Basic and Applied Research: The Language of Science Policy in the Twentieth Century, Hardcover - David Kaldewey

Contributor(s): Editor: David KaldeweyEditor: D. Schauz The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science...

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This book examines the thinking of early twentieth-century US foreign policy makers and their advisors, including business leaders and economists -...

"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."--Albert Einstein Number is an eloquen...

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the ...

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Explores the many aspects and outcomes of NASA's research in life sciences, a little-understood endeavor that has often been overlooked in historie...

In the 1960s biologists and social scientists engaged in a public debate about human nature. The question-whether humans are innately aggressive or...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andreas (Leuphana Universitat Luneburg) BroeckmannIllustration(s): 74 b&w illus., 16 color plates; 90 Illustrati...

Reducere. In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an a...

This student book supports BTEC Level 1/2 First Award in Applied Science Principles Of Applied Science NQF specification for first first teaching f...

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Reducere. The Second Creation is a dramatic--and human--chronicle of scientific investigators at the last frontier of knowledge. Robert Crease and Charles Ma...

DescriptionA dazzling group portrait of Franz Boas, the founder of cultural anthropology, and his circle of women scientists, who upended American ...

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Reducere. An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card...

Reducere. The hugely popular Japanese artist Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) is an emblematic figure of Japan's rapidly changing cultural milieu in the early twe...

Publisher: Elsevier Science & TechnologyIllustration(s): Approx. 200 illustrations (150 in full color); Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: ...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Jesaiah Ben-AharonNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 142 x 216 x 7Cover type: Paperb...

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A gripping history of the Security Service and its covert surveillance on British writers and intellectuals in the twentieth century.Publisher: Ver...

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

Reducere. Popular perceptions of American writers as either godless radicals or God-fearing reactionaries overlook a vital tradition of Christian leftist tho...

Reducere. Humans are at the dawn of major shifts in the relationships among society, the environment, and technology. This transformation has profound implic...

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Reducere. The author of the The Children's Blizzard delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish...

An argument that Modernism is a cognitive phenomenon rather than a cultural one.At the beginning of the twentieth century, poetry, music, and paint...

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These highly original essays illuminate Virginia Woolf and a selection of other twentieth-century writers and artists. Based on detailed research a...

Of the 7.8 billion people on the planet, more than 70 million are now refugees and asylum seekers. With few countries willing to receive these disp...