Carbon is much more than a chemical element: it is a polymorphic entity with many faces, at once ...

Die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften weckt zunehmendes Interesse, auch weil unsere Welt immer m...

Die oft beschriebene Kluft zwischen der Natur- und Geisteswissenschaft führt dazu, daß uns ein gr...

Air-pumps, electrical machines, colliding ivory balls, coloured sparks, mechanical planetariums, ...

What kind of stuff is the world made of? What is the nature or substance of things? These are ont...

Air-pumps, electrical machines, colliding ivory balls, coloured sparks, mechanical planetariums, ...

Offering an overall insight into the French tradition of philosophy of technology, this volume is...

This book uses history to introduce central issues in the philosophy of chemistry. Mobilizing the...

What kind of stuff is the world made of? What is the nature or substance of things? These are ont...

Offering an overall insight into the French tradition of philosophy of technology, this volume is...

The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how nuclear technology has shaped the wo...

This volume opens the readers' eyes to the central role of materials in human societies and in th...