Описание: Following his participation in James Cook`s circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
Автор: Edney, Matthew Название: Mapping an empire ISBN: 0226184889 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226184883 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 5227.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this history of the British surveys of India, the author relates how imperial Britain employed modern scientific survey techniques to create and define the spacial image of its Indian empire, and to legitimize its colonialist activities as triumphs of liberal, rational science.
Описание: Writing Gaia tells the story of the scientific collaboration between James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis through an annotated record of their four-decade correspondence. It shows how their partnership proved decisive for the effective development and dissemination of the Gaia hypothesis, work that has transformed contemporary conceptions of nature.
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