Bøger i Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945 serien
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- Advertising and the Commoditization of Knowledge
695,95 kr. London's readers were among the first in Europe to be exposed to regular newspapers and the advertisements contained in them. This title presents an investigation of how advertisements in London newspapers (from approximately 1687 to 1727) enticed consumers to purchase products relating to science: books, lecture series, and instruments.
- Bog
- 695,95 kr.
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- The Early History of Stereochemistry, 1874-1914
670,95 - 1.750,95 kr. This work debates the origins and reasons for the transformation of the concept of the "chemical structure" of a molecule and the "spatial arrangement" of atoms in a molecule in the last quarter of the 19th century.
- Bog
- 670,95 kr.
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698,95 - 2.134,95 kr. Looks at the four main English centres known for instrument production outside the capital: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield. This title charts the growth of these centres and provides a characterisation of their products. It also discusses the structure and organisation of the provincial trade.
- Bog
- 698,95 kr.
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670,95 - 1.928,95 kr. - Bog
- 670,95 kr.
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- Ideas and Expeditions in Four Centuries of Geodesy
455,95 kr. Comprehensively explores the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy in all its several dimensions. This book shows how a largely neglected episode of European science, that produced no spectacular process or artefact - beyond a relatively minor improvement in maps - nevertheless represents a combination of theoretical prediction and empirical method.
- Bog
- 455,95 kr.
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670,95 - 1.833,95 kr. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, this work covers a range of subjects, periods and locations. It charts the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies. It provides an overview of the history of the genre.
- Bog
- 670,95 kr.