Wonders of Science and Invention
Author : Daniel Edwin Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Inventions
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Author : Daniel Edwin Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Inventions
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Author : Ray Stannard Baker
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Airplanes
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Author : Thomas W. Corbin
Publisher :
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Inventions
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Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Aeronautics
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Author : Claude Phipps
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 22,66 MB
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319216805
This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include: • What holds a satellite up while it goes around the Earth? • Why is the sky (made out of clear air!) blue instead of green, or just black as night like the sky that high altitude jumper Felix Baumgartner saw? • How is laser light different from “normal” light? • Did Columbus really discover that the Earth is round? • Which one invention will assuredly survive our civilization? • Why can’t you travel back in time? If you often feel embarrassed because you don’t have a clue about lasers, the difference between volts, amps and watts, or how jet planes really work – but you would like to understand the physical principles of our modern world, whether you’re a teen or a parent – this book is for you! To understand the basics of quantum mechanics, or of protons, neutrons and electrons, you don’t need algebra, calculus, or a lot of equations or technical buzzwords. Too many people have been soured on science by science teachers who have made simple concepts seem complex. This book is the antidote: all it requires is your curiosity. Advance praise for No Wonder You Wonder!: “From beginning to end, and with laugh after laugh, I enjoyed every single word of this remarkable book. Phipps is a hell of a good writer, and the kind of physics teacher that I would have loved as a young student. No Wonder You Wonder can be engrossing for anyone with a bit of curiosity, not just the scientific minded.” – Christophe Bonnal, Chief Engineer, CNES (French Space Agency) “No Wonder You Wonder is a fa ntastic book. Covering topics such as space, matter, and the energy within the universe, this book does an excellent job of clarifying these topics. It's a great read for young scientists and aspiring physicists.” – August R., high school freshman
Author : Daniel Edwin Wheeler
Publisher :
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Inventions
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Author : WONDERS.
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Page : pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 1958
Category :
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Author : David Wootton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 10,69 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0062199250
"Captures the excitement of the scientific revolution and makes a point of celebrating the advances it ushered in." —Financial Times A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world. We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under political attack. In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. The Invention of Science goes back five hundred years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently, but came to intersect and create a new worldview. Here are the brilliant iconoclasts—Galileo, Copernicus, Brahe, Newton, and many more curious minds from across Europe—whose studies of the natural world challenged centuries of religious orthodoxy and ingrained superstition. From gunpowder technology, the discovery of the new world, movable type printing, perspective painting, and the telescope to the practice of conducting experiments, the laws of nature, and the concept of the fact, Wotton shows how these discoveries codified into a social construct and a system of knowledge. Ultimately, he makes clear the link between scientific discovery and the rise of industrialization—and the birth of the modern world we know.
Author : Raymond L. Francis
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 1997-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306456336
A beautifully illustrated volume, this almanac serves as an invaluable companion for those who have an insatiable curiosity about the world around them. Entertaining and engrossing, this book can be used as a learning tool, a reference book, or as a fun "read." From prehistoric excavations to the invention of the X ray to the discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope, each entry may surprise, provoke, and titillate you. Explore the wonders of science, invention, and medicine. Learn the important birthdays and dates of invention, as well as some captivating lesser-known stories behind such great names as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Marie Curie, Louis Leakey, Neil Armstrong, and many more.
Author : Archibald Montgomery Low
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Science
ISBN :