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Science and Technology in Modern European Life
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00The last two centuries have seen unprecedented change in the everyday lives of Europeans. From the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Cold War, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, many of these changes were greatly influenced by the scientific and technological advances that took place during that period. This volume in the Daily... more...
Eurekas and Euphorias
OUP Oxford 2002; US$ 18.99The march of science has never proceeded smoothly. It has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, and by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. It has seen deep intellectual friendships, as well as ferocious animosities, and once in a while acts of theft... more...
A Century of Nature
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 30.00Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature . A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature 's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates)... more...
They Called Me Mad
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 15.00Discover the true genius behind history's greatest "madmen". From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this... more...
The Discoveries
Knopf Canada 2010; US$ 24.00An extraordinarily accessible, illuminating chronicle of the great moments of scientific discovery in the 20th century, and an exploration into the minds of the remarkable men and women behind them. We know and read the literary masterpieces; how many of us have had the opportunity not only to read but understand the masterpieces of science that describe... more...
From Knowledge to Power
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 49.00The first full-scale treatment of a period of dramatic expansion in French science. more...
Key Texts of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) on the Science and Art of Nature
BRILL 2010; US$ 183.00Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) was an influential scientist of the Romantic era, acquainted with the greatest minds of his day. He made significant contributions in the fields of chemistry and galvanism, but also tested the boundaries of the sciences and the arts through a speculative thinking which placed human intellectual activity within far-reaching... more...
Telling Lives in Science
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 54.00Collects together original essays by leading historians of science on the nature and development of scientific biography. more...
The Scientific Revolution
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 9.99The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific Revolution.' New ideas and discoveries not only redefined what human beings believed, knew, and could do, but also forced them to redefine themselves with respect to the strange new worlds revealed... more...
Science: A History
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableIn this book, John Gribbin tells the story of the people who made science and the turbulent times they lived in. As well as famous figures such as Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein, there are also the obscure, the eccentric, even the mad. This diversecast includes, among others, Andreas Vesalius, landmark 16th-century anatomist and secret grave-robber;... more...









