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Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - J. L. Heilbron, ed.
Reference : 100919
(1993)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Weighing Imponderables and other Quantitive Science around 1800 - Supplement to Volume 24, Part 1 (1993) , (1. The standard Model : 1.1. The scheme of imponderables (An epoch in physical science in physical science - A world of as-if) - 1.2. Between calculus and chemistry - 2. Some Means to the End : 2.1. New angles on angles (As easy as ? -Completing the circle) - 2.2. Measuring imponderables (The first weightless weighings - Caloric) 3. Laplace's School : 3.1. The spirit of Arcueil (The school tie - The dead hand) - 3.2. Mathematical figleaf (Clairaut and Newton - The Laplace transformation) - 3.3. Sound and fury (Lagrange and Newton - Laplace's approach - Enter ? - Again the figleaf) - 4. Varieties of Mercantilist Mathematics : 4.1. Cartographic control (A french business - Enter the Army - An export business - The cross-channel link - Imperial measures) - 4.2. The shape of science and the Earth (Newton's apple - Elusive ellipticity - Revolutionary geodesy - No ellipsoid of revolution))
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1993 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 337 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1993 Contents, Chapitres : 1. The standard Model : 1.1. The scheme of imponderables (An epoch in physical science in physical science - A world of as-if) - 1.2. Between calculus and chemistry - 2. Some Means to the End : 2.1. New angles on angles (As easy as ? -Completing the circle) - 2.2. Measuring imponderables (The first weightless weighings - Caloric) 3. Laplace's School : 3.1. The spirit of Arcueil (The school tie - The dead hand) - 3.2. Mathematical figleaf (Clairaut and Newton - The Laplace transformation) - 3.3. Sound and fury (Lagrange and Newton - Laplace's approach - Enter ? - Again the figleaf) - 4. Varieties of Mercantilist Mathematics : 4.1. Cartographic control (A french business - Enter the Army - An export business - The cross-channel link - Imperial measures) - 4.2. The shape of science and the Earth (Newton's apple - Elusive ellipticity - Revolutionary geodesy - No ellipsoid of revolution) minor folding tracks on the bottom right corner of the wrappers, few foxings on the borders, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 337
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - James Rodger Fleming - Christophe Masutti on Frederic Clements - Matthias Heymann - Matthias Dörries - Erik M. Conway - Simone Turchetti
Reference : 100943
(2006)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 37, Part 1 (2006) , (The pathological history of weather and climate modification : Three cycles of promise and hype - Frederic Clements, climatology, and conservation in the 1930s - Modeling reality. Practice, knowledge, and uncertainty in atmospheric transport simulation - In the public eye : Volcanology and climate change studies in the 20th century - Drowning in data : Satellite oceanography and information overload in the earth sciences - The invisible businessman : Nuclear physics, patenting practices, and trading activities in the 1930s)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2006 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 183 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2006 Contents, Chapitres : James Rodger Fleming : The pathological history of weather and climate modification : Three cycles of promise and hype - Christophe Masutti : Frederic Clements, climatology, and conservation in the 1930s - Matthias Heymann : Modeling reality. Practice, knowledge, and uncertainty in atmospheric transport simulation - Matthias Dörries : In the public eye : Volcanology and climate change studies in the 20th century - Erik M. Conway : Drowning in data : Satellite oceanography and information overload in the earth sciences - Simone Turchetti : The invisible businessman : Nuclear physics, patenting practices, and trading activities in the 1930s wrappers clean, with minor folding tracks on the corner and few foxings, inside is clean, no markings, the bottom right corners of the last 4 pages is lightly folded, it remains a very good reading copy - pages 1 to 183
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - José M. Sánchez-Ron - Alexis de Greiff - Kenji Ito on Nishina Yoshio - Abha Sur on Meghnad Saha - Dong-Won Kim - David Kaiser - Alexei Kojevnikov on David Bohm
Reference : 100936
(2002)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 33, Part 1 (2002) , (International relations in Spanish physics from 1900 to the Cold War - The tale of two peripheries : The creation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste - Values of ""pure science"" : Nishina Yoshio's wartime discourse between nationalism and physics, 1940-1945 - Scientism and social justice : Meghnad Saha's critique of the state of science in India - The conflict between the image and role of physics in South Korea - Cold War requisitions, scientific manpower, and the production of American physicists after World War II - David Bohm and collective movement)"
