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The Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Language: en
Pages: 355
Authors: Joshua Nall
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A window into cultures of scientific practice drawing on the collection of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science. This title is also available as Open Ac
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science
Language: en
Pages: 21
Authors: Liba Chaia Taub
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-09-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Charts the Whipple Museum's history and focuses on particular scientific instruments in its collections.
Embryos in Wax
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Nick Hopwood
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Twayne Publishers

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Highlights the role of three-dimensional wax models cast by Adolf and Friedrich Ziegler. Discusses how the models were made and used.
Science Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 211
Authors: Liba Taub
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.
News from Mars
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Joshua Nall
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-13 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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Mass media in the late nineteenth century was full of news from Mars. In the wake of Giovanni Schiaparelli’s 1877 discovery of enigmatic dark, straight lines