Katherine Brading and Marius Stan provide a new framing of natural philosophy and its transformations in the Enlightenment and propose an account of how physics and philosophy evolved into distinct fields of inquiry.
This book develops the theory of rare events for both classical uncorrelated as well as correlated sequences in terms of simple models and examples. The pedagogical presentation of the basic ideas and tools will be useful for graduate students and researchers intending to work in this rapidly developing field.
This Volcanic Isle explores the rich geological history of the British Isles over the past 66 million years, since the disappearance of the dinosaurs. From the Isle of Wight needles to the Giant's causeway to the Sticklepath faultline in Devon, this book recounts how earthquakes and eruptions, plumes and plate boundaries, built the British Isles.
Reed, Peter (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar) & Morris, Peter J.T. (Senior Research Associate, Science Museum and Honorary Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Science Museum and Honorary Research Associate, University College London)
Langley, Chris (Professor of Pharmacy Law and Practice, Professor of Pharmacy Law and Practice, Aston University) & Perrie, Yvonne (Professor in Drug Delivery, Professor in Drug Delivery, University of Strathclyde)