Kategoria BISAC: Science >> History

This book focuses on a critical reexamination of two prominent categories used in modern historiography of biology – “the eclipse of Darwinism” and the “modern synthesis”. The main objective is to critically analyze the main existing interpretations of the “eclipse of Darwinism” and emergence of the “modern synthesis”, with particular emphasis on the philosophical assumptions adopted in these interpretations. Thus, interpretations by Ernst Mayr, Peter Bowler, Mark Largent and modern historians who challenge these perspectives are discussed and critically...

Dieses Buch untersucht bedeutende Meilensteine in der analogen und digitalen Welt und zeigt deren Einfluss auf Gesellschaft, Wissenschaft und Technik. Es bietet tiefgehende Analysen und spannende Einblicke in die wichtigsten Entwicklungen, die die moderne Welt prägen. Ein unverzichtbares Werk für Forscher und Fachleute, die die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Technologie und Kultur verstehen möchten.

This book examines the search for 'occult' or hidden forces in the two centuries after Newton's theory of gravity. It investigates how history has simplified the work of some of the key figures of the age, presenting them as 'legitimate' and removing their more complex motivations. This book is a scholarly but readable exploration of forces we rely upon (electricity) and ones we have abandoned (vital fluid, animal magnetism). Ranging across literature, drama, philosophy and science, it demonstrates how hopes, fears and anxieties around occult phenomena have been expressed over time.

This book is the result of a decade of rigorous study on the interplay between the Chinese railway system and national social progress. It examines the reform, opening up, innovation, and development of Chinese railways over the past 40 years.

This book traces the evolution of the role played by the Chinese railway sector initially as a bottleneck in the national economy to the present vital engine of growth, highlighting its journey of restructure and transformation. The target audience includes general readers interested in China s modern history as well as the development of...