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Qu?b al-Din Shirazi and the Configuration of the Heavens
As a leading scientist of the 13th century C. E. Qu?b al-Din Shirazi wrote three substantial works on hay’a (or the configuration of the celestial orbs): Nihayat al-idrak fi …
Weighing the World
The book about John Michell (1724-93) has two parts. The first and longest part is biographical, an account of Michell’s home setting (Nottinghamshire in England), the clerical …
Medical Practice in Twelfth-century China – A Translation of Xu Shuwei’s Ninety Discussions [Cases] on Cold Damage Disorders
This book is an annotated translation of Xu Shuwei’s (1080–1154) collection of 90 medical case records – Ninety Discussions of Cold Damage Disorders (shanghan jiushi lun ?????) – …
The Personality of Henry Cavendish - A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities
Profiles the eminent 18th century natural philosopher Henry Cavendish, best known for his work in chemistry and physics and one of the most baffling personalities in the history of …
One Hundred Years of Pressure
This monograph investigates the development of hydrostatics as a science. In the process, it sheds new light on the nature of science and its origins in the Scientific Revolution. …
Altered Sensations
Rudolph Koenig was one of the more prolific and colourful instrument makers in the renowned nineteenth-century precision instrument trade of Paris. Beginning his career as a violin …
Texts, Textual Acts and the History of Science
The book presents the outcomes of an innovative research programme in the history of science and implements a Text Act Theory which extends Speech Act Theory, in order to …
Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life
This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii’s career …
Summus Mathematicus et Omnis Humanitatis Pater
This book revises the picture of the teacher and educator of princes, Vittorino Rambaldoni da Feltre (c. 1378, Feltre -- 1446, Mantua), taking a completely new approach to show his …
G.W. Leibniz, Interrelations between Mathematics and Philosophy
Up to now there have been scarcely any publications on Leibniz dedicated to investigating the interrelations between philosophy and mathematics in his thought. In part this is due …
Practicing the Correspondence Principle in the Old Quantum Theory
This book presents a history of the correspondence principle from a new perspective. The author provides a unique exploration of the relation between the practice of theory and …
From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific Concept
Many literary critics seem to think that an hypothesis about obscure and remote questions of history can be refuted by a simple demand for the production of more evidence than in …