When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism and the birth of experimental science, while yet another view is that the appeara...(展开全部)

Increasingly, political scientists are describing their empirical research or the reasoning behind their choices in empirical research using the terms "experiment" or "experimental." One of the primary reasons for doing so is the advantage of experiments in establishing causal inferences. In this book, Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams discuss in detail how experiments ...(展开全部)

100篇《自然》杂志刊载的微型科幻小说。

詹姆斯·冈恩，（1923－），美国科幻小说家，获“科幻大师”称号。代表作有《堡垒世界》（1955）、《星际桥梁》（1955）、《空间站》（1958）、《快乐制造者》（1961）、《长生不老的人》（1962）、《倾听者》（1972）、《校园》（1977）和《危机》（1986）等；曾任美国科幻作家协会主席（197l-1972）、美国科幻小说研究会主席（1980-1982）、“约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖”评奖委员会主席（1979年至今）；编著有《科幻之路》、《科幻小说新百科全书》等。 郭建中（1938-），翻译家，学者，享受国务院特殊津贴。主要论著有《科普与科幻翻译：理论、技巧与实践》、《当代美国翻译理论》、《文化与翻译》等；主要译著有《杀鹿人》（合译）、《鲁滨逊漂流记》、《摩尔·弗兰德斯》、《铁草》等，并翻译和主编《外国科幻小说译丛》（50余册）和《科幻之路》（...(展开全部)

A major contribution to our understanding of the basic laws of the universe -- from the author of The Book of Nothing . The constants of nature are the fundamental laws of physics that apply throughout the universe: gravity, velocity of light, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. They encode the deepest secrets of the universe, and express at once our greatest knowledge an...(展开全部)

Now in Paperback! The Road to Science Fiction is a six-volume anthology that covers the development of this genre from its earliest prototypes to the current day. Created originally to provide anthologies for use in classrooms in the late 1970s, these volumes became mass-market sellers. Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a jo...(展开全部)

Matthew Stanley is associate professor at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

During the Victorian period, the practice of science shifted from a religious context to a naturalistic one. It is generally assumed that this shift occurred because naturalistic science was distinct from and superior to theistic science. Yet as Huxley’s Church and Maxwell’s Demon reveals, most of the methodological values underlying scientific practice were virtually identical...(展开全部)

This book is an ideal teaching manual for high school agriscience and consumer science programs, as well as for post-secondary food science courses. It is an excellent overview for anyone interested in attaining a basic understanding of food science.