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  • Nature Mathematized

    Historical and Philosophical Case Studies in Classical Modern Natural Philosophy

    Edited by W.R. Shea ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    These remarks preface two volumes consisting of the proceedings of the Third International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science. The conference was held under the auspices of the Union, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science. The ... Read more

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  • Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics

    Edited by W.R. Shea ...
    Series series History (R0)
    and less as the emanation unden\'ent radioactive decay, and it became motion less after about 30 seconds. Since this process was occurring very rapidly, Hahn and Sackur marked the position of the pointer on a scale with pencil marks. As a timing device they used a metronome that beat out intervals of approximately 1. 3 seconds. This simple method enabled them to determine that the half-life of the ... Read more

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  • Nature, Experiment, and the Sciences

    Essays on Galileo and the History of Science in Honour of Stillman Drake

    Edited by Trevor H. Levere, W.R. Shea ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This collection of essays is a tribute to Stillman Drake by some of his friends and colleagues, and by others on whom his work has had a formative influence. It is difficult to know him without succumbing to his combination of discipline and enthusiasm, even in fields remote from Renaissance physics and natural philosophy; and so he should not be surprised in this volume to see emphases and ... Read more

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