Drawing on primary sources made available to scholars only after the archives of the Holy Office were unsealed in 1998, Negotiating Darwin chronicles how the Vatican reacted when six Catholicsfive clerics and one laymantried to integrate evolution and Christianity in the decades following the publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species . As ......
In a survey that ranges from the late nineteenth-century pioneers like Gottlieb Daimler and Hildebrand & Wolfmuller to present-day manufacturers-Harley Davidson, Ducati, Honda, BMW, Aprilia, and Triumph-Walker sets each model within its historical context and outlines the main technological and stylistic innovations that make each bike unique.
Karen Hunger Parshall, a senior historian of mathematics,offers the first biographical study of JamesJoseph Sylvester and his work. A brilliant Cambridge studentat first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvestercame twice to America to teach mathematics, ultimatelybecoming one of Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruitsat Johns Hopkins in 1876 ......
How did one of the great inventions of the nineteenth centuryThomas Edison's phonographeventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries? Sound Recording traces the history of the business boom and the cultural revolution that Edison's invention made possible. ......
Galileo. Newton. Darwin. These giants are remembered for their great contributions to science. Often forgotten, however, is the profound influence that Christianity had on their lives and works. This study explores the many ways in which religionits ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutionsinteracted with science from the beginnings of the ......
One of the leading artifacts of modern technology, the automobile has shaped our physical, economic, social, and cultural environment. The history of the automobile demonstrates how the decisions of governments, entrepreneurs, and the general public influence technological evolution. A succinct yet comprehensive history, Cars and Culture ......
Originally published two decades ago, The Soul of the Night is a classic work that is a must for those interested in the relationship between science and faith.
Rarely does the world see as versatile a figure as Herbert Simon. A Nobel laureate in economics, he was an accomplished political scientist, winner of a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Association, and founder of the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. In all his work in all these fields, he ......
As anthropologists, public intellectuals, and feminists, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead played remarkable roles in twentieth-century life and thought -- and far beyond the academy. Their work helped to popularize anthropology while introducing such terms as culture and racism into common parlance. At the same time, they contributed to wider ......
