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| Author | : Laura Garwin |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 381 |
| Release | : 2010-03-15 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0226284166 |
Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.
| Author | : István Hargittai |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0195365569 |
Hargittai tells the story of five remarkable Hungarians: Wigner won a Nobel Prize in theoretical physics; Szilard was the first to see that a chain reaction based on neutrons was possible, initiated the Manhattan Project, but left physics to try to restrict nuclear arms; von Neumann could solve difficult problems in his head and developed the modern computer for more complex problems; von Kármán became the first director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, providing the scientific basis for the U.S. Air Force; and Teller was the father of the hydrogen bomb, whose name is now synonymous with the controversial "Star Wars" initiative of the 1980s.
| Author | : Marianne J. Dyson |
| Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2014-05-14 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1438109814 |
Contains a history of the subjects of space and astronomy, providing definitions and explanations of related topics, plus brief biographies of scientists of the twentieth century.
| Author | : Emily J. McMurray |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 696 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780810391857 |
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| Author | : Kristine M. Krapp |
| Publisher | : Gale Cengage |
| Total Pages | : 650 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780787627669 |
Provides updated biographical information on 65 scientists included in the first four-volume set, as well as 250 new biographies of modern scientists.
| Author | : Emily J. McMurray |
| Publisher | : Gale Research International, Limited |
| Total Pages | : 596 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Engineers |
| ISBN | : |
This volume number 2 in a set of four contains scientists F through K.
| Author | : David Kaldewey |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2018-04-25 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 178533901X |
The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informed by historical semantics, this volume traces the conceptual history of the basic–applied distinction from the nineteenth century to today, taking stock of European developments alongside comparative case studies from the United States and China. It shows how an older dichotomy of pure and applied science was reconceived in response to rapid scientific progress and then further transformed by the geopolitical circumstances of the postwar era.
| Author | : Robert Bud |
| Publisher | : UCL Press |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2018-10-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1787353931 |
In the early decades of the twentieth century, engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of modernity. This phenomenon is now attracting increasing attention in different historical specialties. Being Modern builds on this recent scholarly interest to explore engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940. Addressing the breadth of cultural forms in Britain and the western world from the architecture of Le Corbusier to working class British science fiction, Being Modern paints a rich picture. Seventeen distinguished contributors from a range of fields including the cultural study of science and technology, art and architecture, English culture and literature examine the issues involved. The book will be a valuable resource for students, and a spur to scholars to further examination of culture as an interconnected web of which science is a critical part, and to supersede such tired formulations as 'Science and culture'.
| Author | : Michael Yudell |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2014-09-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0231537999 |
Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race Unmasked revisits the origins of commonly held beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences, examines the roots of the modern idea of race, and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age. Surveying the work of some of the twentieth century's most notable scientists, Race Unmasked reveals how genetics and related biological disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism. A gripping history of science and scientists, Race Unmasked elucidates the limitations of a racial worldview and throws the contours of our current and evolving understanding of human diversity into sharp relief.
| Author | : Donald Gillies |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1993-04-08 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780631183587 |
This book traces the development during the 20th century of four central themes in the philosophy of science. The themes, chosen for their importance are expounded in a way which does not presuppose any previous knowledge of philosophy or science. The book thus constitutes an excellent introduction to the philosophy of science.
