wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Between Nature and Society: Biographies of Materials
ISBN: 9789811251740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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464,14 zł |
History of Chemistry
ISBN: 9780674396593 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 313 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the earliest use of fire to forge iron tools to the medieval alchemists' search for the philosopher's stone, the secrets of the elements have been pursued by human civilization. But, as the authors of this concise history remind us, "disciplines like physics and chemistry have not existed since the beginning of time; they have been built up little by little, and that does not happen without difficulties." Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Isabelle Stengers present chemistry as a science in search of an identity, or rather as a science whose identity has changed in response to its... From the earliest use of fire to forge iron tools to the medieval alchemists' search for the philosopher's stone, the secrets of the elements have ... |
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423,15 zł |
Chemistry: The Impure Science (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 9781848168114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What do you associate with chemistry? Explosions, innovative materials, plastics, pollution? The public's confused and contradictory conception of chemistry as basic science, industrial producer and polluter contributes to what we present in this book as chemistry's image as an impure science. Historically, chemistry has always been viewed as impure both in terms of its academic status and its role in transforming modern society. While exploring the history of this science we argue for a characteristic philosophical approach that distinguishes chemistry from physics. This...
What do you associate with chemistry? Explosions, innovative materials, plastics, pollution? The public's confused and contradictory conception...
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515,71 zł |
Living in a Nuclear World: From Fukushima to Hiroshima
ISBN: 9781032130637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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696,20 zł |
Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment
ISBN: 9781138245792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Air-pumps, electrical machines, colliding ivory balls, coloured sparks, mechanical planetariums, magic mirrors, hot-air balloons - these are just a sample of the devices displayed in public demonstrations of science in the eighteenth century. Public and private demonstrations of natural philosophy in Europe then differed vastly from today's unadorned and anonymous laboratory experiments. Science was cultivated for a variety of purposes in many different places; scientific instruments were built and used for investigative and didactic experiments as well as for entertainment and popular shows....
Air-pumps, electrical machines, colliding ivory balls, coloured sparks, mechanical planetariums, magic mirrors, hot-air balloons - these are just a sa...
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257,81 zł |
Chemistry: The Impure Science
ISBN: 9781848162259 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book uses history to introduce central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the theme of impurity, it explores the tradition of chemistry's negative image. It then argues for the positive philosophical value of chemistry, reflecting its characteristic practical engagement with the material world. The book concludes with some ethical reflections concerning chemistry's orientations in the twenty-first century.The authors have previously both offered significant contributions to the history and philosophy of chemistry.
This book uses history to introduce central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the theme of impurity, it explores the tradition of chem...
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438,35 zł |