“…It is divided into five parts, which deal respectively with knots in prehistory and antiquity, non-European traditions, working knots, the developing science of knots, and decorative and other aspects of knots.Its authors include archaeologists who write on knots found in digs of ancient sites (one describes the knots used by the recently discovered Ice Man); practical knotters who have studied the history and uses of knots at sea, for fishing and for various life support activities; a historian of l…”
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“…</br><br> With the participation of <b>Ugo Amaldi</b>, CERN physicist and son of Edoardo Amaldi, <b>Carlo Rubbia</b>, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Former Director General of CERN and <b>Arturo Russo</b>, historian and author with John Kriege of CERN and ESA's History…”
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“…The 18 chapters, divided into five parts, are written by prominent scholars including the Nobel laureate Robin Warren, sociologist Harry Collins, and physicist-turned-historian Dietrich Stauffer.…”
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“…In this volume, the essay is introduced by the physicist Helmut Rechenberg and annotated by the science historian Ernst Peter Fischer. The content, particularly within its historical context, will be of great interest to many physicists, philosophers and historians of science.…”
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“…A prominent historian of Medicine, Henry Sigerist, quoted the Padua Medical School as “the cradle of modern medicine”. …”
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“…--HTML--><div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Ed Larson is a historian of science, not a physicist or theologian, and his lecture is an historical romp through how modern physics has impacted theistic and atheistic thinking and how such thinking has impact modern physics.…”
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“…The film will be introduced by Nobel Laureate Barry Barish, who is writing a biography of Amaldi with film screen writer and physics historian Adele La Rana…”
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“…In this enlightening and accessible volume, distinguished historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Edward Larson and Michael Ruse, philosopher of science and Gifford Lecturer, offer their distinctive viewpoints on the sometimes contentious relationship between science and religion. …”
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“…Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, this timely and provocative book features a new preface by Oreskes and critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.…”
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“…The paper presents the concept of a modular and scalable archiver (historian) for SCADA systems at CERN. By separating concerns of archiving from specifics of data-storage systems at a high abstraction level, using a clean and open interface, it will be possible to integrate various data handling technologies without a big effort. …”
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“…By placing the works of these three mathematicians side by side and providing commentaries, this book gives the student, historian, or professional geometer a bird's-eye view of one of the great episodes in mathematics. …”
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“…Here, distinguished science historian Arthur I. Miller delves into the connections between modern art and modern physics. …”
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“…The book will interest historians and philosophers of science and technology alike, as well as science studies scholars, and generally readers interested in the role of the sciences in the past in various geographical contexts.…”
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“…Thus, Lindley presents a very good chapter dissecting historian of science Paul Forman's iconic, if terribly flawed, analysis of the same time period.…”
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“…William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. …”
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“…Finally, these notes seek to point out how the present can illuminate the study of the past – or, more personally, what I think I have learned as a historian in the times of the covid-19 pandemic.…”
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“…The book also presents a  history of the Abel Prize written by the historian Kim Helsvig, and includes a facsimile of a letter from Niels Henrik Abel, which is transcribed, translated into English, and placed into historical perspective by Christian Skau.    …”
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“…In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.   …”
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“…Historian David E. Rowe captures the rich tapestry of mathematical creativity in this collection of essays from the “Years Ago” column of The Mathematical Intelligencer. …”
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