Travels of Learning

Travels of Learning
Author: Ana Simões
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9401735840

This volume offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological traveling and takes the viewpoint of the European peripheries, including case studies of Portugal, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and the Scandinavian countries. It contributes to the clarification of mechanisms of appropriation of scientific ideas, instruments, practices and of technological expertise. It is of interest to scholars and students of history and philosophy of science and technology, cultural and social history, science, technology and society studies.

Catalog

Catalog
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library. Rare Book Room
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1972
Genre: Rare books
ISBN:

De Natura Fossilium (Textbook of Mineralogy)

De Natura Fossilium (Textbook of Mineralogy)
Author: Georgius Agricola
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486158551

This 1546 publication remains a landmark in geology, with unprecedented classifications by physical property and locality, simple standardized naming system, summaries of earlier studies, and employment of observation and personal experience.