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The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science)

2017-01-05 Science
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Release : 2017-01-05
Genre : Science
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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.

Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science)

2017-09-07 Science
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Release : 2017-09-07
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Book Synopsis Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science) by : Jon Agar

Download or read book Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science) written by Jon Agar. This book was released on 2017-09-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.

Science and Islam (Icon Science)

2017-04-06 Science
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Release : 2017-04-06
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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.

The Science Magpie

2012-10-04 Science
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Release : 2012-10-04
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Book Synopsis The Science Magpie by : Simon Flynn

Download or read book The Science Magpie written by Simon Flynn. This book was released on 2012-10-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities. Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen. Skip through time with Darwin’s note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more.

A History of Scientific Journals

2022-10-03 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2022-10-03
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis A History of Scientific Journals by : Aileen Fyfe

Download or read book A History of Scientific Journals written by Aileen Fyfe. This book was released on 2022-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton’s day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers. Yet the use of scientific journals to report, share and store results is a thread that runs through the history of science from Newton’s day to ours. Scientific journals are now central to academic research and careers. Their editorial and peer-review processes act as a check on new claims and findings, and researchers build their careers on the list of journal articles they have published. The journal that reported Newton’s optical experiments still exists. First published in 1665, and now fully digital, the Philosophical Transactions has carried papers by Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Stephen Hawking. It is now one of eleven journals published by the Royal Society of London. Unrivalled insights from the Royal Society’s comprehensive archives have enabled the authors to investigate more than 350 years of scientific journal publishing. The editorial management, business practices and financial difficulties of the Philosophical Transactions and its sibling Proceedings reveal the meaning and purpose of journals in a changing scientific community. At a time when we are surrounded by calls to reform the academic publishing system, it has never been more urgent that we understand its history.

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