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Experiencing Nature : The Spanish American Empire and the Early Scientific Revolution
Antonio Barrera-Osorio
Hardcover - $96.95
"A very significant contribution.... This book tells a story that is usually left out of the master narrative of the history of exploration.... Moreover, it tells a story based on real expeditions and experiences, and it quotes liberally and effectiv ...
The Book of Nothing : Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe
John D. Barrow
Paperback - $26.95
What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century scientists employ in their attempts to c ...
Roman Nature the Thought of Pliny of Elder
Mary Beagon
Hardcover - $348.95
Pliny's Natural History has too often been regarded as simply a quarry for quaint stories--a view which has tended to overshadow its overall structure and purpose. In this book, Beagon redresses the balance and illuminates the Natural History as the ...
Deep Freeze : The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science
Dian Olson Belanger
Hardcover - $49.95
Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to the peaceful pursuit of science. As the world was locked in the Cold War, U.S. scientists, maintained by the Navy's Operation Deep Freeze, came together i ...
Quantum Dialogue : The Making of a Revolution
Mara Beller
Paperback - $50.95
Winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Prize of the "Journal of the History of Ideas for Best Book on Intellectual History, 1999
"Science is rooted in conversations," wrote Werner Heisenberg, one of the twentieth century's great physicists; "Quantum Di ...
The Mathematical Science of Christopher Wren
J. A. Bennett
Paperback - $69.95
Before he became a professional architect, Christopher Wren had a highly successful career as an astronomer - he was Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University - and he was actively involved in many branches of the science or 'natural philo ...
The Advent of the Algorithm : The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer
David Berlinski
Paperback - $26.95
A deep and instructive account of the algorithm's development and its role in modern life.This book combines history, science and math to explain and explore the intriguing story of this momentous discovery. Illustrations.
Physicists on Wall Street and Other Essays on Science and Society
Jeremy Bernstein
Hardcover - $70.95