wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800: A Book of Texts
ISBN: 9781138656413 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copernicus, Newton, and Lavoisier, as well as others, all chosen to provide a perspective on broad topics of social, cultural and intellectual history and to illuminate the contemporary concerns of the early modern period. The selection of extracts highlights the emerging technical preoccupations of this period, whilst the accompanying introductions and annotations make these sometimes complex texts highly accessible. The book follows... Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copern... |
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197,43 zł |
Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700
ISBN: 9781352003130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.
Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition ...
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145,47 zł |
The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World
ISBN: 9780226139494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the natural world works: we treat such legendary scientists as Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein with admiration and reverence because they offer profound and sustaining insight into the meaning of the universe.
In The Intelligibility of Nature, Peter Dear considers how science as such... Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been ...
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121,71 zł |
Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800: A Book of Texts
ISBN: 9781138656406 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copernicus, Newton, and Lavoisier, as well as others, all chosen to provide a perspective on broad topics of social, cultural and intellectual history and to illuminate the contemporary concerns of the early modern period. The selection of extracts highlights the emerging technical preoccupations of this period, whilst the accompanying introductions and annotations make these sometimes complex texts highly accessible. The book follows... Scientific Practices in European History, 1200-1800 is a collection of extracts selected from widely known texts by such figures as Copern... |
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623,64 zł |
Discipline and Experience: The Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution
ISBN: 9780226139449 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character. While the application of mathematics to the study of the natural world has always been recognized as an important factor, the role of experiment has been less clearly understood.
Peter Dear investigates the nature of the change that occurred during this period, focusing particular attention on evolving notions of experience and how these developed into the experimental work that is at the center of modern science. He examines... Although the Scientific Revolution has long been regarded as the beginning of modern science, there has been little consensus about its true character...
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218,82 zł |
Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700
ISBN: 9781352003253 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.
Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition ...
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467,73 zł |
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
ISBN: 9780198800507 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This Companion is part of the Oxford Reference Collection using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference program perennially available in hardback format.
The most comprehensive and authoritative reference book of its kind, The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea was first published in 1976 to huge acclaim, hailed as "a beguiling book" (Daily Telegraph), "marvellous" (The Times), and "totally absorbing" (Financial Times). This second edition was published in 2006 and brought... This Companion is part of the Oxford Reference Collection using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist...
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190,88 zł |
The Literary Structure of Scientific Argument: Historical Studies
ISBN: 9780812281859 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this volume, seven historians of science examine the historical creation and meaning of a range of scientific textual forms from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. They consider examples from the fields of chemistry, medicine, physics, zoology, physiology, and mathematics, exposing the rich possibilities for a new, historically rooted approach to our scientific cultural heritage. Peter Dear presents the case for "taking texts seriously"--asking historians of science to confront issues and techniques moving to the forefront in a number of disciplines, and asking... In this volume, seven historians of science examine the historical creation and meaning of a range of scientific textual forms from the seventeenth... |
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301,42 zł |