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2002 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 192 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2002 "Contents, Chapitres : José M. Sánchez-Ron : International relations in Spanish physics from 1900 to the Cold War - Alexis de Greiff : The tale of two peripheries : The creation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste - Kenji Ito : Values of ""pure science"" : Nishina Yoshio's wartime discourse between nationalism and physics, 1940-1945 - Abha Sur : Scientism and social justice : Meghnad Saha's critique of the state of science in India - Dong-Won Kim : The conflict between the image and role of physics in South Korea - David Kaiser : Cold War requisitions, scientific manpower, and the production of American physicists after World War II - Alexei Kojevnikov : David Bohm and collective movement" near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 192
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Kenneth L. Caneva - Alberto G. de Gregorio - R. Steven Turner
Reference : 100941
(2005)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 35, Part 2 (2005) , (""Discovery"" as a site for the collective construction for scientific knowledge - Neutron physics in the early 1930s - After the famine : Plant pathology, Phytophthora infestans, and the late blight of potatoes, 1845-1960)"
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2005 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 206 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2005 "Contents, Chapitres : Kenneth L. Caneva : ""Discovery"" as a site for the collective construction for scientific knowledge - Alberto G. de Gregorio : Neutron physics in the early 1930s - R. Steven Turner : After the famine : Plant pathology, Phytophthora infestans, and the late blight of potatoes, 1845-1960" near fine copy, no markings - pages 176 to 382
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Kostas Gavroglu on van der Waals - Dan Kevles - Eric L. Mills - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang on Edward Bowles - S.S. Schweber on John Clarke Slater - Lewis Pyenson
Reference : 100911
(1990)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 20, Part 2 (1990) , (The reaction of the British physicists and chemists to van der Waals' early work and to the law of corresponding states - Cold war and hot physics : Science, security, and the American state, 1945-1956 - Useful in many capacities. An early career in American physical oceanography - Edward Bowles and radio engineering at MIT, 1920-1940 - The young John Clarke Slater and the development of quantum chemistry - Over the bounding main)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1990 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 237 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1990 "Contents, Chapitres : Kostas Gavroglu : The reaction of the British physicists and chemists to van der Waals' early work and to the law of corresponding states - Dan Kevles : Cold war and hot physics : Science, security, and the American state, 1945-1956 - Eric L. Mills : Useful in many capacities. An early career in American physical oceanography - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang : Edward Bowles and radio engineering at MIT, 1920-1940 - S.S. Schweber : The young John Clarke Slater and the development of quantum chemistry; Reviews and bibliographical essays - Lewis Pyenson : Over the bounding main" plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 200 to 436
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Laurie M. Brown and Helmut Rechenburg on Fermi - Loren Butler on Robert S. Mulliken - Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simoes - Daniel Kevles on Ananda Chakrabarty - Frederik Nebeker - Thomas Soderqvist
Reference : 100922
(1994)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 25, Part 1 (1994) , (Field theories of nuclear forces in the 1930s : The Fermi-Field theory - Robert S. Mulliken and the politics of science and scientists, 1939-1946 - The Americans, the Germans and the beginnings of quantum chemistry - Ananda Chakrabarty wins a patent : Biotechnology, law, and society, 1972-1980 - Experimental style in high-energy physics : The discovery of the upsilon particle - The architecture of a biographical pathway)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1994 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 183 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1994 Contents, Chapitres : Laurie M. Brown and Helmut Rechenburg : Field theories of nuclear forces in the 1930s : The Fermi-Field theory - Loren Butler : Robert S. Mulliken and the politics of science and scientists, 1939-1946 - Kostas Gavroglu and Ana Simoes : The Americans, the Germans and the beginnings of quantum chemistry - Daniel Kevles : Ananda Chakrabarty wins a patent : Biotechnology, law, and society, 1972-1980 - Frederik Nebeker : Experimental style in high-energy physics : The discovery of the upsilon particle - Thomas Soderqvist : The architecture of a biographical pathway near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 183
