This book celebrates Gert Schubring's 80th birthday and honors his impactful contributions to the field of history of mathematics and …
Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In …
This excellent historical survey of the strength of materials features many references to the theories of elasticity and structure. 245 …
Until rather recently, number theory, or arithmetic as some prefer to call it, has been conspicuous for the quality rather …
This text remains one of the clearest, most authoritative and most accurate works in the field. The standard history treats …
* Navigate Britain like a native* Fully illustrated; rich in informationBritain is culturally blessed. Few nations rival the rich history, …
A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say when you get there. Only Speak the …
Speak the Culture: Italy offers a rich and engaging insight into the events, people and movements that have shaped Italy …
Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, dreamed of restoring her country to its former glory. Hers is a story of ambition and …
James Cook grew up on a farm, but his secret dream was to be a sailor. He wanted to travel …
Emerging from a richly diverse oral narrative tradition circa 1300, the heroic and dynamic tale of the young Cid eclipses …
An exploration of the history and heritage of the New England region of New South Wales.
This classic book brings to life imperial Rome as it was during the second century A.D., the time of Trajan …
This volume presents comprehensive investigations into various facets of observational astronomy during the medieval Islamic period, spanning from the ninth …
Long out of print, this classic book investigates the experimental determination of one of the fundamental constants of astrophysics and …
THEY STARTED WITH FOUR: earth, air, fire, and water. From these basics, they sought to understand the essential ingredients of …
This book contains key articles by Eric Scerri, the leading authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table …
An exploration of the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles--one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics. In 1935, …
This paper is part of a larger study on ‘Poverty of Communism: The Game of Filling in the Marxian Blanks’. …
How did one elegant theory incite a scientific revolution? Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of …
As a field, computer science occupies a unique scientific space, in that its subject matter can exist in both physical …
Maybe the Dark Ages Weren't So Dark After All...Here are some facts you probably didn't learn in school: People in …
Who and what a government taxes, and how the government spends the money collected, are questions of primary concern to …
Beautiful Data is both a history of big data and interactivity, and a sophisticated meditation on ideas about vision and …
Gathers 14 of Gordon S. Haight's essays on the life and work of Victorian authors and artists, among them George …
This examniation of the cinematic style of film noir originals and their neo-noir remakes compares thirty-five films, beginning with Billy …
Trans-Atlantic Publications, 2014. — 337 p. — (History in Focus). — ISBN-10: 1444164422. — ISBN-13: 978-1444164428.Complete support for the 20th …
The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new …
Charles the Bold in Italy, 1467-1477 is the definitive study of the last reigning Duke of Burgundy's relations with the …
Papers submitted to the Bertrand Russell Centenary Symposium,Linz,Austria,September 11th to 15th,1972.
Second printing, 1968. Fifteen hundred years ago there were no Englishmen in England. There were Britons in Britain, but the …
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University …
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a …
