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The Transformation of Astrobiology in the Early Modern Period

Aimed at an international readership, this book offers a representative collection of essays by the German philosopher, Georg Picht (1913-1982), who was a specialist in Greek philosophy, practical ...

Transnational Entanglements

Pharmacy and Professionalization in the British Empire, 1780-1970

Reflecting a growing interest in the history of knowledge, this book explores the importance of scholarly virtues during the late nineteenth century. The practice of science is moulded on notions o...

This Open Access book discusses the progress of science and the transfer of scientific knowledge to technological application. It also identifies the factors necessary to achieve this progress. Bas...

Modes of Material and Scientific Exchange

This book offers a considered yet entertaining reflection on the progress of modern scientific research. The winding path of science can only be understood by revealing the personal, human side of ...

On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules

This open access book offers a comprehensive overview of the history of genomics across three different species and four decades, from the 1980s to the recent past. It takes an inclusive approach i...

The Origin and Evolution of Early Life

Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963

Instruments and the First Bell Tests

Descartes' Treatise on Man and its Reception

A Basis for Statistics and Quantum Theory