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  • Building the General Relativity and Gravitation Community During the Cold War

    by Roberto Lalli ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This monograph presents a new perspective on the history of general relativity. It outlines the attempts to establish an institutional framework for the promotion of the field during the Cold War. Readers will learn the difficulties that key figures experienced and overcame during this period of global conflict.The author analyzes the subtle interconnections between scientific and political ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Globalizing Physics

    One Hundred Years of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

    Edited by Roberto Lalli, Jaume Navarro ...
    This is an open access book available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Following the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, this volume features contributions from leading science historians from around the world on ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Advances in PGPR Research

    by Dr Chetan Keswani, P.C. Abhilash, Betina Cecilia Agaras, Gautam Anand, Laith K. Tawfeeq Al-Ani, Fabiola Padilla Arizmendi, Fatima Berenice Salazar-Badillo, Mansi Bakshi0, E.J. Bedmar1, Adrien Biessy2, Virendra S. Bisaria3, Kartikay Bisen4, Marieta Marin Bruzos5, Jesús Salvador López-Bucio6, Jose López-Bucio7, Randy Ortiz-Castro8, Jorge Armando Mauricio-Castillo9, Vasvi Chaudhry0, Niladri Chaudhry1, Manoj Kumar Chitara2, Pooja Choudhary3, Manish Kumar Dubey4, Pradeep Kumar Dubey5, Rama Kant Dubey6, Sheikh Adil Edirisi7, Martin Filion8, Elisabetta Franchi9, Deepika Goyal0, Natalia Cripps-Guazzone1, Robert Hill2, Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa3, Angela Cristina Ikeda4, María Fernanda Nieto-Jacobo5, Madhu Kamle6, Diwakar Kandula7, Gagan Kumar8, Pradeep Kumar9, Punam Kumari0, Richard Daniel Lally1, Robert Lawry2, Guillermo Nogueira-López3, Anupam Maharshi4, Shrikant S. Mantri5, Rafael Jorge Leon Marcillo6, Dmitri V. Mavrodi7 ...
    Rhizosphere biology is approaching a century of investigations wherein growth-promoting rhizomicroorganisms (PGPR) have attracted special attention for their ability to enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability at a time when food security and rural livelihood are a key priority. Bio-inputs - either directly in the form of microbes or their by-products - are gaining tremendous ... Read more

    $186.79 USD

  • The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context

    Edited by Alexander S. Blum, Roberto Lalli, Jürgen Renn ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of modern physics. Chapters explore key historical processes related to the theory of general relativity, in addition to presenting a thorough treatment of the relevant science behind these episodes. A broad historiographical framework is ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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  • A History of Science in Society, Volume II

    From the Scientific Revolution to the Present, Third Edition

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    Origins of the Social Construction of Science

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  • The Pontecorvo Affair

    A Cold War Defection and Nuclear Physics

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  • Science in the 20th Century and Beyond

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