Series - Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology Topic Areas >  Humanities -  History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science -  History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Technology >  Science, Technology, and Society -  Technology Studies Publications 1 - 16 of 16 Sort by Title (A-Z) Sort by Title (Z-A) Sort by Publication Date (1936-2010) Sort by Publication Date (2010-1936) Sort by Availability Ancient Astronomy and Celestial Divination Edited by N. M. Swerdlow This volume presents recent work on Babylonian celestial divination and on the Greek inheritors of the Babylonian tradition. Cloth / January 2000 Price $58.00 | ADD TO CART The Artificial and the Natural An Evolving Polarity Edited by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and William R. Newman Notions of nature and art as they have been defined and redefined in Western culture, from the Hippocratic writers and Aristotle of Ancient Greece to nineteenth-century chemistry and twenty-first century biomimetics. Cloth / October 2007 Price $43.00 | ADD TO CART Communications Under the Seas The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications Edited by Bernard Finn and Daqing Yang The technology of undersea communications, from stranded-wire telegraph cables in the 1850s to fiber-optic cables at the end of the twentieth century, and its social, political, and economic impact. Cloth / September 2009 Price $40.00 | ADD TO CART The Enterprise of Science in Islam New Perspectives Edited by Jan P. Hogendijk and Abdelhamid I. Sabra Recent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition. Cloth / April 2003 Price $48.00 | ADD TO CART From Embryology to Evo-Devo A History of Developmental Evolution Edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and biologists explore the history of the idea that embryological development and evolution are linked. Cloth / March 2007 OUT OF PRINT From Embryology to Evo-Devo A History of Developmental Evolution Edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and biologists explore the history of the idea that embryological development and evolution are linked. Paper / September 2009 Price $29.00 | ADD TO CART The Heirs of Archimedes Science and the Art of War through the Age of Enlightenment Edited by Brett D. Steele and Tamera Dorland Essays analyze the connections between science and technology and military power in the late medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment periods. Cloth / April 2005 Price $55.00 | ADD TO CART Histories of the Electron The Birth of Microphysics Edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and Andrew Warwick A biography of the electron and a history of the microphysical world that it opened up. Cloth / April 2001 OUT OF PRINT Histories of the Electron The Birth of Microphysics Edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and Andrew Warwick A biography of the electron and a history of the microphysical world that it opened up. Paper / March 2004 Price $27.00 | ADD TO CART Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry Edited by Frederic L. Holmes and Trevor H. Levere This volume moves chemical instruments and experiments into the foreground of historical concern, in line with the emphasis on practice that characterizes current work on other fields of science and engineering. Cloth / August 2000 Price $65.00 | ADD TO CART Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy Edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and I. Bernard Cohen Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development of his mathematical philosophy, rational mechanics, and celestial dynamics. An appendix includes the last paper written by Newton biographer Richard S. Westfall. Cloth / October 2000 Price $52.00 | ADD TO CART Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy Edited by Jed Z. Buchwald and I. Bernard Cohen Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development of his mathematical philosophy, rational mechanics, and celestial dynamics. An appendix includes the last paper written by Newton biographer Richard S. Westfall. Paper / March 2004 Price $22.00 | ADD TO CART The Kantian Legacy in Nineteenth-Century Science Edited by Michael Friedman and Alfred Nordmann Historians of philosophy, science, and mathematics explore the influence of Kant's philosophy on the evolution of modern scientific thought. Cloth / June 2006 Price $45.00 | ADD TO CART Natural Particulars Nature and the Disciplines in Renaissance Europe Edited by Anthony Grafton and Nancy G. Siraisi This volume examines the transformation in ways of studying nature that took place in Western Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Cloth / May 2000 Price $58.00 | ADD TO CART Science Serialized Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals Edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Sally Shuttleworth Essays examining the ways in which the Victorian periodical press presented the scientific developments of the time to general and specialized audiences. Cloth / April 2004 Price $40.00 | ADD TO CART Systems, Experts, and Computers The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After Edited by Agatha C. Hughes and Thomas P. Hughes This groundbreaking book charts the origins and spread of the systems movement. Cloth / August 2000 Price $65.00 | ADD TO CART

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