Popular Lectures and Addresses

Popular Lectures and Addresses
Author: William Thomson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2011-06-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108029779
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A collection of Kelvin's scientific lectures on basic topics in physics such as light, heat, electricity and gravity.

It's Part of What We Are - Volumes 1 and 2 - Volume 1: Richard Boyle (1566-1643) to John Tyndall (1820-1893); Volume 2: Samuel Haughton (18210-1897) to John Stewart Bell (1928-1990)

It's Part of What We Are - Volumes 1 and 2 - Volume 1: Richard Boyle (1566-1643) to John Tyndall (1820-1893); Volume 2: Samuel Haughton (18210-1897) to John Stewart Bell (1928-1990)
Author: Charles Mollan
Publisher: Charles Mollan
Total Pages: 1892
Release: 2007-11-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0860270556
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Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.

The Behavior of Federal Judges

The Behavior of Federal Judges
Author: Lee Epstein
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0674067320
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Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.