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Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science)

2017-12-07 Science
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Release : 2017-12-07
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science) by : John Henry

Download or read book Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science) written by John Henry. This book was released on 2017-12-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total revolution in the sciences and consternation in the Church. Copernicus’ theory demanded a new physics to explain motion and force, a new theory of space, and a completely new conception of the nature of our universe. He also showed for the first time that a common-sense view of things isn’t necessarily correct, and that mathematics can and does reveal the true nature of the material world. As John Henry reveals, from his idea of a swiftly moving Earth Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos.

Science and Islam (Icon Science)

2017-04-06 Science
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Release : 2017-04-06
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Science and Islam (Icon Science) by : Ehsan Masood

Download or read book Science and Islam (Icon Science) written by Ehsan Masood. This book was released on 2017-04-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the European Enlightenment, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy. From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft and the reciprocating piston, Ehsan Masood tells the amazing story of one of history's most misunderstood yet rich and fertile periods in science, via the scholars, research, and science of the Islamic empires of the middle ages.

Eureka! (Icon Science)

2017-02-02 Science
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Release : 2017-02-02
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis Eureka! (Icon Science) by : Andrew Gregory

Download or read book Eureka! (Icon Science) written by Andrew Gregory. This book was released on 2017-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and cosmology, science began with the Greeks, and Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes and Hippocrates were amongst its stars. That man ever managed to develop a 'scientific' attitude to the natural world at all is one of the true wonders of human thought. Eureka! shows how, free from intellectual and religious dogma, these early thinkers rejected myths and capricious gods and, in distinguishing between the natural and supernatural, effectively discovered nature. Andrew Gregory, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, unravels the genesis of science in this fascinating exploration of the origins of Western civilisation, and our desire for a rational, legitimating system of the world.

Frank Whittle (Icon Science)

2017-10-05 Technology & Engineering
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Release : 2017-10-05
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis Frank Whittle (Icon Science) by : Andrew Nahum

Download or read book Frank Whittle (Icon Science) written by Andrew Nahum. This book was released on 2017-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the jet engine has everything: genius, tragedy, heroism, a world war, the individual vs. the state, and an idea that would change the world. Frank Whittle always maintained that he was held back by a lack of government support. At the very moment in 1943 when his invention was unveiled to the world, his company, Power Jets, was forcibly nationalised. Yet Whittle's brilliance, charm and charisma helped him recruit major support from the British government and the RAF, who gave him the green light to build a jet engine at a time when to do so made little sense. Here is a story of what pushing technology to its limits can achieve - and the effect that such achievement can have on those involved.

The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science)

2017-01-05 Science
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Release : 2017-01-05
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Book Synopsis The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) by : Claire Brock

Download or read book The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science) written by Claire Brock. This book was released on 2017-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal. Soon making scientific discoveries in her own right, she swept to international scientific and popular fame. She was awarded a salary by George III in 1787 – the first woman in Britain to make her living from science. But, as a woman in a male-dominated world, Herschel's great success was achieved despite constant frustration of her ambitions. Drawing on original sources – including Herschel's diaries and her fiery letters – Claire Brock tells the story of a woman determined to win independence and satisfy her astronomical ambition.

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