Calendars and years : astronomy and time in the Ancient Near East
Livre imprimé - Steele John M., cop. 2007
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were ba...
Pedagogy and the practice of science : historical and contemporary perspectives
Livre imprimé - Kaiser David, Massachusetts institute of technology, cop. 2005
Pedagogy and the Practice of Science provides the first sustained examination of how scientists' and engineers' training shapes their research and careers. The wide-ran...
How to read historical mathematics
Livre imprimé - Wardhaugh Benjamin, cop. 2010
Writings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today. Sourcebooks on the history of mathematics ...
History of shock waves, explosions and impact : a chronological and biographical reference
Livre imprimé - Krehl Peter O. K., 2007
This unique and encyclopedic reference work charts the evolution of the physics of shock waves and detonations from the earliest investigations into percussion and impa...
Études sur la personnalité autoritaire
Livre imprimé - Adorno Theodor Wiesengrund, Frappat Hélène, 2007
L'auteur formule l'hypothèse que les convictions politiques, économiques et sociales d'un individu forment un modèle cohérent, reliées entre elles par une mentalit...
The Arabic Hermes : from pagan sage to prophet of science
Livre imprimé - Bladel Kevin Thomas van, 2009
This is the first major study devoted to the early Arabic reception and adaption of the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian sage to whom were ascribed...