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Author : Mary Somerville
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mechanism of the Heavens written by Mary Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Somerville
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Mechanism of the Heavens written by Mary Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409060470
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Decoding the Heavens written by Jo Marchant and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck near the island of Antikythera dating from around 70 BC. Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this 'Antikythera mechanism' - an ancient computer - puzzled academics, but now, more than 2000 years after the device was lost at sea, scientists have pieced together its intricate workings. In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the story of the 100-year quest to understand the Antikythera mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the deep roots of modern technology not only in Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459600096
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Decoding the Heavens written by Jo Marchant and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters and explores the deep roots of modern technology in ancient Greece and the medieval European and Islamic worlds. At its heart, this is an epic adventure and mystery, a book that challenges our assumptions about technology through the ages.
Author : Mary Somerville
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanism of the Heavens written by Mary Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first american edition of the Scottish scientist Mary Somerville's work.
Author : Denison Olmsted
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 338231388X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (823 download)
Download or read book The Mechanism of the Heavens written by Denison Olmsted and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Denison OLMSTED
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Mechanism of the Heavens; Or, Familiar Illustrations of Astronomy. With Historical and Biographical Sketches written by Denison OLMSTED and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Toulmin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226808482
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Fabric of the Heavens written by Stephen Toulmin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of our relationship with the stars and their celestial cousins is long, involving, and full of surprises. The Fabric of the Heavens, by science historians Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield, outlines thinking about astronomy and dynamics from "pre-theoretical" Babylonian times to the Newtonian revolution that seeded our modern conceptions of space. Fully integrating the two cultures of science and the humanities, the authors find evidence of new thinking in Milton's writing and medieval tapestries as well as classic scientific and pre-scientific works. Using language that is beautiful, compelling and precise, they trace the threads of history which are woven into today's science (which, they predict, will find itself woven into something even more startlingly unrecognisable in years hence). Why were the ancients so fascinated by the sky and stars? Interestingly, it seems that their concerns were mostly practical; theological significance took longer to attach itself to the patterns up above. Agricultural and navigational concerns, once resolved, gave way to deeper philosophical, mythological and religious curiosity--which used the mathematical tools of its predecessors to great effect. The lives and works of Aristotle, Copernicus, Galileo and Newton are all thoroughly explored, and it is easier to see the continuity between them and their contemporaries in the breadth of this writing. First published in 1962, The Fabric of the Heavens was one of the first postmodern studies of the development of physical science; even were it not such a pleasure to read, it would still merit careful study.
Author : David Biale
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400836646
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Not in the Heavens written by David Biale and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the origins and development of a Jewish form of secularism Not in the Heavens traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Spanning the rich history of Judaism from the Bible to today, David Biale shows how the secular tradition these visionaries created is a uniquely Jewish one, and how the emergence of Jewish secularism was not merely a response to modernity but arose from forces long at play within Judaism itself. Biale explores how ancient Hebrew books like Job, Song of Songs, and Esther downplay or even exclude God altogether, and how Spinoza, inspired by medieval Jewish philosophy, recast the biblical God in the role of nature and stripped the Torah of its revelatory status to instead read scripture as a historical and cultural text. Biale examines the influential Jewish thinkers who followed in Spinoza's secularizing footsteps, such as Salomon Maimon, Heinrich Heine, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein. He tells the stories of those who also took their cues from medieval Jewish mysticism in their revolts against tradition, including Hayim Nahman Bialik, Gershom Scholem, and Franz Kafka. And he looks at Zionists like David Ben-Gurion and other secular political thinkers who recast Israel and the Bible in modern terms of race, nationalism, and the state. Not in the Heavens demonstrates how these many Jewish paths to secularism were dependent, in complex and paradoxical ways, on the very religious traditions they were rejecting, and examines the legacy and meaning of Jewish secularism today.
