Category - "History of Science"

This comprehensive book provides an introduction into the key topics in the history of computing in an easy-to-follow and concise manner. It does not require studies in computer science in order to be understood and appreciated. The book covers significant areas and events in the field from the beginnings of computation in 3000B.C. through to the present day. The author offers detailed information on major figures in computing, such as Boole, Babbage, Shannon, Turing and Von Neumann, and it includes a history of programming languages, including syntax and semantics. Helpful pedagogical elements such as exercises and chapter summaries are included. Focusing on the fundamental areas in the computing field, this clearly written and broad-ranging text will catch the attention and greatly benefit computer science students.

• Newly–commissioned essays by international assembly of leading philosophers of science.


• Provides comprehensive survey of philosophy of science.


• Treats key figures in the history of philosophy of science.


• Accessible and comprehensive introductions to each topic.
  
  
  Paperback, 592 pages
  Category: Philosophy of Science, History of Science

• Newly–commissioned essays by international assembly of leading philosophers of science.


• Provides comprehensive survey of philosophy of science.


• Treats key figures in the history of philosophy of science.


• Accessible and comprehensive introductions to each topic.
  
  
  Hardback, 592 pages
  Category: Philosophy of Science, History of Science

This second edition of the popular reference and textbook outlines the historical developments in computing technology. The book describes historical aspects of calculation and concentrates on the physical devices used to aid people in their attempts at automating the arithmetic process.

This path–breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world.

This path–breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world.

This book offers an easy to read, all-embracing history of thermodynamics. It describes the long development of thermodynamics, from the misunderstood and misinterpreted to the conceptually simple and extremely useful theory that we know today. Coverage identifies not only the famous physicists who developed the field, but also engineers and scientists from other disciplines who helped in the development and spread of thermodynamics as well.