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Laurie M. Brown and Tian Yu Cao - Olivier Darrigol - Gregory A. Good - Keld Nielsen on T.J. Seebeck
Reference : 100914
(1991)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 21, Part 2 (1991) , (Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry : Its rediscovery and integration into quantum field theory - Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theroy, II : Early symptoma of indistinguishability and holism - The Rockefeller Foundation, the Leipzig Geophysical Institute, and National Socialsm in the 1930s - Another king of light : The work T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe, Part 2)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 196 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1991 Contents, Chapitres : Laurie M. Brown and Tian Yu Cao : Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry : Its rediscovery and integration into quantum field theory - Olivier Darrigol : Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theroy, II : Early symptoma of indistinguishability and holism - Gregory A. Good : The Rockefeller Foundation, the Leipzig Geophysical Institute, and National Socialsm in the 1930s - Keld Nielsen : Another king of light : The work T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe, Part 2) near fine copy, no markings - pages 212 to 407
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Laurie M. Brown and Tian Yu Cao - Olivier Darrigol - Gregory A. Good - Keld Nielsen on T.J. Seebeck
Reference : 100913
(1991)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 21, Part 2 (1991) , (Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry : Its rediscovery and integration into quantum field theory - Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theroy, II : Early symptoma of indistinguishability and holism - The Rockefeller Foundation, the Leipzig Geophysical Institute, and National Socialsm in the 1930s - Another king of light : The work T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe, Part 2)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 196 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1991 Contents, Chapitres : Laurie M. Brown and Tian Yu Cao : Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry : Its rediscovery and integration into quantum field theory - Olivier Darrigol : Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theroy, II : Early symptoma of indistinguishability and holism - Gregory A. Good : The Rockefeller Foundation, the Leipzig Geophysical Institute, and National Socialsm in the 1930s - Keld Nielsen : Another king of light : The work T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe, Part 2) plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 212 to 407
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - M. De Maria and A. Russo on Compton and Millikan - Peter Galison and Barton Bernstein - Robert Palter - Henry Lowood
Reference : 100909
(1989)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 19, Part 2 (1989) , (Cosmic ray romancing : The discovery of the latitude effect and the Compton-Millikan controversy - In any light : Scientists and the decision to build the Superbomb, 1952- 1954 - Some impressions of recent work on eighteenth-century science)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1989 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 202 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1989 Contents, Chapitres : M. De Maria and A. Russo : Cosmic ray romancing : The discovery of the latitude effect and the Compton-Millikan controversy - Peter Galison and Barton Bernstein : In any light : Scientists and the decision to build the Superbomb, 1952- 1954 - Robert Palter : Some impressions of recent work on eighteenth-century science - Henry Lowood : Selected bibliography missing of papers on the spine of the volume, plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 212 to 413
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Matthias Dörries on Heinrich Kayser - Christophe Lécuyer - Peter J. Ramberg on Arthur Michael - Jessica Wang - Pnina Abir-Am
Reference : 100924
(1995)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 26, Part 1 (1995) , (Heinrich Kayser as philologist of physics - MIT, Progressive reform, and ""industrial service,"" 1890-1920 - Arthur Michael's critique of stereochemistry, 1987-1899 - Liberals, the progressive left, and the political economy of postwar American science : The National Science Foundation debate revisited - ""New"" trends in the history of molecular biology) "
