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This book provides a unique analysis of how the History of Science became institutionalized in Latin America during the last two decades of the 20th century. It examines the establishment of the first Latin American community in the History of Science and its...
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Springer
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2024-12-23
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This book investigates the development of mechanical sciences with a focus on epistemological issues. It examines the precursors and fundamental milestones of Newton's theory of motion, a geometry of motion since Greek antiquity, the influences of Robert Hooke on...
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Springer
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2024-11-25
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
How do we drive new knowledge and...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-11-15
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The Repair Shop's Dominic Chinea takes you on an exploration of 100 essential machines found in the workshops and studios of the world's finest artisans and heritage craftspeople. Filled with stunning illustrations and lively, engaging text,The Repair Shop's Dom Chinea...
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Dk
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2024-11-07
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Als Luftschiffe kennt man die Zeppeline. Aber die Zeppeline waren nur der Endpunkt einer technischen Entwicklung von Fahrzeugen der Lüfte, die zu Ihrer Zeit zum absoluten Hightech gehörten. In diesem Buch wird dem Leser anhand der Patentanmeldetätigkeit der Pioniere der...
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Springer Vieweg
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2024-11-01
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Elektronische Schaltungen werden heutzutage zumeist aus kristallinen Halbleitern hergestellt, in die Fremdatome eingebracht werden (Dotierung). Die Anfänge der Elektronik kennzeichnen jedoch die Elektronenröhren, mit denen die ersten gleichrichtenden und schaltenden...
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Springer Vieweg
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2024-09-25
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This collection explores the evolution of the commercial space industry from the beginning of the space age through the early twenty-first century. Today, the space industry is taking on an increased leadership and innovation role in both space access and exploration....
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2024-09-13
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Editeur :
Wildfire
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2024-08-01
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Considering metropolitan and colonial cultural production as a “unitary field of analysis,” this book shows how tensions in the 1830s between utilitarian and Romantic perspectives on steam power marked meaningful divisions within the pervasive liberal imperialism of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2024-07-13
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Grete Henry-Hermann war neben ihrer pädagogischen und philosophischen Tätigkeit auch politisch engagiert. Dieser Band enthält politische, ethische und bildungspolitische SchriftenGrete Henry-Hermanns aus den Jahren 1945-1984, in denen sich ihre Arbeit vor allem auch auf...
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Springer VS
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2024-06-21
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‘An utterly absorbing account of humans, computers, and how much they differ’ Dame Diane Coyle, author of Cogs and MonstersWhat does Artificial Intelligence mean for our identity? Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We...
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Penguin
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2024-06-06
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Explore the past, present and future of the everyday stuff in your home, from tinned food to tampons. Learn how 30,000 bath toys and the work of amateur beachcombers have helped scientists study ocean currents.Explore how the search for a death ray led to the creation...
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Dk
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2024-06-06
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This book is the second of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science) and covers the Latin Middle Ages, the Renaissance period, and the 17th century. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts from...
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Springer
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2024-05-31
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This book is the first of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is ancient Mesopotamia, classical Antiquity and the Islamic Middle Ages. Combining general descriptions with...
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Springer
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2024-05-31
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This book is the third of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is Western Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts...
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Springer
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2024-05-31
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Biology: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in biology in concise, 100-word summaries. One of the titles in a cutting-edge new series created in...
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Dk
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2024-05-02
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Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen missions, Spacelab’s pressurized research modules and science pallets supported hundreds of experiments from the life to microgravity sciences, from Earth...
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Springer
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2024-04-24
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Last Word is the popular BBC Radio 4 series broadcast weekly, featuring the lives of several famous people who have recently died. More than standard obituaries, the lives are summarised with narration and include interviews with some of those who knew them. The...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2024-03-14
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Genetics and the Novel: Reimagining Life Through Fiction argues that literary fiction has reimagined life in the age of genetics. The new genetic paradigm has proposed to rewrite core assumptions about such fundamental aspects of life as the nature of kinship and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2024-03-13
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Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your mathematical curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in maths in concise, 100-word summaries. One of the first titles in a cutting-edge new series created in...
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Dk
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2024-03-07
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