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The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart
| The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/30903 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LightmanBernard V. <1950->
McOuatGordon StewartLarry <1946-> |
| Collana |
History of science and medicine library
Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Discoveries in science - History
Communication in science - Europe - History Science - Great Britain - History Science - India - History Science - China - History Knowledge, Sociology of Enlightenment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-25141-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The spectacle of experiment : instruments of circulation, from Dumfries to Calcutta and back / Larry Stewart -- "Bungallee House set on fire by Galvanism" : natural and experimental philosophy as public science in a colonial metropolis (1794-1806) / Savithri Preetha Nair -- From Calcutta to London : James Dinwiddie's galvanic circuits / Jan Golinski -- Anthologizing the book of nature : the circulation of knowledge and the origins of the scientific journal in late Georgian Britain / Jonathan R. Topham -- Between Calcutta and Kew : the divergent circulation and production of hortus bengalensis and flora indica / Khyati Nagar -- Knowledge across borders : the early communication of evolution in China / Yang Haiyan -- Circulating material objects : the international controversy over antiquities and fossils in twentieth-century China / Fa-ti Fan -- Going with the flow : Chinese geology, international scientific meetings and knowledge circulation / Grace Yen Shen -- How may we study science and the state in postcolonial India? / Jahnavi Phalkey -- A western scientist in an eastern context : J.B.S. Haldane's involvement in Indian science / Veena Rao -- Implications for history of science / Sundar Sarukkai. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452634303321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart
| The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/30903 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LightmanBernard V. <1950->
McOuatGordon StewartLarry <1946-> |
| Collana |
History of science and medicine library
Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Discoveries in science - History
Communication in science - Europe - History Science - Great Britain - History Science - India - History Science - China - History Knowledge, Sociology of Enlightenment |
| ISBN | 90-04-25141-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The spectacle of experiment : instruments of circulation, from Dumfries to Calcutta and back / Larry Stewart -- "Bungallee House set on fire by Galvanism" : natural and experimental philosophy as public science in a colonial metropolis (1794-1806) / Savithri Preetha Nair -- From Calcutta to London : James Dinwiddie's galvanic circuits / Jan Golinski -- Anthologizing the book of nature : the circulation of knowledge and the origins of the scientific journal in late Georgian Britain / Jonathan R. Topham -- Between Calcutta and Kew : the divergent circulation and production of hortus bengalensis and flora indica / Khyati Nagar -- Knowledge across borders : the early communication of evolution in China / Yang Haiyan -- Circulating material objects : the international controversy over antiquities and fossils in twentieth-century China / Fa-ti Fan -- Going with the flow : Chinese geology, international scientific meetings and knowledge circulation / Grace Yen Shen -- How may we study science and the state in postcolonial India? / Jahnavi Phalkey -- A western scientist in an eastern context : J.B.S. Haldane's involvement in Indian science / Veena Rao -- Implications for history of science / Sundar Sarukkai. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779749803321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart
| The circulation of knowledge between Britain, India and China [[electronic resource] ] : the early-modern world to the twentieth century / / edited by Bernard Lightman, Gordon McOuat and Larry Stewart |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/30903 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LightmanBernard V. <1950->
McOuatGordon StewartLarry <1946-> |
| Collana |
History of science and medicine library
Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Discoveries in science - History
Communication in science - Europe - History Science - Great Britain - History Science - India - History Science - China - History Knowledge, Sociology of Enlightenment |
| ISBN | 90-04-25141-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The spectacle of experiment : instruments of circulation, from Dumfries to Calcutta and back / Larry Stewart -- "Bungallee House set on fire by Galvanism" : natural and experimental philosophy as public science in a colonial metropolis (1794-1806) / Savithri Preetha Nair -- From Calcutta to London : James Dinwiddie's galvanic circuits / Jan Golinski -- Anthologizing the book of nature : the circulation of knowledge and the origins of the scientific journal in late Georgian Britain / Jonathan R. Topham -- Between Calcutta and Kew : the divergent circulation and production of hortus bengalensis and flora indica / Khyati Nagar -- Knowledge across borders : the early communication of evolution in China / Yang Haiyan -- Circulating material objects : the international controversy over antiquities and fossils in twentieth-century China / Fa-ti Fan -- Going with the flow : Chinese geology, international scientific meetings and knowledge circulation / Grace Yen Shen -- How may we study science and the state in postcolonial India? / Jahnavi Phalkey -- A western scientist in an eastern context : J.B.S. Haldane's involvement in Indian science / Veena Rao -- Implications for history of science / Sundar Sarukkai. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823501403321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller
| Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
| Autore | Waller John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452148903321 |
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller
| Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
| Autore | Waller John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777558103321 |
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Waller John
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller
| Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
| Autore | Waller John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823367603321 |
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Waller John
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The march of time : evolving conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries / / Freidel Weinert
| The march of time : evolving conceptions of time in the light of scientific discoveries / / Freidel Weinert |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Heidelberg ; ; New York, : Springer, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Time - History
Discoveries in science - History |
| ISBN | 3-642-35347-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Evolving Conceptions of Time in the Light of Scientific Discoveries -- Introduction -- 2 Time and Cosmology -- Greek Astronomy -- Plato and Aristotle -- The Need for Physical Time -- Kant’s Cosmology -- Time and Causality -- The Topology of Time -- The Metric of Time -- Some Advances in the Theory of Time in Classical Physics -- Time in Modern Physics -- The Measurement of Time in Quantum Mechanics -- Why Measurement? -- On Permissible Inferences from Scientific Theories -- 3 Flux and Stasis.-Parmenidean Stasis and Heraclitean Flux -- Idealism About Time -- Realism About Time -- Relationism About Time -- The Theory of Relativity and the Block Universe -- Minkowski Spacetime and the Block Universe -- An Alternative Representation of Minkowski Space–Time -- Space–Time and Invariance -- The General Theory of Relativity -- Substantivalism and Relationism About Space–Time -- 4 Symmetry and Asymmetry -- Fundamental Equations and Human Experience -- Entropy and Order -- Reversibility and Irreversibility -- The Role of Boundary Conditions -- The Emergence of Time -- Time in Basic Quantum Mechanics -- Time Travel Scenarios -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438229403321 |
| Heidelberg ; ; New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Science year by year / / written by Clive Gifford, Susan Kennedy, and Philip Parker ; consultant, Jack Challoner
| Science year by year / / written by Clive Gifford, Susan Kennedy, and Philip Parker ; consultant, Jack Challoner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | DK Children |
| Disciplina | 509 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Discoveries in science - History Discoveries in science Science |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Chronologies.
History Juvenile works. |
| ISBN | 1-4654-6533-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 3 MYA-800 CE: Before science began -- 800-545: New ideas -- 1545-1790: The age of discovery -- 1790-1895: Revolutions -- 1895-1945: the atomic age -- 1945-present day: Modern science. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Science Year by Year |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162918603321 |
| DK Children | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spark from the deep [[electronic resource] ] : how shocking experiments with strongly electric fish powered scientific discovery / / William J. Turkel
| Spark from the deep [[electronic resource] ] : how shocking experiments with strongly electric fish powered scientific discovery / / William J. Turkel |
| Autore | Turkel William J (William Joseph), <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 597 |
| Collana | Animals, history, culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Electric fishes
Electricity - Experiments - History Discoveries in science - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0994-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Strongly electric fish -- Modeling animal electricity -- Electrophysiology -- The spark of life -- Evolutionary theories -- Electric currents -- Discovering electric worlds. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463335403321 |
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Turkel William J (William Joseph), <1967->
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spark from the deep [[electronic resource] ] : how shocking experiments with strongly electric fish powered scientific discovery / / William J. Turkel
| Spark from the deep [[electronic resource] ] : how shocking experiments with strongly electric fish powered scientific discovery / / William J. Turkel |
| Autore | Turkel William J (William Joseph), <1967-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 597 |
| Collana |
Animals History Culture Series
Animals, history, culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Electric fishes
Electricity - Experiments - History Discoveries in science - History |
| ISBN | 1-4214-0994-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Strongly electric fish -- Modeling animal electricity -- Electrophysiology -- The spark of life -- Evolutionary theories -- Electric currents -- Discovering electric worlds. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787534003321 |
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Turkel William J (William Joseph), <1967->
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| Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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