Alfred W. (University of Texas Crosby Forfatter
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Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities, allowing us to create simple weapons and atomic bombs, and to venture into space.
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The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250–1600 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This 1997 book discusses the shift from qualitative to quantitative perception which occurred in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance and which was to lead to western domination of science and technology.
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America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 claimed over 25 million lives worldwide. In America's Forgotten Pandemic, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic and measures its impact on American society. This 2003 edition includes a preface discussing the SARS epidemic.
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