科学与认知发展史
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Eric Crahan
Editorial Director, Humanities & Social Sciences
作为阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦著作的出版商,普林斯顿大学出版社拥有悠久的科学历史作品出版传统。我们出版包含范围最广的知识与科学历史书籍。我们的书单中包含自然科学史和物理科学史领域从古至今的书籍,同时也包括人文和社会科学史、学术学科史以及书籍发展史。
我们力求使整个书单在时间、主题和方法上呈现全球性和多样性特点
New & Noteworthy
Ideas
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Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America
A compelling history that mixes seriousness and humor, Slouch is a unique and provocative account of the unexpected origins of our largely unquestioned ideas about bad posture.
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David N. Livingstone on The Empire of Climate
Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species.
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The power of creating archival silences
We know, scientifically speaking, far less about the effects of poor posture on health then we think we do.
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What can we learn from Einstein today?
Einstein has left his mark not only on physics of the twentieth century but also on the public image of science and scientists and on the cultural and political history of the twentieth century, far beyond his area of expertise.
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The guardian tree: The birthplace of Carl Linnaeus
In ancient times, Nordic people believed that the World Tree was an ash and the protective guardian tree a linden—a Tilia. The biography of Linnaeus should surely begin with a linden.