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1995 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 196 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1995 "Contents, Chapitres : Matthias Dörries : Heinrich Kayser as philologist of physics - Christophe Lécuyer : MIT, Progressive reform, and ""industrial service,"" 1890-1920 - Peter J. Ramberg : Arthur Michael's critique of stereochemistry, 1987-1899 - Jessica Wang : Liberals, the progressive left, and the political economy of postwar American science : The National Science Foundation debate revisited - Pnina Abir-Am : ""New"" trends in the history of molecular biology" few small foxings on the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 196
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Michael Chayut on Paul Flory - Klaus Hentschel on Fraunhofer, Rowland and Jewell - Lillian Hoddeson - Domenico Bertoloni Meli - Nicolas Rasmussen on Freund
Reference : 100917
(1993)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 23, Part 2 (1993) , (New sites for scientific change : Paul Flory's initiation into polymer chemistry - The discovery of the redshift of solar Fraunhofer lines by Rowland and Jewell in Baltimore around 1890 - The discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium during World War II - The emergence of reference frames and the transformation of mechanics in the Enlightenment - Freund's adjuvant and the realization of questions in postware immunology)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1993 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 181 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1993 Contents, Chapitres : Michael Chayut : New sites for scientific change : Paul Flory's initiation into polymer chemistry - Klaus Hentschel : The discovery of the redshift of solar Fraunhofer lines by Rowland and Jewell in Baltimore around 1890 - Lillian Hoddeson : The discovery of spontaneous fission in plutonium during World War II - Domenico Bertoloni Meli : The emergence of reference frames and the transformation of mechanics in the Enlightenment - Nicolas Rasmussen : Freund's adjuvant and the realization of questions in postware immunology few small foxings on the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 194 to 374
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Michael S. Goodman on Klaus Fuchs - Shizue Hinokawa - Frederic Lawrence Holmes - Shaul Katzir - David Munns - Robert A. Myers and Richard W. Dixon - Hallam Stevens
Reference : 100938
(2003)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 34, Part 1 (2003) , (Grandfather of they hydrogen bomb ? : Anglo-American intelligence and Klaus Fuchs - A comparative study of Cyclotron development at Cambridge and Liverpool in the 1930s - Chemistry in the Académie Royale des Sciences - From explanation to description : Molecular and phenomenological theories of piezoelectricity - If we build it, who will come ? Radio astronomy and the limitations of ""national"" laboratories in Cold War America - Who invented the laser : An analysis of the early patents - Fundamental physics and its justifications, 1945-1993)"
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2003 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 206 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2003 "Contents, Chapitres : Michael S. Goodman : Grandfather of they hydrogen bomb ? : Anglo-American intelligence and Klaus Fuchs - Shizue Hinokawa : A comparative study of cyclotron development at Cambridge and Liverpool in the 1930s - Frederic Lawrence Holmes : Chemistry in the Académie Royale des Sciences - Shaul Katzir : From explanation to description : Molecular and phenomenological theories of piezoelectricity - David Munns : If we build it, who will come ? Radio astronomy and the limitations of ""national"" laboratories in Cold War America - Robert A. Myers and Richard W. Dixon : Who invented the laser : An analysis of the early patents - Hallam Stevens : Fundamental physics and its justifications, 1945-1993" pages 1 to 206
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Olga Amsterdamska on Oswald T. Avery - Maria Grazia Ianniello - Adrienne Kolb and Lillian Hoddeson - Chunglin Kwa - Terry Shinn
Reference : 100920
(1993)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 24, Part 1 (1993) , (From pneumonia to DNA : The research career of Oswald T. Avery - Elastic Nachwirkung, Brownian motion and the tide against determinism : 1835-1920 - The mirage of the ""world accelerator for world peace"" and the origins of the SSC, 1953-1983 - Modeling the grasslands - The Bellevue grand électroaimant, 1900-1940 : Birth of a research-technology community) "
