The Scientific Estate

The Scientific Estate
Author: Don Krasher Price
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1965
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780674794856

“Tackles the problem of the relation of science and scientists to the political ideas and the constitutional system of the United States, not as Jefferson and Franklin thought it would turn out to be, but as it has developed since their time partly as a result of the work of institutions that they were the foremost in creating” – Preface.

The Animal Estate

The Animal Estate
Author: Harriet Ritvo
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674037076

Harriet Ritvo gives us a vivid picture of how animals figured in English thinking during the nineteenth century and, by extension, how they served as metaphors for human psychological needs and sociopolitical aspirations.

SOE: The Scientific Secrets

SOE: The Scientific Secrets
Author: Fredric Boyce
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2011-11-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0752475800

The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom served in the SOE and one who was tasked with clearing up after it was disbanded; their insider knowledge presents a clear account of the way in which SOE's inventors worked. From high explosive technology to chemical and biological devices; from the techniques of air supply to incendiarism; from camouflage to underwater warfare; and from radio communications to weaponry. SOE: The Scientific Secrets is a revelation about the tools that allowed the murky world of spying and spies to operate during wartime.

The Daily Washington Law Reporter

The Daily Washington Law Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 736
Release: 1879
Genre: Courts
ISBN:

Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.

The Science of Public Finance

The Science of Public Finance
Author: George Findlay Shirras
Publisher:
Total Pages: 744
Release: 1925
Genre: Debts, Public
ISBN:

This book discusses the principles of public finance, including public expenditure, the canons of taxation, the measurement of taxable capacity, the distribution of central, provincial, and local revenues, the distribution of the burden of taxation, the shifting and incidence of taxation, the taxation of land, the history of the taxation of income, general principles of the taxation of income, death duties or inheritance taxes, other direct taxes and the taxation of surplus, indirect taxation, customs duties, the burden of taxation, local taxation in various countries, public debts, and financial administration.