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Imago Cosmi [E-Book] : The Vision of the Cosmos and the History of Astronomical Machines /
Table of Contents: ... Clocks -- Chapter 11 France and Switzerland -- Chapter 12 Blossoming in Germany and Austria: The Priestermechaniker -- Chapter 13 Chinese Philosophical and Mathematical Thought -- Chapter 14 Chinese Astronomy and Astronomical Machines -- Chapter 15 Design of a...

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Human and Machines [E-Book] : Philosophical Thinking of Artificial Intelligence /
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Angelo Secchi and Nineteenth Century Science [E-Book] : The Multidisciplinary Contributions of a Pioneer and Innovator /
Table of Contents: ...'s Scientific Contributions -- Chapter 5. The New Collegio Romano Observatory -- Chapter 6. Angelo Secchi and the Development of Spectroscopy -- Chapter 7. Planetary Observations by Angelo Secchi -- Chapter 8. Angelo Secchi: Natural Philosopher and Instrument...

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Galileo Galilei's "Two New Sciences" [E-Book] : for Modern Readers /
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Philosophy of Chemistry [E-Book] /
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Our Place in the Universe - II [E-Book] : The Scientific Approach to Discovery /
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The Copenhagen Network [E-Book] : The Birth of Quantum Mechanics from a Postdoctoral Perspective /
Table of Contents: ...Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Scandinavian Settings -- Chapter 3 - International Networking.-Chapter 4 - A "Kuhnian" Crisis -- Chapter 5 - Revolt of the Postdoc -- Chapter 6 - Philosophical Wrangling -- Chapter 7 - Conclusions and the Forman...

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Thinking About Space and Time [E-Book] : 100 Years of Applying and Interpreting General Relativity /
Table of Contents: ...Introduction -- Space and Time 62 Years After the Berne Conference -- Einstein's Conflicting Heuristics: The Discovery of General Relativity -- Historical and Philosophical Aspects of the Einstein World -- Stability in Cosmology, from Einstein...

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Space, Time, and Aliens [E-Book] : Collected Works on Cosmos and Culture /
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How Humankind Created Science [E-Book] : From Early Astronomy to Our Modern Scientific Worldview  /
Table of Contents: ...Prologue: Our Universe -- Ancient Wisdom and Natural Philosophers -- The Heyday of Greek Astronomy -- The Tumultuous Astronomical Revolution -- The Well-Ordered Newtonian Mechanics -- Special Relativity: Fusing Space and Time -- General Relativity...

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Biographies in the History of Physics [E-Book] : Actors, Objects, Institutions /
Table of Contents: ... and Professional: Margaret Maltby's Life in Early Twentieth Century Physics (Joanna Behrman) -- The Monastic Natural Philosopher - An Eighteenth Century Scientific Persona (Julia Bloemer) -- Ludwig Prandtl -- Pioneer of Fluid Mechanics and Science Manager (Michael...

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Mosaic of a Scientific Life [E-Book] /
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Laura Bassi-The World's First Woman Professor in Natural Philosophy [E-Book] : An Iconic Physicist in Enlightenment Italy  /
Table of Contents: ...Laura Bassi: emblem and record in Settecento science, Luisa Cifarelli, Raffaella Simili -- History of Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Walter Tega -- Luigi Ferdinando Marsili. European traveller and natural philosopher, Walter Tega...

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History of the Plurality of Worlds [E-Book] : The Myths of Extraterrestrials Through the Ages /
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The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context [E-Book] /
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From Transuranic to Superheavy Elements [E-Book] : A Story of Dispute and Creation /
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Photons [E-Book] : The History and Mental Models of Light Quanta /
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Conceptual Evolution of Newtonian and Relativistic Mechanics [E-Book] /
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Bode's Law and the Discovery of Juno [E-Book] : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /
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Early Investigations of Ceres and the Discovery of Pallas [E-Book] : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research /