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1993 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 195 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1993 "Contents, Chapitres : Olga Amsterdamska : From pneumonia to DNA : The research career of Oswald T. Avery - Maria Grazia Ianniello : Elastic Nachwirkung , Brownian motion and the tide against determinism : 1835-1920 - Adrienne Kolb and Lillian Hoddeson : The mirage of the ""world accelerator for world peace"" and the origins of the SSC, 1953-1983 - Chunglin Kwa : Modeling the grasslands - Terry Shinn : The Bellevue grand électroaimant, 1900-1940 : Birth of a research-technology community" few small foxings on the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 195
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Olival Freire on David Bohm - Sean F. Johnston on Dennis Gabor - John Krieg - Benoit Lelong on Paul Lanhevin - Annette Lykknes, Lise Kvittingen, and Anne Kristine Borrensen on Ellen Gleditsch - Shaul Katir - Suman Seth
Reference : 100942
(2005)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 36, Part 1 (2005) , (Science and exile : David Bohm, the Cold War, and a new interpretation of quantum mechanics - From white elephant to Nobel Prize : Dennis Gabor's wavefront reconstruction - The politics of phosphoru-32 : A cold war fable based on fact - Ions, electromaters, and physical constants : Paul Langevin's laboratory work on gas discharges, 1896-1903 - Duty and responsability in a research and teaching career, 1916-1946 - On ""the electromagnetic worldview"" : A comment on an article by Suman Seth - Response to Shaul Katzir : ""On the electromagnetic worldview"")"
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2005 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 205 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2005 "Contents, Chapitres : Olival Freire : Science and exile : David Bohm, the cold war, and a new interpretation of quantum mechanics - Sean F. Johnston : From white elephant to Nobel Prize : Dennis Gabor's wavefront reconstruction - John Krieg : The politics of phosphoru-32 : A cold war fable based on fact - Benoit Lelong : Ions, electromaters, and physical constants : Paul Langevin's laboratory work on gas discharges, 1896-1903 - Annette Lykknes, Lise Kvittingen, and Anne Kristine Borrensen : Duty and responsability in a research and teaching career, 1916-1946 - Shaul Katir : On ""the electromagnetic worldview"" : A comment on an article by Suman Seth - Suman Seth : Response to Shaul Katzir : ""On the electromagnetic worldview""" wrappers clean, with minor folding tracks on the corner and few foxings, inside is clean, no markings, the bottom right corners of the first 4 pages is lightly folded, it remains a very good reading copy - pages 1 to 205
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Per F. Dahl - John L. Davis - Willem D. Hackmann - Bruce Hunt on Oliver J. Lodge - Robert W. Seidel - David Cassidy
Reference : 100902
(1986)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 16, Part 1 (1986) , (Superconductivity after World War I and circumstances surrounding the discovery of a state B = 0 - The influence of astronomy on the character of physics in mid-nineteenth century France - Sonar research and naval warfare 1914-1954 : A case study of a twentieth-century science - Experimenting on the ether : Olivier J. Lodge and the great whirling machine - A home for big science : The Atomic Energy Commission's laboratory system - Reviews and bibliographic essays - Understanding the history of special relativity)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1986 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 195 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1986 "Contents, Chapitres : Per F. Dahl : Superconductivity after World War I and circumstances surrounding the discovery of a state B = 0 - John L. Davis : The influence of astronomy on the character of physics in mid-nineteenth century France - Willem D. Hackmann : Sonar research and naval warfare 1914-1954 : A case study of a twentieth-century science - Bruce Hunt : Experimenting on the ether : Olivier J. Lodge and the great whirling machine - Robert W. Seidel : A home for big science : The Atomic Energy Commission's laboratory system; Reviews and bibliographic essays - David Cassidy : Understanding the history of special relativity" plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 1 to 195
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Ute Deichmann - Igor S. Dmitriev on Dmitrii Mendeleev - Frederic Lawrence Holmes - Danian Hu - W. Patrick McCray on Lee DuBridge - Lucia Orlando
Reference : 100939
