History Of Science
BIC code: PDX
See also: General Science
There were 9 books found.
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The Enigma Of Sunspots: A Story Of Discovery And Scientific Revolution - Judit Brody - Paperback
Sunspots are dark areas on the Sun's surface, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter. This text charts the history of our efforts to understand them, and the lives and quarrels of those astronomers who first charted their mysterious patterns.
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Geography, Science And National Identity: Scotland Since 1520 - Charles W. J. Withers - Hardback
Withers brings together work on the history of geography and the history of science with extensive archival analysis to explore how geographical knowledge has been used to shape an understanding of the nation.
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Goethe On Science: An Anthology Of Goethe's Scientific Writings - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Paperback
This selection of writings by Goethe reveal a scientific mind very much in harmony with nature. He believed that science is as much an inner path of development as it is a means to accumulating knowledge of the world around us.
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The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton And The Discovery Of The Earth's Antiquity - Jack Repcheck - Paperback
The is the true story of a Scottish farmer, James Hutton, who discovered and proved the Earth was millions of years old and paved the way for Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Raising The Dead: The Men Who Created Frankenstein - Andy Dougan - Paperback
'Raising The Dead' is the story of the science of galvanism - named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvini who had conducted the original experiments - a movement that investigated the theory of 'animal electricity', a unifying vital spirit that animates us all.
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Revolutions In The Earth: James Hutton And The True Age Of The World - Stephen Baxter - Paperback
This is a biography of the controversial founder of modern geology. It is the little-known story of James Hutton, a man who fought hard against orthodox beliefs to prove the antiquity of the earth and of the dedicated loyalty of an enlightened circle of friends.
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Revolutions In The Earth: James Hutton And The True Age Of The World - Stephen Baxter - Hardback
This is a biography of the controversial founder of modern geology. It is the little-known story of James Hutton, a man who fought hard against orthodox beliefs to prove the antiquity of the earth and of the dedicated loyalty of an enlightened circle of friends.
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Scottish Woodland History - Paperback
This book deals with both the old Caledonian pine forests and the deciduous woods, and discusses how people have used and misused them over the centuries.
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The Wholeness Of Nature: Goethe's Way Of Science - Henri Bortoft - Paperback
Henri Bortoft examines the phenomenological and cultural roots of Goethe's ways of science. He argues that Goethe's insights, far from belonging to the past, represent the foundation for a future science.