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New York: Elsevier Science, 1990. Comprehensive scholarly text presents detailed topics outside the usual framework of studies devoted to technology in a given branch of industry. Its main objective is to show how, in only two decades, the highly specialized telephone switching industry was completely transformed and how it revolutionized its manufacturing processes and its products, a phenomenon largely unknown… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1997. R.S. Rivlin is one of the principal architects of nonlinear continuum mechanics: This comprehensive two-volume set contains most of Rivlin's renown scientific papers, including his seminal work on the mechanics of vulcanized rubber (in the 1940's and 1950's) which established the basis for finite elasticity theory; isotropic and anisotropic finite elasticity; mechanics of continua; constitutive equations;… Read more about this item

New York: Dover, 1993. Classic scholarly text presents a detailed survey of the ancient Greek geometric traditions with special focus on efforts to solve the three great classical problems. Dr. Knorr takes as his province virtually the entire period of ancient geometry, providing expert analysis of the relevant work of such famed mathematicians as Hippocrates of Chios, Eudoxus, Archimedes, Apollonius… Read more about this item

Warren, New Jersey: AT&T Archives, 1992. AT&T compiled this chronological record of important dates and events in the history of telecommunications covering the period between 1790 through 1991. Includes a chart of AT&T predecessor organizations; the Bell Telephone System (pre-divestiture); regional holding companies and local exchange companies; AT&T chief executives; Bell Laboratories and Western Electric presidents; acronyms; important pre-telephone dates;… Read more about this item

New York: Praeger, 1981. Scholarly highly acclaimed text presents a detailed history of syphilology and dermatology of the 19th century, including a summary of historical information prior to the nineteenth century. Topics covered include European influences and physicians; various diseases and treatment modalities utilized; etiology and pathophysiology; cryptogams; bacteriology and virology; late-century trends and leaders; diagnostic and therapeutic techniques; etc.… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. His program developed from comparative embryological studies that sought to establish genealogical relations between… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Librairie Scientifique J. Hermann, 1927. Classic text presents a complete historical biography of Leonard Euler including many of his contemporaries.Topics covered include: Praise Euler by Condorcet; Léonard Euler à Baie (1707-1727) Leonard Euler in Baie (1707-1727) Euler et les Bernoulli à Baie Euler and Bernoulli in Baie Saint-Pétersbourg Saint Petersburg Les débuts scientifiques… Read more about this item

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1987. Anesthesia, a crucial component of modern medicine, has changed enormously during the twentieth century. This engaging study of an important and influential department explores key themes in the field. Beinart uses a narrative framework to recall how the struggles of the early years and the demands of wartime contingencies strengthened the links between research,… Read more about this item

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1988. This book examines the spectacular progress that has been made in cancer research during the last century, describing the way discoveries have been made and asking questions about accountability, decision making, and the contribution of past achievement to policymaking. The focus is on the experience of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, one of the… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Comprehensive text presents a new history of the fundamental changes in optical theory at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In the physics of that period, ether replaced the particle theory; in mathematics, waves replaced rays. Buchwald reconstructs the first empirically successful theory of partial reflection, originated by Etienne Louis Malus. He… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982. Comprehensive text describes the unfolding of combinatorial group theory, its problems, results, and interrelationship with other fields, primarily topology. Part I covers the beginning of combinatorial group theory- the period from 1882-1918, and includes Dyck's group-theoretical studies, graphical representation of groups, modes of communication, etc. Part II covers the emergence of combinatorial group theory as an… Read more about this item

Mendham, N.J.: The Astragal Press, 1997. Pre-1900 Brown & Sharpe catalogs are extremely rare. They seldom appear in the collectors market, so anyone who collects or studies 19th century machine tools and machinist tools will be delighted with the three catalogs that are reprinted in this valuable book. The earliest catalog in the volume, 1868, is the first offered by… Read more about this item

New York: Dover, 1960. Comprehensive three-volume complete set contains Vol. I: Galilei to Saint-Venant 1639-1850 which deals with the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including the works of Galilei, Giradr, Poisson, Cauchy, Navier, Germain, Savart, Pagani, Blanchet, Stokes, Wertheim, Haughton, Saint-Venant (prior to 1850), and others. Vol.II Part I: Saint-Venant to Lord Kelvin which deals with Saint-Venant's memoirs and research after… Read more about this item

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998. This volume opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. A good portion of the documentation, which comprises more than 675 letters, has only recently been discovered by the… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, Ca.: Tomash Publishers, 1983. Comprehensive text celebrates the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Laboratory, presenting the detailed history of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from its founding through successful completion of its secret mission to create the first atomic bomb. Text covers three critical periods: the initial formation of the Laboratory, the successful completion of the… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Classic text presents a detailed history of the Pennsylvania oil wells in the nineteenth century, including coverage of the early uses of petroleum; commercial refining of petroleum; the Drake wells; early drilling tools; rise of the oil industry; oil pipelines; Oil City; settlers and prospectors; the rise of Standard Oil; etc. 340 pgs. 36… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House, 1932. Classic comprehensive two-volume text presents a detailed history of mining including topics covering the early use of metals; gold and copper mines of the ancient Egyptians; the Cassiterides; mines of the Romans in Spain and Italy; lead mines of the Romans in Britain; mining in Medieval times; the Phoenician metal-merchants; the Conquistadores; later argonauts; silver… Read more about this item

Edmonton, Alberta: The Publicity & Travel Bureau, 1940. Classic text presents a detailed monograph of the history of Alberta's oil and gas development from the late 1800's through 1939, including coverge of economics, various oil companies, bituminous sands of Northern Alberta, the British Empire and world oil production in 1939, Alberta's oil and natural gas consumption and production, list of… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge, LA.: Louisiana State University Press, 1973. Classic text presents a detailed biography of one of the major figures in the developemnt of American railroads during the nineteeenth century- Herman Haupt. Includes chronological events in Haupt's life from the time of his birth in 1817 through his death in 1905; his schooling at West Point; his engineering profession and… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, IN.: AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1985. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed history of transmission research and engineering technology from 1925-1975, including topics covering the invention of feedback; development of frequency division multiplex carrier terminals; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; systems on wire pairs; early research on digital systems; applications of digital techniques to radio, millimeter waveguides, early optical… Read more about this item