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Pages: 393
Authors: Peter Galison
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-14 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"In Galison's telling of science, the meters and wires and epoxy and solder come alive as characters, along with physicists, engineers, technicians and others .
Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps
Language: en
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Authors: Peter Galison
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Esteemed historian of science Galison has culled new information from photos, and unexplored archives to tell the fascinating story of two scientists whose conc
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Language: en
Pages: 393
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"More than a history of science; it is a tour de force in the genre." —New York Times Book Review A dramatic new account of the parallel quests to harness tim
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Authors: J. L. Heilbron
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In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With great understanding
History of the Hour
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum
Categories: History
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This text provides an overview of the history of the mechanical clock and its effects on European society from the late Middle Ages to the industrial revolution