Overview :This lavishly illustrated book provides an unusually accessible approach to geometry by placing it in historical context. With concise discu... Read More
Overview :Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. Built to fix an unquestionable date for Easter... Read More
Overview :Niels Bohr, who pioneered the quantum theory of the atom, had a broad conception of his obligations as a physicist. They included not only a... Read More
Overview :How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its... Read More
Overview :How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalized enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its... Read More
Overview :Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meeting of science, history, and politics in... Read More
Overview :In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The... Read More
Overview :The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This f... Read More
Overview :In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With... Read More