(2004)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 34, Part 2 (2004) , (Early responses to Avery et al.'s paper on DNA as hereditary material - Scientific discovery in statu nascendi : The case of Dmitrii Mendeleev's Periodic Law - Investigative and pedagogical styles in French chemistry at the end of seventeenth century - Organized criticism of Einstein and relativity in China, 1968-1976 - Project Vista, Caltech, and the dilemmas of Lee DuBridge - The SIRIO satellite, 1968-1977 : Between scientific engagement and managerial inexperience)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2004 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 199 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 2004 Contents, Chapitres : Ute Deichmann : Early responses to Avery et al.'s paper on DNA as hereditary material - Igor S. Dmitriev : Scientific discovery in statu nascendi : The case of Dmitrii Mendeleev's Periodic Law - Frederic Lawrence Holmes : Investigative and pedagogical styles in French chemistry at the end of seventeenth century - Danian Hu : Organized criticism of Einstein and relativity in China, 1968-1976 - W. Patrick McCray : Project Vista, Caltech, and the dilemmas of Lee DuBridge - Lucia Orlando : The SIRIO satellite, 1968-1977 : Between scientific engagement and managerial inexperience near fine copy, no markings - pages 208 to 406
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Victor Y A Frenkel on Yakov Ilich Frenkel - David Hounshell - Daniel J. Kevles - David Munns - Spencer R. Weart
Reference : 100927
(1997)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 27, Part 2 (1997) , (Yakov Ilich Frenkel : Sketches toward a civic portrait - The Cold War, RAND, and the generation of knowledge, 1946-1962 - Big Science and big politics in the United States : Reflections on the death of the SSC and the life of the Human Genome Project - Linear accelerators, radio astronomy, and Australia's search for International prestige, 1944-1948 - Global warming, Cold War, and the evolution of research plans)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1997 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1997 Contents, Chapitres : Victor Y A Frenkel : Yakov Ilich Frenkel : Sketches toward a civic portrait - David Hounshell : The Cold War, RAND, and the generation of knowledge, 1946-1962 - Daniel J. Kevles : Big Science and big politics in the United States : Reflections on the death of the SSC and the life of the Human Genome Project - David Munns : Linear accelerators, radio astronomy, and Australia's search for International prestige, 1944-1948 - Spencer R. Weart : Global warming, Cold War, and the evolution of research plans few small foxings on the wrappers, else near fine copy, no markings - pages 198 to 372
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences -Alexi Assmus - Charles Coulston Gillispie - Christophe Lecuyer on Karl Compton and James Killian - Glenn Bugos
Reference : 100918
(1992)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 23, Part 1 (1992) , (The Americanization of molecular physics - Science and secret weapons development in Revolutionary France, 1792-1804 : A documentary history - The making of a science based technological university : Karl Compton, James Killian, and the reform of MIT, 1930-1957 - The organization of the quest for certainty)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1992 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 191 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1992 Contents, Chapitres : Alexi Assmus : The Americanization of molecular physics - Charles Coulston Gillispie : Science and secret weapons development in Revolutionary France, 1792-1804 : A documentary history - Christophe Lecuyer : The making of a science based technological university : Karl Compton, James Killian, and the reform of MIT, 1930-1957 - Glenn Bugos : The organization of the quest for certainty near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 191
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences -Bruno Carazza and Helge Kragh on Augusto Righi - Michael Eckert on Heisenberg - Stuart Leslie - Ilana Löwy on Volta - Giuliano Pancaldi - Lewis Pyenson
Reference : 100912
(1990)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 21, Part 1 (1990) , (Augusto Righi's magnetic rays : A failed research program in early 20th-century physics - Primacy doomed to failure : Heisenberg's role as scientific adviser for nuclear policy in the FRG - Profit and loss : the military and MIT in the postwar era - Variances in meaning in discovery accounts : The case of contemporary biology - Electricity and life. Volta's path to the battery - Habits of mind : Geophysics at Shangai and Algiers, 1920-1940)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1990 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 210 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1990 Contents, Chapitres : Bruno Carazza and Helge Kragh : Augusto Righi's magnetic rays : A failed research program in early 20th-century physics - Michael Eckert : Primacy doomed to failure : Heisenberg's role as scientific adviser for nuclear policy in the FRG - Stuart Leslie : Profit and loss : the military and MIT in the postwar era - Ilana Löwy : Variances in meaning in discovery accounts : The case of contemporary biology - Giuliano Pancaldi : Electricity and life. Volta's path to the battery - Lewis Pyenson : Habits of mind : Geophysics at Shangai and Algiers, 1920-1940 near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 210
