo, and Gregor Mendel.... (read more)

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History of Science in Society (2ND 12 Edition)
History of Science in Society (2ND 12 Edition)
by Andrew Ede
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A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between... (read more)

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Science and the Enlightenment (Cambridge History of Science)
Science and the Enlightenment (Cambridge History of Science)
by Thomas Hankins
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Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developments of the century in the cultural context of the Enlightenment and reveals the extent to... (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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Science and Philosophy in the West
Science and Philosophy in the West
by Jeffrey C Leon
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This book examines the history of science and philosophy in Western thought through an historical presentation of primary selections covering the major developments in science and philosophy. Presents original scientific and philosophical thinking that... (read more)

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Western Science V2
Western Science V2
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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The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century
The Three Cultures: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities in the 21st Century
by Jerome Kagan
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In 1959 C. P. Snow delivered his now-famous Rede Lecture, The Two Cultures, a reflection on the academy based on the premise that intellectual life was divided into two cultures: the arts and humanities on one side and science on the other. Since then, a... (read more)

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History of Astronomy : Very Short Introduction (03 Edition)
History of Astronomy : Very Short Introduction (03 Edition)
by Michael Hoskin
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This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-nineteenth century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical... (read more)

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Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages (73 Edition)
Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages (73 Edition)
by Richard C. Dales
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Offers a comprehensive introduction to medieval science, presented in the context of an historical narrative.... (read more)

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