Conjuring up a time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians, the phrase ‘medieval medicine’ sounds horrific to those of us with modern ideas on hygiene, instant pain relief and effective treatments. In those days no one could allay the dread of plague or the many other horrible diseases we have now forgotten. However, the mediev...(展开全部)

Conjuring up a time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians, the phrase ‘medieval medicine’ sounds horrific to those of us with modern ideas on hygiene, instant pain relief and effective treatments. In those days no one could allay the dread of plague or the many other horrible diseases we have now forgotten. However, the mediev...(展开全部)

In Medicine, Science, and Merck, the authors trace the careers of a son of Greek immigrants as he mastered three professions and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of America's most admired corporation - the multinational, pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co., Inc. As the authors show, there was hope even for a wise-cracking kid living through the hard times of the 1930...(展开全部)

In Medicine, Science, and Merck, the authors trace the careers of a son of Greek immigrants as he mastered three professions and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of America's most admired corporation - the multinational, pharmaceutical giant, Merck & Co., Inc. As the authors show, there was hope even for a wise-cracking kid living through the hard times of the 1930...(展开全部)

艾伦·查尔默斯1939年生于英格兰布里斯托尔，起先是物理学家，后来转向研究物理学哲学和物理学史。在此论题上，他撰写了三十几篇文章，著有《科学究竟是什么?》。这本著作现已译成包括中文在内的15种语言出版，使其赢得了国际性的声誉。查尔默斯1987—1999年任悉尼大学科学史与科学哲学系主任、教授，1997年当选为澳大利亚人文科学院院士，并于2003年因“在科学史和科学哲学领域中人文学科的贡献”获得由澳大利亚政府以女王名义颁发的百年奖章。

艾伦·查尔默斯1939年生于英格兰布里斯托尔，起先是物理学家，后来转向研究物理学哲学和物理学史。在此论题上，他撰写了三十几篇文章，著有《科学究竟是什么?》。这本著作现已译成包括中文在内的15种语言出版，使其赢得了国际性的声誉。查尔默斯1987—1999年任悉尼大学科学史与科学哲学系主任、教授，1997年当选为澳大利亚人文科学院院士，并于2003年因“在科学史和科学哲学领域中人文学科的贡献”获得由澳大利亚政府以女王名义颁发的百年奖章。

Interest in the science, technology and medicine of India under British rule has grown in recent years and has played an ever-increasing part in the reinterpretation of modern South Asian history. Spanning the period from the establishment of East India Company rule through to Independence, David Arnold's wide-ranging and analytical survey demonstrates the importance of examini...(展开全部)

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. Examples of fantastic findings support the carefully, logically, and entertaining...(展开全部)

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science.

Ancient astronauts? Atlantis? Psychic archaeology? Pharaoh's curses? Committed to the scientific investigation of human antiquity, this indispensable supplementary text uses interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries to show how we can truly know things about the past through science. Examples of fantastic findings support the carefully, logically, and entertaining...(展开全部)