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences -Glenn E. Bugos - Stuart M. Feffer on Arthur Schuster and J.J. Thomson - Robert Marc Friedman - Giora Hon on Franck, Hertz and Townsend - Keld Nielsen on T.J. Seebeck and Goethe - Norriss Hetherington
Reference : 100910
(1989)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 20, Part 1 (1989) , (Managing cooperative research and borderland science in the National Research Council, 1922-1942 - Arthur Schuster, J.J. Thomson, and the discovery of the electron - Text, context, and quicksand : Method and understanding in studying the Nobel science prizes - Franck and Hertz versus Townsend : A study of two types of experimental error - Another kind of light : The work of T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe. Part I - The extraterrestrial life debate : A productive perspective)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1989 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 195 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1989 "Contents, Chapitres : Glenn E. Bugos : Managing cooperative research and borderland science in the National Research Council, 1922-1942 - Stuart M. Feffer : Arthur Schuster, J.J. Thomson, and the discovery of the electron - Robert Marc Friedman : Text, context, and quicksand : Method and understanding in studying the Nobel science prizes - Giora Hon : Franck and Hertz versus Townsend : A study of two types of experimental error - Keld Nielsen : Another kind of light : The work of T.J. Seebeck and his collaboration with Goethe. Part I; Reviews and bibliographic essays - Norriss Hetherington : The extraterrestrial life debate : A productive perspective" plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 1 to 195
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences -Thimothy Lenoir - S.S Schweber - Daniel Siegel - M. Norton Wise and Crosbie Smith on Lord Kelvin - Robert W. Seidel on Ernest Rutherford
Reference : 100904
(1986)
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 17, Part 1 (1986) , (Models and instruments in the development of electrophysiology, 1845-1912 - The empiricist temper regnant : Theoretical physics in the United States 1920-1950 - The origin of the displacement current - Measurement, work and industry in Lord Kelvin's Britain - Nuclear physics under Rutherford at Cambridge)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1986 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 190 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1986 "Contents, Chapitres : Thimothy Lenoir : Models and instruments in the development of electrophysiology, 1845-1912 - S.S Schweber : The empiricist temper regnant : theoretical physics in the United States 1920-1950 - Daniel Siegel : The origin of the displacement current - M. Norton Wise and Crosbie Smith : Measurement, work and industry in Lord Kelvin's Britain; reviews and bibliographic essays - Robert W. Seidel : Nuclear physics under Rutherford at Cambridge" plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 1 to 190
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences- William H. Cropper on James Joule - Olivier Darrigol - Michael Eckert - Silvana Galdabini and Giuseppe Giuliani - Joop Schopman - David Cahan - Larry Stewart - Henry Lowood
Reference : 100908
(1988)
"Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences - Volume 19, Part 1 (1988) , (James Joule's work in electrochemistry and the emergence of the first law of thermodynamics - Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theory - Neutrons and politics : Maier-Leibnitz and the emergence of pile neutron research in the FRG - Physics in Italy between 1900 and 1940 : The universities, physicists, funds and research - Industrious science : Semiconductor research at the N.V. Philips'; Gloeilampenfabrieken, 1930-1957; Reviews and bibliographic essays - Pride and prejudice in the history of physics : The German speaking world, 1740-1945 - Texts and contextualists : The hunting of newtonianism)"
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1988 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 210 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1988 "Contents, Chapitres : William H. Cropper : James Joule's work in electrochemistry and the emergence of the first law of thermodynamics - Olivier Darrigol : Statistics and combinatorics in early quantum theory - Michael Eckert : Neutrons and politics : Maier-Leibnitz and the emergence of pile neutron research in the FRG - Silvana Galdabini and Giuseppe Giuliani : Physics in Italy between 1900 and 1940 : The universities, physicists, funds and research - Joop Schopman : Industrious science : Semiconductor research at the N.V. Philips'; Gloeilampenfabrieken, 1930-1957; Reviews and bibliographic essays - David Cahan : Pride and prejudice in the history of physics : The German speaking world, 1740-1945 - Larry Stewart : Texts and contextualists : The hunting of newtonianism - Henry Lowood : Selected bibliography" plastified wrappers, transparent, else near fine, no markings - pages 1 to 210
