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  • Reflections on the Practice of Physics

    James Clerk Maxwell’s Methodological Odyssey in Electromagnetism

    by Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein ...
    Series series History and Philosophy of Technoscience
    This monograph examines James Clerk Maxwell’s contributions to electromagnetism to gain insight into the practice of science by focusing on scientific methodology as applied by scientists. First and foremost, this study is concerned with practices that are reflected in scientific texts and the ways scientists frame their research. The book is therefore about means and not ends. ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Universal Aspects of Scientific Practice: Commitment, Methodology, and Technique

    by Giora Hon, Bernard R. Goldstein ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book provides a unique contribution to philosophy of science from the perspective of the practice of science. It focuses on processes that generate scientific knowledge and seeks general and universal features that characterize scientific practice; features that are inherent to the practice of science. Science is an activity, and the scientist is an agent who pursues some practice, which in ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615): A Reassessment

    Edited by Arianna Borrelli, Giora Hon, Yaakov Zik ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This volume contains essays that examine the optical works of Giambattista Della Porta, an Italian natural philosopher during the Scientific Revolution. Coverage also explores the science and technology of early modern optics.Della Porta's groundbreaking book, Magia Naturalis (Natural Magic), includes a prototype of the camera. Yet, because of his obsession with magic, Della Porta's scientific ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

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  • Void

    The Strange Physics of Nothing

    by James Owen Weatherall ...
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    The New York Times bestselling author of The Physics of Wall Street " deftly explains all you wanted to know about nothingness—a.k.a. the quantum vacuum" (Priyamvada Natarajan, author of Mapping the Heavens ).James Owen Weatherall's bestselling book, The Physics of Wall Street, was named one of Physics Today's five most intriguing books of 2013. In this work, he takes on... ... Read more

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  • Letters on Wave Mechanics

    Correspondence with H. A. Lorentz, Max Planck, and Erwin Schrödinger

    by Albert Einstein ...
    A lively collection of Einstein's groundbreaking scientific correspondence on modern physicsImagine getting four of the greatest minds of modern physics in a room together to explain and debate the theories and innovations of their day. This is the fascinating experience of reading Letters on Wave Mechanics, the correspondence between H. A. Lorentz, Max Planck, Erwin Schrödinger, and Albert ... Read more

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  • Quantum Reality

    The Quest for the Real Meaning of Quantum Mechanics - a Game of Theories

    by Jim Baggott ...
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  • The Whole Truth

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  • The Periodic Table:Its Story and Its Significance

    Its Story and Its Significance

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    The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of the field. The one definitive text on the development of the periodic table by van Spronsen (1969), has been out of print for a considerable time. The present book provides a successor to van Spronsen, but goes further in giving an evaluation of the extent ... Read more

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  • The Einsteinian Revolution

    The Historical Roots of His Breakthroughs

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  • The Gravity of Math

    How Geometry Rules the Universe

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