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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Science Progress in the Twentieth Century
Author: Science Progress in the Twentieth Century, Vol. 5
Author: H. E. ArmstrongPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265160268
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Excerpt from Science Progress in the Twentieth Century, Vol. 5: A Quarterly Journal of Scientific Work and Thought; July 1910 to April 1911 The simpler name star map is here applied to the chart generally known as the Astrographic Chart, because this latter conveys a suggestion Of technicality which is absent from the project. What astronomers in different parts of the world are really about is the making of a large and much more detailed map Of the stars than has hitherto been produced. The map is being made by photography; but though the word astrographic has been coined for use when photo graphy is applied to the stars, the work does not involve much technicality that is not familiar to the users of an ordinary Kodak. In three details only does the work of the astronomer differ from that of the amateur photographer: he uses a much longer camera; he drives the camera by clockwork so that it may follow the stars; and he takes pictures at night instead of in the daytime. It may perhaps be added that he uses the light emitted by the stars, instead of photographing objects by the reflected light of the sun. But of these details more presently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Science in the 20th Century and Beyond
Author: Jon AgarPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745634699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
"Science in the Twentieth Century and beyond provides a much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. It is the first book to survey modern developments in science during a century of unprecedented change, conflict and uncertainty. The scope is global and it covers a wide range of disciplines, including life sciences, information sciences, as well as aspects of mathematics, engineering and technology, and medicine"--Back cover.
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century
Author: Science Progress in the 20th Century Vol. 48 189-192 (1960).
Author: Technocrats and the Politics of Drought and Development in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Author: Eve E. BuckleyPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469634317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Eve E. Buckley’s study of twentieth-century Brazil examines the nation’s hard social realities through the history of science, focusing on the use of technology and engineering as vexed instruments of reform and economic development. Nowhere was the tension between technocratic optimism and entrenched inequality more evident than in the drought-ridden Northeast sertão, plagued by chronic poverty, recurrent famine, and mass migrations. Buckley reveals how the physicians, engineers, agronomists, and mid-level technocrats working for federal agencies to combat drought were pressured by politicians to seek out a technological magic bullet that would both end poverty and obviate the need for land redistribution to redress long-standing injustices.
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century
Author: Scientific Progress
Author: James JeansPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317699041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
First published in 1936, this volume contains six of the Halley Stewart Lectures – originally founded "For Research towards the Christian Ideal in All Social Life" – by some of the greatest of English scientists of the mid-20th century, each a leading authority in his respective field: cosmology, physics, meteorology, medicine and genetics. The final lecture considers the relationship between scientific knowledge and human ideals, commenting on the paradox that a century which produced such scientific advance also witnessed the most concentrated period of social, economic and political turmoil in world history.
Quantum Generations
Author: Helge KraghPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691095523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
At the end of the nineteenth century, some physicists believed that the basic principles underlying their subject were already known, and that physics in the future would only consist of filling in the details. They could hardly have been more wrong. The past century has seen the rise of quantum mechanics, relativity, cosmology, particle physics, and solid-state physics, among other fields. These subjects have fundamentally changed our understanding of space, time, and matter. They have also transformed daily life, inspiring a technological revolution that has included the development of radio, television, lasers, nuclear power, and computers. In Quantum Generations, Helge Kragh, one of the world's leading historians of physics, presents a sweeping account of these extraordinary achievements of the past one hundred years. The first comprehensive one-volume history of twentieth-century physics, the book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. Unlike most previous histories of physics, written either from a scientific perspective or from a social and institutional perspective, Quantum Generations combines both approaches. Kragh writes about pure science with the expertise of a trained physicist, while keeping the content accessible to nonspecialists and paying careful attention to practical uses of science, ranging from compact disks to bombs. As a historian, Kragh skillfully outlines the social and economic contexts that have shaped the field in the twentieth century. He writes, for example, about the impact of the two world wars, the fate of physics under Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, the role of military research, the emerging leadership of the United States, and the backlash against science that began in the 1960s. He also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries. Combining a mastery of detail with a sure sense of the broad contours of historical change, Kragh has written a fitting tribute to the scientists who have played such a decisive role in the making of the modern world.
Science
Author: Trevor Illtyd WilliamsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Examines the history of scientific discovery in the twentieth century. Supplemented by chronological tables, datafiles, special features, and capsule biographies.
