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Subject: History of Science

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Abyss of Time: Changing Conceptions of the Earth's Antiquity After the 16th Century
Albritton, Claude C.
From Nicolas Steno's contemplation of fossilized shark's teeth in 1666 through the modern geological time scale devised by Arthur Holmes, this accessi... (more)

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Cambridge Companion to Galen
Hankinson, R. J., ed.
Galen of Pergamum (AD 129-c.216) was the most influential medical doctor of later antiquity, and also wrote extensively on logic and the philosophy of... (more)

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Chronologers' Quest: The Search for the Age of the Earth
Jackson, Patrick N. Wyse
The debate over the age of the Earth has pitted physicists and astronomers against biologists, religious philosophers against geologists. This book in... (more)

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Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics
Westfall, Richard S.
Westfall's introduction to the history of science in the 17th century examines the "scientific revolution" in terms of the interplay between the Plato... (more)

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Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition
Hofstadter, Dan
A cogent portrayal of the beginnings of modern science and a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought. Drawing on a deep knowledge of... (more)

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Infinity of Things: How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World
Larson, Frances
Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Henry Wellcome planned a great medical museum filled with treasures from around the globe, but at his death his collection... (more)

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Limits of Medicine
Stark, Andrew
What are the final boundaries of medicine? What should we not try to cure medically, even if we had the necessary financial resources and technology?... (more)

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On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, Science, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century
Christianson, John Robert
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), the premier patron-practitioner of science in 16th-century Europe, established a new role of scientist as administrator, acti... (more)

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Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy
Smith, Justin, ed.
Examines the early modern science of generation, which encompassed the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it i... (more)

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