Galileo's Visions
Title | Galileo's Visions PDF eBook |
Author | Marco Piccolino |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0199554358 |
In a fascinating and accessible style, Marco Piccolino and Nick Wade analyse the scientific and philosophical work of Galileo Galilei from the particular viewpoint of his approach to the senses (and especially vision) as a means of acquiring trustworthy knowledge about the constitution of the world
Galileo’s Telescope
Title | Galileo’s Telescope PDF eBook |
Author | Massimo Bucciantini |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2015-03-23 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0674736915 |
Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.
Galileo's Middle Finger
Title | Galileo's Middle Finger PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Dreger |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2016-04-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0143108115 |
"Galileo's Middle Finger is historian Alice Dreger's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific controversy. Dreger's chronicle begins with her own research into the treatment of people born intersex (once called hermaphrodites). Realization of the shocking surgical and ethical abuses conducted in the name of "normalizing" intersex children's gender identities moved Dreger to become an internationally recognized patient rights activist. But even as the intersex rights movement succeeded, Dreger began to realize how some fellow activists were using lies and personal attacks to silence scientisis whose data revealed uncomfortable truths about humans. In researching one case, Dreger suddenly became a target of just these kinds of attacks. Troubled, she decided to try to understand more -- to travel the country and seek a global view of the nature and costs of these damaging battles. Galileo's Middle Finger describes Dreger's long and harrowing journeys between the two camps for which she felt equal empathy: social justice activists determined to win and researchers determined to put hard truths before comfort. What emerges is a lesson about the intertwining of justice and truth-- and about the importance of responsible scholars and journalists to our fragile democracy." --
Galileo's Dream
Title | Galileo's Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Stanley Robinson |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 595 |
Release | 2010-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0007260326 |
The author of the Mars trilogy brings us the story of the incredible life of Galileo. But there's a twist. He is contacted by people from the year 3020 who bring him to their time to help them deal with a mysterious intelligence living on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
The Private Life of Galileo
Title | The Private Life of Galileo PDF eBook |
Author | Galileo Galilei |
Publisher | |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 1870 |
Genre | Astronomers |
ISBN |
Vision
Title | Vision PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | Mormons |
ISBN |
Visions, Previsions and Miracles in Modern Times
Title | Visions, Previsions and Miracles in Modern Times PDF eBook |
Author | E. Howard Grey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Prophecies |
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