Author : sir Robert Stawell Ball
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Heavens written by sir Robert Stawell Ball and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mitchell Stephens
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1137002603
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Imagine There's No Heaven written by Mitchell Stephens and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical achievements of religious belief have been large and well chronicled. But what about the accomplishments of those who have challenged religion? Traveling from classical Greece to twenty-first century America, Imagine There's No Heaven explores the role of disbelief in shaping Western civilization. At each juncture common themes emerge: by questioning the role of gods in the heavens or the role of a God in creating man on earth, nonbelievers help move science forward. By challenging the divine right of monarchs and the strictures of holy books, nonbelievers, including Jean- Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot, help expand human liberties, and influence the early founding of the United States. Revolutions in science, in politics, in philosophy, in art, and in psychology have been led, on multiple occasions, by those who are free of the constraints of religious life. Mitchell Stephens tells the often-courageous tales of history's most important atheists— like Denis Diderot and Salman Rushdie. Stephens makes a strong and original case for their importance not only to today's New Atheist movement but to the way many of us—believers and nonbelievers—now think and live.
Author : Robyn Arianrhod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780702237386
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Seduced by Logic written by Robyn Arianrhod and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Heroes, comes the gripping story of two of the most glamorous and influential women of mathematics Issac Newton's Principia changed forever humanity's understanding of its place in the universe - not with the traditional tools of theology or philosophy but with the seductive logic of mathematics. But it was feisty French aristocratic Émilie du Châtelet who played a key role in bring Newton's revolutionary opus to a Continental audience. Together with her lover Voltaire, Émilie - a largely self taught scholar - personified the exciting mix of science, literature, politics and philosophy that defined the Enlightenment. A century later, In Scotland, Mary Somerville taught herself mathematics and rose from genteel poverty to become a world authority on Newtonian physics. Mary's many books, and her charm, made her a legend in her own lifetime. Connected by their passion for mathematics, Mary and Émilie bring to life a defining period in science and politics, revealing the intimate links between the unfolding Newtonian revolution and the origins of intellectual and political liberty. Seduced by Logic is a thrilling foray into the lives of these extraordinary women - and the fascinating ideas that seduced them both. PRAISE FOR ROBYN ARIANRHOD'S EINSTEIN'S HEROES 'Robyn Arianrhod's passion for mathematics is so infectious, you'll scream 'Eureka' when you read her book.' HERALD-SUN 'I read this exhilarating book as I would a novel. Arianrhod combines a passion for her subject with an erudition that is rate for a storyteller' Robyn Williams, ABC'S THE SCIENCE SHOW
Author : Mary Somerville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Mechanism of the Heavens written by Mary Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jared Diamond
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316409154
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Upheaval written by Jared Diamond and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "riveting and illuminating" Bill Gates Summer Reading pick about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't (Yuval Noah Harari), by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel. In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal yet.
Author : Mary Somerville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Connection of the Physical Sciences written by Mary Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019973934X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book A Portable Cosmos written by Alexander Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Antikythera Mechanism, now 82 small fragments of corroded bronze, was an ancient Greek machine simulating the cosmos as the Greeks understood it. Reflecting the most recent researches, A Portable Cosmos presents it as a gateway to Greek astronomy and technology and their place in Greco-Roman society and thought.
Author : Lisa Randall
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062096893
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Knocking on Heaven's Door written by Lisa Randall and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Science has a battle for hearts and minds on its hands….How good it feels to have Lisa Randall’s unusual blend of top flight science, clarity, and charm on our side.” —Richard Dawkins “Dazzling ideas….Read this book today to understand the science of tomorrow.” —Steven Pinker The bestselling author of Warped Passages, one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” Lisa Randall gives us an exhilarating overview of the latest ideas in physics and offers a rousing defense of the role of science in our lives. Featuring fascinating insights into our scientific future born from the author’s provocative conversations with Nate Silver, David Chang, and Scott Derrickson, Knocking on Heaven’s Door is eminently readable, one of the most important popular science books of this or any year. It is a necessary volume for all who admire the work of Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, Simon Singh, and Carl Sagan; for anyone curious about the workings and aims of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest and most expensive machine ever built by mankind; for those who firmly believe in the importance of science and rational thought; and for anyone interested in how the Universe began…and how it might ultimately end.
