Five Fists Of Science
Title | Five Fists Of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Fraction |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2017-09-13 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1534306161 |
True story: in 1899, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla decided to end war forever. With Twain's connections and Tesla's inventions, they went into business selling world peace. So, what happened? Only now can the tale be toldin which Twain and Tesla collided with Edison and Morgan, an evil science cabal merging the Black Arts and the Industrial Age. Turn-of-the-century New York City sets the stage for a titanic battle over the very fate of mankind. Now back in print, this new edition of the steampunk classic features new cover art.
The Story-book of Science
Title | The Story-book of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Henri Fabre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Natural history |
ISBN |
A book about metals, plants, animals, and planets.
The Philosophical Breakfast Club
Title | The Philosophical Breakfast Club PDF eBook |
Author | Laura J. Snyder |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 2012-01-17 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0767930495 |
“[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ —Newsweek The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings to talk about the state of science in Britain and the world at large. Inspired by the great 17th century scientific reformer and political figure Francis Bacon—another former student of Cambridge—the Philosophical Breakfast Club plotted to bring about a new scientific revolution. And to a remarkable extent, they succeeded, even in ways they never intended. Historian of science and philosopher Laura J. Snyder exposes the political passions, religious impulses, friendships, rivalries, and love of knowledge—and power—that drove these extraordinary men. Whewell (who not only invented the word “scientist,” but also founded the fields of crystallography, mathematical economics, and the science of tides), Babbage (a mathematical genius who invented the modern computer), Herschel (who mapped the skies of the Southern Hemisphere and contributed to the invention of photography), and Jones (a curate who shaped the science of economics) were at the vanguard of the modernization of science. This absorbing narrative of people, science and ideas chronicles the intellectual revolution inaugurated by these men, one that continues to mold our understanding of the world around us and of our place within it. Drawing upon the voluminous correspondence between the four men over the fifty years of their work, Laura J. Snyder shows how friendship worked to spur the men on to greater accomplishments, and how it enabled them to transform science and help create the modern world. "The lives and works of these men come across as fit for Masterpiece Theatre.” —Wall Street Journal "Snyder succeeds famously in evoking the excitement, variety and wide-open sense of possibility of the scientific life in 19th-century Britain...splendidly evoked in this engaging book.” —American Scientist "This fine book is as wide-ranging and anecdotal, as excited and exciting, as those long-ago Sunday morning conversations at Cambridge. The Philosophical Breakfast Club forms a natural successor to Jenny Uglow’s The Lunar Men...and Richard Holmes’s The Age of Wonder.” —Washington Post
Shades of Dark
Title | Shades of Dark PDF eBook |
Author | Linnea Sinclair |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553589652 |
Fugitives Chasidah "Chaz" Bergren and her lover, ex-monk, mercenary, and telepath Gabriel Ross Sullivan, are forced out of hiding when Chaz's brother is arrested for treason.
Conjectures and Refutations
Title | Conjectures and Refutations PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Raimund Popper |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 614 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN | 9780415285940 |
Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.
My Inventions
Title | My Inventions PDF eBook |
Author | Nikola Tesla |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2016-05-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0486807215 |
One of science's great unsung heroes, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Yet his name and work are only dimly recognized today: Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations. The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine. Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research. This edition includes the essay "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy," which anticipates latter-day advances in environmental technology. Written with wit and �lan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science.
Amortals
Title | Amortals PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Forbeck |
Publisher | Angry Robot, Limited |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Human cloning |
ISBN | 9780857660022 |
THE VERY BEST PERSON TO CATCH YOUR KILLER...IS YOU. Matt Forbeck arrives as the new king of high-concept - with a blockbuster action movie in a book. In the near future, scientists solve the problem of mortality by learning how to backup and restore a persons memories into a vat-bred clone. When Secret Service agent Ronan "Methusaleh" Dooley is brutally murdered, he's brought back from the dead one more time to hunt his killer, but this time those who wanted him dead are much closer to home. FILE UNDER: Science Fiction [Future Thriller / Cheat Death / Rogue Agents / Who Killed Who?]