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  • The Sun We Share
    Kristine Larsen
    As the dominant star in our sky, the Sun has been alternately worshipped as a god and viewed as a threat over the course of human history. Despite significant advances in astronomy, the Sun continues to surprise us, most notably in its production of so-called 'space weather' that impacts technology here on Earth. This unique mixture of familiarity and mystery has made the Su...
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    73,11 €

  • Science, Technology and Magic in The Witcher
    Kristine Larsen
    As Andrzej Sapkowski was fleshing out his character Geralt of Rivia for a writing contest, he did not set out to write a science textbook--or even a work of science fiction. However, the world that Sapkowski created in his series The Witcher resulted in a valuable reflection of real-world developments in science and technology. As the Witcher books have been published across...
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    71,79 €

  • Particle Panic!
    Kristine Larsen
    From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria.This book surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the pe...
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    35,18 €

  • The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century
    Kristine Larsen
    The female authors highlighted in this monograph represent a special breed of science writer, women who not only synthesized the science of their day (often drawing upon their own direct experience in the laboratory, field, classroom, and/or public lecture hall), but used their works to simultaneously educate, entertain, and, in many cases, evangelize. Women played a central ro...
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    172,93 €