Search results for “[Subject: applied-sciences]”

• Author(s): Peter J. Bowler • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryIn this new edition of the top-selling coursebook, seasoned historians Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus expa...

• Author(s): Paul Hoyningen-Huene | Alex Levine • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsScholars from disciplines as diverse as political science and art hi...

• Author(s): Tal Gross • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • Subject: Economics • BISAC: Business And EconomicsAn ideal entry point into health economics for everyone from aspiring economists ...

• Author(s): Janet Vertesi • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Space Science - GeneralDrawing on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA's robotic spacecraft teams to create a com...

• Author(s): Steven R. Beissinger | David D. Ackerly | Holly Doremus • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralAs the US National Park Service marks its centennial i...

• Author(s): Lorraine Daston • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryArchives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of th...

• Author(s): Siri Carpenter • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: ReferenceA deeply sourced, inclusive guide to all aspects of science writing with contributions from some of the most s...

• Author(s): Andrew Pickering • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: GeneralScience as Practice and Culture explores one of the newest and most controversial developments within the rapi...

• Author(s): Peter Harrison • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: GeneralWhen and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to...

• Author(s): Ruth Leys • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryIn recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely in the biological and psychologic...

• Author(s): Jeremy Fox • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyA celebration of ecology's variety--as both subject and research endeavor--and a call for intradisci...

• Author(s): Kenneth F. Schaffner • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsKenneth F. Schaffner compares the practice of biological and medical research and ...

• Author(s): Lorraine Daston • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryWhy does an object or phenomenon become the subject of scientific inquiry? Why do some of these objects remain ...

• Author(s): Scott L. Montgomery • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: GeneralIn this innovative work, Scott L. Montgomery explores the diverse roles that translation has played in the ...

• Author(s): Andrew Abbott • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: Univ. of Chicago Pr • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWhat do variables really tell us? When exactly do inventions occur? Why...

• Author(s): Leah Ceccarelli • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryHow do scientists persuade colleagues from diverse fields to cross the disciplinary divide, risking their caree...

• Author(s): David L. Hull • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Evolution"Legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of s...

• Author(s): Robert S. Fritz | Ellen L. Simms • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - BotanyFar from being passive elements in the landscape, plants have developed many so...

• Author(s): Bethann Garramon Merkle | Stephen B. Heard • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: ReferenceBlending deep experience, humor, and evidence-based advice, this is an invaluable ...

• Author(s): Patrick Anthony • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryHow nineteenth-century environmental sciences laid the groundwork for global mineral extraction. Unearthed depi...

• Author(s): Carl F. Craver • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - GeneralNeuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study...

• Author(s): Matthew Hedman • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: TimeTaking advantage of recent advances throughout the sciences, Matthew Hedman brings the distant past closer to us th...

• Author(s): Richard P. McKeon • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsWell before the current age of discourse, deconstruction, and multiculturalism, Richa...

• Author(s): Jonathan R. Topham • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: HistoryA powerful reimagining of the world in which a young Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. Whe...

• Author(s): Sandra D. Mitchell • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsThe world is complex, but acknowledging its complexity requires an appreciation for ...

• Author(s): Eric Winsberg • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsComputer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear p...

• Author(s): W. J. T. Mitchell • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Criticism & TheoryAlmost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell's Iconology helped launch the interdisciplinary stu...