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Found 7 from your keywords: subject="History of science."
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The continuing quest for missile defense :when lofty goals confront reality /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Morgan & Claypool Publishers,Pella, Peter J.,

"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. National missile defense history -- 2. Theater missile defense -- 3. The current architecture -- 4. Ballistic missile threats -- 5. Conclusion.This book provides an introduction to the complex story of missile defense, by recounting past…

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9781681749426
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Leonhard Euler's Letters to a German princess :a milestone in the history of …
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Morgan & Claypool Publishers,Calinger, Ronald,Denisova, EkaterinaPolyakhova, Elena N.,

"Version: 20190601"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Prologue : physics pedagogy -- 1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 and principal natural philosophies and physics textbooks of the Enlightenment -- 1.1. Physics textbooks : origins before 1650 -- 1.2. Principal Enlightenment natural …

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9781643271927
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Women and physics /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),McCullough, Laura,Morgan & Claypool Publishers,

"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How many women are in physics? -- 2.1. Historical women in physics -- 2.2. High school physics/upper secondary physics -- 2.3. Current trends in women's participation in physics -- 2.4. College/tertiary educ…

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9781681742779
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Precise dimensions :a history of units from 1791-2018 /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Cooper, MalcolmGrozier, Jim,

"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Introduction -- Glimpses in brief -- 1. The metre and the metric system -- part 1. The making of the metre -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The birth of the metric system -- 1.3. The Meridian Expedition -- 1.4. How the Meridian was measured -- 1.5. From angles to metres -- 1.6. Measuring the base lines -- 1.7. Crun…

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9780750314879
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Life with Hubble :an insider's view of the world's most famous telescope /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),Leckrone, D. S.

"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. A small error : the origin of spherical aberration -- 2. The road to redemption : learning to service in space -- 3. The sharper image : correcting spherical aberration -- 4. Leading the way : preparing to service Hubble -- 5. To the rescue : the first servicing mission -- 6. Transfiguration : life without spherical ab…

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9780750320382
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Seeing the unseen :Mount Wilson's role in high angular resolution astronomy /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),McAlister, Harold A.,

"Version: 20201101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The birth of stellar interferometry -- 1.1. It all started with the last man who knew everything -- 1.2. The master of light -- 1.3. Along the way to the event horizon2. The Mount Wilson opportunity -- 2.1. Go west, young man -- 2.2. Michelson and Hale -- 2.3. Anderson and Merrill3. The pi?ece de r?esistance -- 3.1. Th…

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9780750322089
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Time and time again :determination of longitude at sea in the 17th century /
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain),De Grijs, Richard,

"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Changing times -- 1.1. Enlightenment in Western Europe : the Dutch Golden Age -- 1.2. Intermezzo : The rise of the scientist -- 1.3. Scholarly communication and scientific networks in the 17th century -- 1.4. Birth of the learned societies and their scientific journals -- 1.5. The 17th Century : …

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9780750311946
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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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