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences - Allan Franklin - John Greenberg - J.L. Heilbron - Evan M. Melhado on Guyton - John S. Rigden - Robert W. Seidel - Mary Jo Nye
Reference : 100897
(1983)
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences - Volume 13, Part 2 (1983) , (The discovery and acceptance of CP violation - Geodesy in Paris in the 1730s and the Paduan connection - The origins of the exclusion principle - Oxygen, phlogiston, and caloric : The case of Guyton - Molecular beam experiments on the hydrogens during the 1930s - Accelerating science : The postwar transformation of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Reviews and bibliographic essays - Recent sources and problems in the history of French science)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1983 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 208 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1983 "Contents, Chapitres : Allan Franklin : The discovery and acceptance of CP violation - John Greenberg : Geodesy in Paris in the 1730s and the Paduan connection - J.L. Heilbron : The origins of the exclusion principle - Evan M. Melhado : Oxygen, phlogiston, and caloric : The case of Guyton - John S. Rigden : Molecular beam experiments on the hydrogens during the 1930s - Robert W. Seidel : Accelerating science : The postwar transformation of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Reviews and bibliographic essays - Mary Jo Nye : Recent sources and problems in the history of French science" wrappers clean, with minor folding tracks on the corners, very few foxings, inside is clean, no markings, a near fine copy - pages 208 to 415
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences -David Cahan - Helge Kragh - Theodore S. Feldman
Reference : 100901
(1985)
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences - Volume 15, Part 2 (1985) , (The institutional revolution in German physics, 1865-1914 - The fine structure of hydrogen and the gross structure of the physics community, 1916-26 - Applied mathematics and the quantification of experimental physics : The example of barometric hypsometry)
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1985 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 195 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1985 Contents, Chapitres : David Cahan : The institutional revolution in German physics, 1865-1914 - Helge Kragh : The fine structure of hydrogen and the gross structure of the physics community, 1916-26 - Theodore S. Feldman : Applied mathematics and the quantification of experimental physics : the example of barometric hypsometry near fine copy, no markings - pages 1 to 195
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences - Henry Frankel on Vine, Matthews and Morley - Norriss S. Hetherington on Edwin Hubble - Helge Kragh on Paul Dirac - Arthur Quinn - R. Steven Turner on Justus Liebig - Joe D. Burchfield - M. Norton Wise on Maxwell
Reference : 100896
(1982)
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences - Volume 13, Part 1 (1982) , (The development, reception, and acceptance of the Vine- Matthews - Morley hypothesis - Philosophical values and observation in Edwin Hubble's choice of a model of the universe - Cosmo-physics in the thirties : Towards a history of Dirac cosmology - Repulsive force in England, 1706- 1744 - Justus Liebig versus Prussian chemistry : Reflections on early institute-building in Germany Reviews and bibliographical essays - The British Association and its historians - The Maxwell literature and British dynamical theory )
University of California Press, History of Science and Technology , Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1982 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's white wrappers, title in blue grand In-8 1 vol. - 205 pages
few black and white illustrations and text-figures 1st edition, 1982 Contents, Chapitres : Henry Frankel : The development, reception, and acceptance of the Vine- Matthews - Morley hypothesis - Norriss S. Hetherington : Philosophical values and observation in Edwin Hubble's choice of a model of the universe - Helge Kragh : Cosmo-physics in the thirties : Towards a history of Dirac cosmology - Arthur Quinn : Repulsive force in England, 1706- 1744 - R. Steven Turner : Justus Liebig versus Prussian chemistry : Reflections on early institute-building in Germany. Reviews and bibliographical essays - Joe D. Burchfield : The British Association and its historians - M. Norton Wise : The Maxwell literature and British dynamical theory wrappers clean, with minor folding tracks on the corner and few foxings and small spots on the top of the front-part, inside is clean, no markings, a near fine copy - pages 1 to 205
