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Historiography of science
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The list Historiography of science includes
Anti-gravity, Paradigm shift, Philosophy of science, The History and Present State of Electricity and Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
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Anti-gravity
fictional or hypothetical technology that removes gravitational force from a place or object
Overview: Anti-gravity (also known as non-gravitational field) is the phenomenon of creating a place or object that is free from the force of gravity. It does not refer to either the lack of weight under gravity ...
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Philosophy of science
branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of scienceOverview: Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science ... 0
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Paradigm shift
fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline.Overview: A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. It is a concept in the philosophy of science that was introduced and brought into the ... 0
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The History and Present State of Electricity
book by Joseph Priestley
Overview: The History and Present State of Electricity (1767), by eighteenth-century British polymath Joseph Priestley, is a survey of the study of electricity up until 1766, as well as a description of experiments ... 0
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography
reference work with biographies of scientistsOverview: The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 by publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, with main editor the science historian Charles Gillispie ... 0
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Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
two-volume biographical dictionaryOverview: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (BEA) is a two-volume biographical dictionary, first published in 2007, with a second edition released in 2014. The work covers astronomers from all geographies ... 0
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