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An introductory discourse delivered in the amphitheatre of the London Institution, on Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819 by William Thomas Brande .

Author:: Brande, William Thomas 1788-1866 Search this

Donor:: Burndy Library DSI Search this

Author:: Royal Institution of Great Britain Search this

Physical description:: [2], 38, [2] pages 23 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1819

Topic:: Chemistry Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Call number:: QD28 .B82 1819

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_274030

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Man: the next 30 years

Author:: Still, Henry Search this

Physical description:: 216 p. 24 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1968; [1968]

Topic:: Science and civilization Search this; Human ecology Search this

Call number:: Q125 .S744X; Q125.S744X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_22366

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Science and man, twenty-four original essays, by Aleš Hrdlička [and others] Edited, with an introd. and conclusion, by Ruth Nanda Anshen

Author:: Anshen, Ruth Nanda Search this; Hrdlička, Aleš 1869-1943 Search this

Physical description:: viii, 494 p. 22 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1968; 1968 [c1942]

Topic:: Science and civilization Search this

Call number:: Q171 .A618 1968; Q171.A618 1968

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_21369

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Science deified & science defied : the historical significance of science in Western culture, from the Bronze Age to the beginnings of the modern era, ca. 3500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1640 / Richard Olson

Author:: Olson, Richard 1940- Search this

Physical description:: xv, 329 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1982; C1982

Topic:: Science--History Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Call number:: Q125.O44 1982X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_234181

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Science and the making of the modern world / John Marks

Author:: Marks, John 1934- Search this

Physical description:: xiii, 507 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1983

Topic:: Science--History Search this; Science--Social aspects Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Call number:: Q125.M334 1983X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_239871

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The ethical dilemma of science, and other writings

Author:: Hill, A. V (Archibald Vivian) 1886- Search this

Physical description:: 395 p. 22 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1960

Topic:: Science Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Call number:: Q171.H643X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_210334

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Narrating discovery : the romantic explorer in American literature, 1790-1855 / Bruce Greenfield

Author:: Greenfield, Bruce Robert 1951- Search this

Physical description:: x, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: United States; America

Date:: 1992; ©1992; 19th century

Topic:: American literature--History and criticism Search this; Narration (Rhetoric)--History Search this; Geographical discoveries in literature Search this; Romanticism Search this; Explorers in literature Search this; Travel in literature Search this; Discovery and exploration Search this; Historiography Search this; In literature Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1081439

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Science and the city : the mechanics behind the metropolis / Laurie Winkless

Author:: Winkless, Laurie Search this

Physical description:: 298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 2016

Topic:: Cities and towns Search this; Cities and towns--Effect of technological innovations on Search this; Civil engineering Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1090351

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Minutes to midnight history and the Anthropocene era from 1763 Paul Dukes

Author:: Dukes, Paul 1934- Search this

Physical description:: 1 online resource (xii, 153 pages)

Type:: Electronic resources; Electronic books

Date:: 2011; 20th Century

Topic:: Science and civilization Search this; Nature--Effect of human beings on Search this; Global environmental change Search this; Human ecology Search this; History, Modern Search this; HISTORY--Modern--General Search this; HISTORY--Modern Search this; History & Archaeology Search this; History - General Search this; Sciences et civilisation Search this; Écologie humaine Search this; Histoire moderne et contemporaine Search this

Call number:: CB478 .D85 2011 (Internet)

Restrictions & Rights:: 1-user

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1145216

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Nature engaged : science in practice from the Renaissance to the present / edited by Mario Biagioli and Jessica Riskin

Title:: Science in practice from the Renaissance to the present

Author:: Biagioli, Mario 1955- Search this; Riskin, Jessica Search this

Physical description:: xi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Type:: Books; History

Date:: 2012

Topic:: Science--History Search this; Science--Social aspects Search this; Science and civilization Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1108517

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Challenging collections : approaches to the heritage of recent science and technology / edited by Alison Boyle and Johannes-Geert Hagmann

Title:: Approaches to the heritage of recent science and technology

Editor:: Boyle, Alison 1977- Search this; Hagmann, Johannes-Geert Search this

Publisher:: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Search this

Physical description:: xi, 251 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 2017

Topic:: Technology and civilization Search this; Science and civilization Search this; Cultural property--Protection Search this; Museums--Collection management Search this; Museum exhibits--Social aspects Search this; Science museums Search this; Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1084151