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Science and Cultural Politics in Nineteenth-Century France
There has been a tendency to view science in nineteenth-century France as the exclusive territory of the nations leading academic centers and the powerful Paris-based administrators who controlled them. Ministries and the great savants and institutions of the capital seem to have defined the field, while historians have ignored or glossed over ......
A practical guide to mastering menopause before, during, and beyond the change-and thriving through the transition. The Savvy Woman's Guide to Menopause is the definitive guide to navigating the physical, mental, and emotional changes associated with menopause. With over 30 years of experience as a gynecologist and menopause clinician, Dr. Julia ......
A practical guide to mastering menopause before, during, and beyond the change-and thriving through the transition. The Savvy Woman's Guide to Menopause is the definitive guide to navigating the physical, mental, and emotional changes associated with menopause. With over 30 years of experience as a gynecologist and menopause clinician, Dr. Julia ......
Widely regarded as one of the most profound critics of our time, René Girard has pursued a powerful line of inquiry across the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. His theories, which the French press has termed "lhypoth+¿se girardienne," have sparked interdisciplinary, even international, controversy. In The ......
How did we make reliable predictions before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries ......
Almost fifty years after he first crossed the small screen, Doctor Who remains a science fiction touchstone. His exploits are thrilling, his world is mind-boggling, and that time travel machineknown as the Tardisis almost certainly an old-fashioned blue police box, once commonly found in London.
Written with compassion and nuance, this unique guide recognizes that all families must make their own decisions and gives science-minded parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for themselves.
In today's world of online maps and travel directions delivered wirelessly to hand-held devices, getting from place to place requires little thought from most of us and mdash;which is a good thing, since accurate navigation can be tricky. Get your bearings with Mark Denny and mdash;an expert at explaining scientific concepts to the non-technical ......
'Powerful ocean waves fascinate the public, and they have made a lot of news lately.' With that indisputable observation, scientist J. B. Zirker takes off on a whirlwind tour of the world of wavesfrom the 'ordinary' waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up seemingly from nowhere to heights of 20 meters or more ......
