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Sex, Botany, and Empire(Hardback)
The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks
Columbia University Press
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01/09/2004
In Sweden and Britain, imperial powers both, Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks ruled over their own small scientific empires, promoting botanical exploration to justify the exploitation of territories,...
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Kuhn vs. Popper(Hardback)
The Struggle for the Soul of Science
Columbia University Press
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23/11/2004
Argues that not only has Kuhn's dominance had an adverse impact on the field but both thinkers have been radically misinterpreted in the process. This debate raises a question: Can science remain an...
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Lovelock and Gaia(Hardback)
Signs of Life
Columbia University Press
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22/09/2004
In the 1960s, an English scientist names James Lovelock formulated a controversial explanation: Earth is alive. Telling the story of this pioneer and his struggle to gain respectability, this book e...
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Harvey's Heart(Paperback)
The Discovery of Blood Circulation
Icon Books Ltd
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23/04/1997
The tale of William Harvey's momentous discovery - that the blood vessels form a closed system, carrying blood pumped rapidly around the body by the heart - is one of ingenuity, imagination and pers...
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Kuhn vs.Popper(Hardback)
Prophets of the End of Science
Icon Books Ltd
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05/06/2003
In 1965 Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper met at the University of London to stage what has turned out to be the most momentous philosophical debate of the 20th century. At stake was no less than the soul...
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The Discovery of the Germ(Paperback)
Icon Books Ltd
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08/01/2004
From Hippocrates to Louis Pasteur, the medical profession relied on almost wholly mistaken ideas concerning infectious illness. This text covers 20 incredible years that revolutionised our understan...
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The Discovery of the Germ(Hardback)
Twenty Years That Transformed the Way We Think About Disease
Columbia University Press
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01/10/2003
The discovery of the germ led to safe surgery, large-scale vaccination programs, dramatic improvements in hygiene and sanitation, and the pasteurization of dairy products. Above all, it set the stag...
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The Manhattan Project(Hardback)
Big Science and the Atom Bomb
Columbia University Press
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17/09/2003
Established at Los Alamos and several other sites, the Manhattan Project brought together American, British, Canadian, and refugee European scientists to design and build the bombs that ultimately d...
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