Philosophy of science books

In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever...  Read More >>

And how can we use findings about scientific discovery to boost funding policies, thus fostering a deeper impact...  Read More >>

At a time when the sciences were not yet as well established in the United States as they were in Europe, this public...  Read More >>

This meticulous critical assessment of the ground-breaking work of philosopher Stanislaw Leśniewski focuses exclusively...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive account of the law and its relation to other laws and principles, such as the generalized...  Read More >>

A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient...  Read More >>

A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Voulumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with...  Read More >>

A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Volumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient...  Read More >>

This book includes commercial weighing instruments for merchandise and raw materials in workshops as well as symbolic...  Read More >>

In addition to linear perspective, complex numbers and probability were notable discoveries of the Renaissance....  Read More >>

In this fascinating journey to the edge of science, Vidal takes on big philosophical questions: Does our universe...  Read More >>

During its forty year lifespan, string theory has always had the power to divide, being called both a 'theory of...  Read More >>

The book shows that although biology is a non-mathematical science and the relation between biology and other natural...  Read More >>

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Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account...  Read More >>

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These proceedings collect the selected contributions of participants of the First Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on...  Read More >>

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The authors describe systematic methods for uncovering scientific laws a priori, on the basis of intuition, or “Gedanken...  Read More >>

This book presents a systematic design methodology for decoding the interior structure of the Antikythera mechanism,...  Read More >>

Since its inception in the early part of the twentieth century, quantum physics has fascinated the academic world,...  Read More >>

François Arago, the first to show in 1810 that the surface of the Sun and stars is made of incandescent gas and...  Read More >>