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In Search of Falling Stars - H.H. Nininger's Classic Find a Falling Star, Revisited & Expanded

In the early 20th century, the science of meteorites was at a low ebb. Then, in 1923, Harvey H. Nininger, a trained biologist, witnessed ...

Globalizing Physics - One Hundred Years of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Focusing on the history of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics following its centenary, this book provides a novel and un...

Abū Bakr Ibn Al-ʿarabī (D. 543/1148) - Legacy and Impact on the Transmission of Al-Ghazālī's (D. 505/1111) Thought in Al-Andalus

In this book, the contributors offer an account of the legacy of qāḍī Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 543/1148), a pivotal figure in the trans...

Citrus - A World History

A world history of citrus, from the art of antiquity to the science of the modern era.

Physics of the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies - Multiwavelength Point of View

This book introduces various physical processes related to the formation and evolution of galaxies, such as gravitation, electromagnetism...

Plasticity in the Life Sciences

Analyzes the reasons why biologists have referred to and continue to refer to plasticity. Since the early twentieth century, plasticity h...

Into the Clear Blue Sky - The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere

'A fascinating look into some of the cutting edge climate solutions' Bill McKibben Can we really restore the earth's atmosphere within ou...

A Book of Noises - Noes on the Auraculous

Just About Coping - A Real-Life Drama from the Psychotherapist's Chair

In honest stories from her own life and the experiences of some of her patients as she trains to be a psychotherapist, Dr Natalie Cawley ...

The Life Scientific Quiz Book

Origin Story - The Trials of Charles Darwin

By early morning 30 June 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University's brand-new Museum of Natural History. The...

Cultural Selection

Humans learn in ways that are influenced by others. As a result, cultural items of many types are elaborated over time in ways that build...

Private Life of the Atom

The Constitution of Science

How can science be protected, by whom and at what level? Mantzavinos introduces the idea of a 'Constitution of Science' as a vital means ...

The Path to Singularity - How Technology Will Challenge the Future of Humanity

Technology is developing at an increasingly swift pace, and there is likely to be a tipping point when change occurs at a pace so rapid t...

Stitching Science - Exploring Science from A-Z

Science gets the stitched treatment in this stunning science book from textile artist Lauren Wright Vartanian. During the pandemic, Laure...

Technology and the Rise of Great Powers - How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

"A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers. When scholars and policymakers consider how te...

Honoring Charlotte Moore Sitterly (Iau S371) - Astronomical Spectroscopy in the 21st Century

This symposium honors the contributions of Charlotte Moore Sitterly as a pioneer of spectroscopy, and astronomical spectroscopy in partic...

The Sociolinguistics of Gender in Public Life

Leibniz's Correspondence in Science, Technology and Medicine (1676 -1701) - Core Themes and Core Texts

Core themes and texts from ten subject areas in Leibniz's correspondence in science, technology and medicine (from 1676 to 1701) provide ...

The Einstein Paradox - The Debate on Nonlocality and Incompleteness in 1935

Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book offers a rich context for the famously controversial 1935 paper by Einstein, Podols...

When the Ice Is Gone - What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world's first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared in Denmark. ...

Evolution for the People - Shaping Popular Ideas from Darwin to the Present

From Darwin's The Origin of Species to the twenty-first century, Peter Bowler reinterprets the long Darwinian Revolution by refocussing o...

STURM - STORM

Wind, Wellen und bewegtes Wasser - die drei Elemente der See gehören zu den mächtigsten Naturgewalten, die allein oder gemeinsam das Antl...

Sea Level - A History

"What do we mean when we talk about sea level? How and why did people begin to measure it? With Wilko Graf von Hardenberg as our guide, w...

The Struggle of Parts

Among the late nineteenth-century profusion of evolutionary ideas, Wilhelm Roux¿s theory of a struggle for existence within organisms¿bet...

Peptide Antibodies - Methods and Protocols

This detailed new edition explores current methods for the production and use of peptide antibodies. The book delves into various aspects...

Recombinant Protein Expression in Mammalian Cells - Methods and Protocols

This fully updated volume explores notable developments in the field of mammalian cell-based recombinant protein production. Beginning wi...

Protestant Modernist Pamphlets - Science and Religion in the Scopes Era

"This work is a hybrid of a scholarly edition and an academic monograph that focuses on the relation between science and religion in earl...

Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean

"An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquity. Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar names to many of us,...

Freud's Student Years - A Psychobiography

In Freud's Student Years, Florian Houssier presents the life experiences and inner conflicts of Sigmund Freud from [year] to [year], show...

Chemistry, Biology and Pharmacology of Lichen

Understand the properties and applications of one of the world's most ubiquitous flora Lichen is a single entity comprising two or more o...

What If We Get It Right? - Visions of Climate Futures

Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an exi...

Why Fish Don't Exist - A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life

When Lulu Miller's relationship falls apart, she turns to an unlikely figure for guidance - the 19th-century naturalist, David Starr Jord...

Techniques in Light Microscopy

The book describes in a simple and readable format the way microscopes magnify images, and all of the techniques that are available today...

Feminist Philosophy of Science

This Element argues that diversity is needed both in terms of social locations and of values, to overcome former biases and blind spots. ...

The Cosmic Microwave Background - Historical and Philosophical Lessons

"The untold story of how the cosmic microwave background radiation was interpreted following its discovery is a modern case study of theo...

Elements of Marie Curie - How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

A new biography from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitudeand Galileo's Daughter, chronicling the life and work of the most f...

Hydropower in Authoritarian Brazil - An Environmental History of Low-Carbon Energy, 1960s-90s

In the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a spate of low carbon hydropower dams to electrify its ci...

From Chromosomes to Mobile Genetic Elements - The Life and Work of Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock

This biography of Barbara McClintock (1902-1992) places her life and work in its social, scientific and personal context. The history doc...

Intracellular Pathogens - Methods and Protocols

This detailed volume presents cutting-edge approaches to study infection, immunity, and intervention strategies against intracellular pat...

Sustainability

The quest for sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, transformations within the arts, sciences,...

Magnetic Moments

High Level Synthesis of Datapaths

A modern mikroelektronikai tervezéshez elengedhetetlenek az automatizált tervezőeszközök. A legnagyobb kihívást a jó minőségű, magas szin...

Energy Conscious Heating

In 2007 the EU's leaders decided to combat climate change and increase the EU's energy security while strengthening its competitiveness. ...

Studies in simulation

Selected Papers from the Alma Mater Series 1-8.

A history of western technology

A history of the sciences