The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth, Hoare, Michael Rand
Автор: Dolnick Edward Название: The Seeds of Life: From Aristotle to Da Vinci, from Sharks` Teeth to Frogs` Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Co ISBN: 0465082955 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780465082957 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 58240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries to discover where, exactly, babies come from. Taking a page from investigative thrillers, acclaimed science writer Edward Dolnick looks to these early scientists as if they were detectives hot on the trail of a bedeviling and urgent mystery. These strange searchers included an Italian surgeon using shark teeth to prove that female reproductive organs were not 'failed' male genitalia, and a Catholic priest who designed ingenious miniature pants to prove that frogs required semen to fertilize their eggs. A witty and rousing history of science, The Seeds of Life presents our greatest scientists struggling-against their perceptions, their religious beliefs, and their deep-seated prejudices-to uncover how and where we come from.
Автор: Hoare, Michael Rand Название: The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth ISBN: 1138277703 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138277700 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 40820.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: In the 1730s two expeditions set out from Paris on extraordinary journeys, the first to Peru, the second towards the Arctic Circle. Their primary objectives were scientific: to determine the Earth's precise shape. Although such information had consequences for navigation and cartography, the motivation was not simply utilitarian. Rather it was part of an intellectual revolution in which advances in mathematics paralleled philosophical strife, and reputations of the living and the dead stood to be elevated or destroyed. In this study, the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy is for the first time comprehensively explored in all its several dimensions.
Автор: Sabine Название: An Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth by Means of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in Different Latitudes ISBN: 1108062075 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108062077 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 57010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: By the early nineteenth century, it was widely accepted that gravity varied at different points across the Earth`s surface, and that the Earth could not be perfectly spherical. This 1825 work documents the groundbreaking experiments of Edward Sabine (1788-1883), the first physicist to produce accurate measurements of this ellipticity.
Автор: Marshall Michael Название: The Genesis Quest: The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth ISBN: 022671523X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226715230 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 24290.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: From the primordial soup to meteorite impact zones, the Manhattan Project to the latest research, this book is the first full history of the scientists who strive to explain the genesis of life. How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask. For almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to answer these questions and explain one of the greatest mysteries of all: how and why life began on Earth. There are many different proposals, and each idea has attracted passionate believers who promote it with an almost religious fervor, as well as detractors who reject it with equal passion. But the quest to unravel life's genesis is not just a story of big ideas. It is also a compelling human story, rich in personalities, conflicts, and surprising twists and turns. Along the way, the journey takes in some of the greatest discoveries in modern biology, from evolution and cells to DNA and life's family tree. It is also a search whose end may finally be in sight. In The Genesis Quest, Michael Marshall shows how the quest to understand life's beginning is also a journey to discover the true nature of life, and by extension our place in the universe.
Автор: Innocenzi, Plinio Название: Innovators behind Leonardo ISBN: 3319904485 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319904481 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 32180.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This engaging book places Leonardo da Vinci`s scientific achievements within the wider context of the rapid development that occurred during the Renaissance.
Автор: Dal Prete, Ivano (senior Lecturer In The History Of Science, Medicine And Public Health Program, Senior Lecturer In The History Of Science, Medicine A Название: On the edge of eternity ISBN: 0190678895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190678890 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 24280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This revisionist work challenges the assumption that deep time was "discovered" during the Enlightenment by showing that the possibility of an old or even eternal Earth circulated freely in medieval and early modern Europe, even in popular works intended for a large public, and that it was common to deny any geological role to the biblical Flood.
Автор: Lemov Rebecca Название: Database of Dreams: The Lost Quest to Catalog Humanity ISBN: 0300209525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300209525 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: An acclaimed science historian uncovers the fascinating story of a "lost" project to unlock humanity`s common denominator that prefigured the emergence of Big Data
Автор: J?rgen L. Pind Название: Edgar Rubin and Psychology in Denmark ISBN: 331903314X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319033143 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 102480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book presents a scientific biography of Edgar Rubin, one of the outstanding pioneers of perceptual psychology in the early twentieth century. It also argues for the importance of description in psychology.
Автор: O`Hara Kieran Название: Brief History of Geology ISBN: 1107176182 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107176188 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 28510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides a brief, accessible account of the major events in the history of geology over the last 200 years. It will appeal to students and researchers of Earth science wishing to learn more about the history of their subject, and general readers interested in the history of science.
In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and North America experienced a 'year without a summer', while failed harvests in 1817 led to the 'year of famine'. At the time, nobody knew that all these disturbances were the result of a single event: the eruption of Mount Tambora in what is now Indonesia - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
In this book, leading climate historian Wolfgang Behringer provides the first globally comprehensive account of a climate catastrophe that would cast the world into political and social crises for years to come. Concentrating on the period between 1815 and 1820, Behringer shows how this natural occurrence led to worldwide unrest. Analysing events as diverse as the persecution of Jews in Germany, the Peterloo Massacre in the United Kingdom, witch hunts in South Africa and anti-colonial uprisings in Asia, Behringer demonstrates that no region on earth was untouched by the effects of the eruption. Drawing parallels with our world today, Tambora and its aftermath become a case study for how societies and individuals respond to climate change, what risks emerge and how they might be overcome.
This comprehensive account of the impact of one of the greatest environmental disasters in human history will be of interest to a wide readership and to anyone seeking to understand better how we might mitigate the effects of climate change.
Автор: Christoph Luthy Название: David Gorlaeus (1591-1612): An Enigmatic Figure in the History of Philosophy and Science ISBN: 9089644385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789089644381 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 166150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers
Автор: Baggott Jim Название: Mass: The Quest to Understand Matter from Greek Atoms to Quantum Fields ISBN: 019875972X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198759720 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Jim Baggott explores how our understanding of the nature of matter, and its fundamental property of mass, has developed, from the ancient Greek view of indivisible atoms to quantum mechanics, dark matter, the Higgs field, and beyond. He shows how the stuff of the universe is proving more elusive and uncertain than we ever imagined.
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