Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how scie

Archives are considered to be collections of administrative, legal, commercial and other records or the actual place where they are located. They have become ub

Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millenni

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With over 300 entries from the ancient abacus to X-ray diffraction, as represented by a ca. 1900 photo of an X- ray machine as well as the latest research into