Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Massive Massive Ian Sample This science story, the biggest of our time, spans four decades, weaving together the personal narratives and international rivalries behind the search for the "God particle," or Higgs boson. A story… OL15586924W
Blood Work Blood Work Holly Tucker A sharp-eyed expose of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in seventeenth-century Europe. OL16011162W
Simplicius on the planets and their motions Simplicius on the planets and their motions Alan C. Bowen "Though the digression closing Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to… OL19902169W
Revolutionizing the sciences Revolutionizing the sciences Peter Dear "This is an ideal textbook on the Scientific Revolution for courses on the history of science or the history of early modern Europe. The text is chronologically arranged and fully covers both the six… OL8328304W