18 books like Braiding Sweetgrass
The idea of nature
The book propounds Collingwood's theory of philosophical method applied to the problem of the philosophy of nature. The book is divided into four major sections: Introduction, Greek Cosmology, The Renaissance View of Nature, and the Modern View of Nature.
Shares Philosophy of nature, Nature, Science, Philosophy
Meine Weltansicht
Shares Philosophy of nature, Essays, Science, Philosophy with this book.
Kant; a collection of critical essays
Shares Essays, Philosophy with this book.
Illustrations of universal progress
Shares Essays, Science, Philosophy with this book.
Longitude
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem."
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude,…
Shares Science, Biography & Memoir
The common sense of science
Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable.
Shares Science, Philosophy
Insect-Plant Interactions
Insect-Plant Interactions
Shares Botany, Science with this book.
Botany
This text covers the fundamentals of plant science, including structure, genetics and evolution, physiology and development, and ecology. The text also contains information on molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and coverage of taxonomy and phylogeny of plants.--adapted from back cover.
Shares Botany, Science
The concept of nature
Shares Philosophy of nature, Nature, Science, Philosophy with this book.
Women, Science and Technology
"Women, Science, and Technology is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies. This third edition fully updates its predecessor with a new introduction and twenty-eight new readings that explore social constructions mediated by technologies, expand the scope of feminist technoscience studies, and move beyond the nature/culture paradigm."--Pub. desc.
Shares Essays, Science
Science and the human temperament
Shares Essays, Science, Philosophy with this book.
De rerum natura
This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of…
Shares Philosophy of nature, Nature, Science, Philosophy
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project:…
Shares Essays, Science, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
Marse Henry : An Autobiography
Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
Exploring Science
Covering all of the Sc1 to Sc4 requirements, this series incorporates the ideas and evidence statements of the revised National Curriculum. The copymaster CD Rom includes worksheets that can be adapted to meet the exact needs of your pupils.
Shares Science
Advances in imaging and electron physics
Shares Science with this book.
A history of autobiography in antiquity
A history of autobiography in antiquity
Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
The Library of American Biography
Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.
About the book { book.title } → · Compare with The idea of nature ⚔