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Biology in the Nineteenth Century - Problems of Form, Function and Transformation by William L. Coleman; George Basalla (Contribution by); Owen Hannaway (Contribution by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science Ser.
Biology was introduced with the nineteenth century. The term 'biology' first appeared in a footnote in an obscure German medical publication of 1800, but a century of activity was needed to create a thriving science. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive examination of essential themes in this de ...Show more
Energy, Force and Matter - The Conceptual Development of Nineteenth-Century Physics by Peter M. Harman; George Basalla (Contribution by); Owen Hannaway (Contribution by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science Ser.
By focusing on the conceptual issues faced by nineteenth century physicists, this book clarifies the status of field theory, the ether, and thermodynamics in the work of the period. A remarkably synthetic account of a difficult and fragmentary period in scientific development.
Man and Nature in the Renaissance by Allen George Debus; George Basalla (Contribution by); Owen Hannaway (Contribution by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science Ser.
Man and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century. Renaissance science has frequently been approached in terms of the progress of the exact sciences of mat ...Show more
Physical Science in the Middle Ages by Edward Grant; George Basalla (Contribution by); Owen Hannaway (Contribution by)
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Category: No Category | Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science Ser.
This concise introduction to the history of physical science in the Middle Ages begins with a description of the feeble state of early medieval science and its revitalization during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as evidenced by the explosion of knowledge represented by extensive translations of ...Show more
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