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1900, the new age : a guide to the exhibition / Jim Bennett ... [et al.]

Title:
Nineteen hundred, the new age
Author:
Whipple Museum of the History of Science  Search this
Bennett, J. A (James A.)  Search this
Physical description:
101 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Europe
Exhibitions
Date:
1994
C1994
19th century
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
Q125 .W57 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_474284
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4S review [electronic resource] : journal of the Society for Social Studies of Science

Title:
4 S review
Four S review
Author:
Society for Social Studies of Science  Search this
Subject:
Society for Social Studies of Science  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Periodicals
Date:
1983
1985
1983-1985
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_741927
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A century of Nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg

Author:
Garwin, Laura  Search this
Lincoln, Tim  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_722047
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A fragile power : scientists and the state / Chandra Mukerji

Author:
Mukerji, Chandra  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Science and state  Search this
Research--Finance  Search this
Federal aid to research  Search this
Call number:
Q175.52.U5M85 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390702
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A guide to the culture of science, technology, and medicine / general editor, Paul T. Durbin, area editors, Jerome R. Ravetz ... [et al.]

Author:
Durbin, Paul T  Search this
Physical description:
xl, 723 p. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Social medicine  Search this
Call number:
Q175.5 .G84X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_127147
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A most amazing scene of wonders : electricity and enlightenment in early America / James Delbourgo

Author:
Delbourgo, James 1972-  Search this
Physical description:
367 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
18th century
Topic:
Electricity--Experiments--History  Search this
Enlightenment  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_813446
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A people's history of science : miners, midwives, and "low mechanicks" / Clifford D. Conner

Author:
Conner, Clifford D. 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 554 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2005
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science and civilization  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_795717
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A social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England / Steven Shapin

Author:
Shapin, Steven  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 483 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
England
Date:
1994
C1994
17th century
Topic:
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Science--Moral and ethical aspects--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_464666
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Advice and dissent : scientists in the political arena / Joel Primack & Frank von Hippel

Author:
Primack, J. R (Joel R.)  Search this
Von Hippel, Frank  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 299 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1974
[1974]
Topic:
Science and state  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
Q127.U6 P75X
Q127.U6P75X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_49311
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Albert Einstein, historical and cultural perspectives : the centennial symposium in Jerusalem / Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium, 14-23 March 1979 ; organized by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities [and others] ; edited by Gerald Holton and Yehuda Elkana

Author:
Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium (1979)  Search this
Holton, Gerald James  Search this
Elkana, Yehuda 1934-2012  Search this
Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim  Search this
Subject:
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Anniversaries, etc  Search this
Einstein, Albert  Search this
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Anniversaires, etc  Search this
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Biography
Congrès
Biographies
Conference papers and proceedings
Date:
1982
©1982
Topic:
Relativity (Physics)  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Relativité (Physique)  Search this
Sciences--Aspect social--Congrès  Search this
Physiciens--Biographies--Congrès  Search this
Anniversaries  Search this
Natuurkundigen  Search this
IJktheorieën  Search this
Unificatietheorie  Search this
Relativiteitstheorie  Search this
Sciences--Aspect social  Search this
Physics--Einstein, Albert - Biographies  Search this
Call number:
QC16.E5 J48 1979X
QC16.E5J48 1979X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_144686
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Alice through the microscope : the power of science over women's lives / by the Brighton Women & Science Group ; edited by Lynda Birke ... [et al.]

Author:
Brighton Women & Science Group  Search this
Birke, Lynda I. A  Search this
Physical description:
[7], 306 p. : ill., tables ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
Topic:
Women--Social conditions  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Femininity  Search this
Call number:
HQ1206.B74 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_447135
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Alternative pathways in science and industry : activism, innovation, and the environment in an era of globalization / David J. Hess

Author:
Hess, David J  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 334 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Science and industry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_823308
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American curiosity : cultures of natural history in the colonial British Atlantic world / Susan Scott Parrish

Author:
Parrish, Susan Scott  Search this
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 321 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Great Britain
America
Date:
2006
C2006
Topic:
Natural history--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Intercultural communication--History  Search this
Imperialism--History  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_826521
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An introduction to science studies : the philosophical and social aspects of science and technology / John Ziman

Author:
Ziman, J. M (John M.) 1925-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1984
C1984
Topic:
Science--Philosophy  Search this
Technology--Philosophy  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Technology--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
Q175.Z53 1984X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_284305
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Animal, vegetable, mineral? : how eighteenth-century science disrupted the natural order / Susannah Gibson

Author:
Gibson, Susannah  Search this
Subject:
Aristotle Influence  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Popular works
Nomenclature
History
Date:
2015
18th century
Topic:
Biology--Classification--History  Search this
Natural history--Classification--History  Search this
Biology--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Botany--History  Search this
Zoology--History  Search this
Mineralogy--History  Search this
Biology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1066929
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Artificial experts : social knowledge and intelligent machines / H.M. Collins

Author:
Collins, H. M (Harry M.) 1943-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects  Search this
Knowledge, Sociology of  Search this
Expert systems (Computer science)  Search this
Call number:
Q335.C54 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_412359
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Asimov's chronology of science and discovery / Isaac Asimov

Author:
Asimov, Isaac 1920-1992  Search this
Physical description:
707 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Inventions--History  Search this
Call number:
Q125.A765 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396339
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Bathroom battlegrounds how public restrooms shape the gender order Alexander K. Davis

Author:
Davis, Alexander K. 1988-  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2020
Topic:
Sex role  Search this
Restrooms--Social aspects  Search this
Public toilets--Social aspects  Search this
Rôle selon le sexe  Search this
Toilettes--Aspect social  Search this
Toilettes publiques--Aspect social  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156955
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Before the fallout : from Marie Curie to Hiroshima / Diana Preston

Author:
Preston, Diana 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 400 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Date:
2005
Bombardment, 1945
Topic:
Science--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Science--Social aspects  Search this
Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_765406
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Being modern : the cultural impact of science in the early twentieth century / edited by Robert Bud, Paul Greenhalgh, Frank James, Morag Shiach

Editor:
Bud, Robert  Search this
Greenhalgh, Paul 1955 October 21-  Search this
James, Frank A. J. L. 1955-  Search this
Shiach, Morag  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2018
20th century
Topic:
Science--Social aspects--History  Search this
Science in popular culture--History  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106781

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