The Oxford Illustrated Companion to the History of Modern Science
Title | The Oxford Illustrated Companion to the History of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | J. L. Heilbron |
Publisher | Black Dog Publishing |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781603760362 |
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
Title | The Oxford Illustrated History of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Iwan Rhys Morus |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 443 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0199663270 |
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science offers readers an accessible and entertaining introduction to the history of science as well as a valuable and authoritative reference work.
The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
Title | The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | J. L. Heilbron |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 941 |
Release | 2003-02-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780195112290 |
Offers 609 articles by more than two hundred scholars covering the history of science from the Renaissance to the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
Title | The Oxford Illustrated History of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter J. Bowler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780199663286 |
The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
Title | The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | J. L. Heilbron |
Publisher | |
Pages | 941 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780199891153 |
Along with chemistry, physics and biology, the major scientific disciplines are represented in this alphabetically arranged work. Over 90 biographies give the stories behind the great achievements of Margaret Mead, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein and many more.
Companion to the History of Modern Science
Title | Companion to the History of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Cecil Olby |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1216 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
* A descriptive and analytical guide to the development of Western science from AD 1500, and to the diversity and course of that development first in Europe and later across the world * Presented in clear, non-technical language * Extensive indexes of Subjects and Names `Indeed a companion volume whose 67 essays give pleasure and instruction ... an ambitious and successful work.' - Times Literary Supplement `This work is an essential resource for libraries everywhere. For specialist science libraries willing to keep just one encyclopaedic guide to history, for undergraduate libraries seeking to provide easily accessible information, for the devisers of university curricula, for the modern social historian or even the eclectic scientist taking a break from simply making history, this is the book for you.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `A pleasure to read with a carefully chosen typeface, well organized pages and ample margins ... it is very easy to find one's way around. This is a book which will be consulted widely.' - Technovation `This is a commendably easy book to use.' - British Journal of the History of Science `Scholars from other areas entering this field, students taking the vertical approach and teachers coming from any direction cannot fail to find this an invaluable text.' - History of Science Journal
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Title | The Oxford Companion to United States History PDF eBook |
Author | Paul S. Boyer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 985 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 0195082095 |
In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.