Failed Historical Scientific Instruments
Title | Failed Historical Scientific Instruments PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2024-06-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004689109 |
Can a scientific instrument be regarded as a failure? Why and how? By shedding light on the complexity of these questions, the volume marks a step forward in the way historical scientific instruments can be analysed and displayed. The essays show how diverse failures can be, and how the assessment of scientific devices may change over time — some surprisingly becoming more successful. In addition to studies of how technical features led to failure, the authors examine the roles played by social bias and behaviour, commercial and economic circumstances, and political factors.
Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments
Title | Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Mollan |
Publisher | Charles Mollan |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1995-11-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1898706050 |
Carried out over a period of ten years, this is a listing of scientific instruments dating before 1920, preserved in many collections throughout the island of Ireland. It gives location, date, and description for each of the more than 5,000 entries, together, where appropriate, with relevant accompanying detail. It demonstrates clearly that Ireland has an important resource which hitherto had not been appreciated. It also preserves information about collections which have since been lost, sold, or otherwise dispersed.
Historical Scientific Instruments in Contemporary Education
Title | Historical Scientific Instruments in Contemporary Education PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2021-11-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9004499679 |
When science’s “black boxes” are pried open, its workings become accessible. Like time-travellers into history but grounded in today’s cultures, learners interact directly with authentic instruments and replicas. Chapters describe educational experiences sparked through collaborations interrelating museum, school and university.
1991 NASA Authorization
Title | 1991 NASA Authorization PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials |
Publisher | |
Pages | 714 |
Release | 1990 |
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Reader's Guide to the History of Science
Title | Reader's Guide to the History of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Arne Hessenbruch |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 965 |
Release | 2013-12-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134262949 |
The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.
Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment
Title | Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment PDF eBook |
Author | Roger L. Emerson |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 2008-04-29 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0748631291 |
This book considers the politics of patronage appointments at the universities in Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews, exploring the ways in which 388 men secured posts in three Scottish universities between 1690 and 1806. Most professors were political appointees vetted and supported by political factions and their leaders. This comprehensive study explores the improving agenda of political patrons and of those they served and relates this to the Scottish Enlightenment. Emerson argues that what was happening in Scotland was also occurring in other parts of Europe where, in relatively autonomous localities, elite patrons also shaped things as they wished them to be. The role of patronage in the Enlightenment is essential to any understanding of its origins and course.
The Optician and Scientific Instrument Maker
Title | The Optician and Scientific Instrument Maker PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1224 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Optical industry |
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