Michael D. Gordin is Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University, where he also serves as the Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. His books include
Scientific Babel and
Five Days in August (Princeton).
9 Ebooks par Michael D. Gordin
Michael D. Gordin: A Well-Ordered Thing
Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834–1907) is a name we recognize, but perhaps only as the creator of the periodic table of elements. Generally, little else has been known about him.
A Well-Ordered Thing is an …
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Michael D. Gordin & G. John Ikenberry: The Age of Hiroshima
A multifaceted portrait of the Hiroshima bombing and its many legacies On August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshim …
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Michael D. Gordin: Einstein in Bohemia
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein’s sixteen months in Prague In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a …
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Michael D. Gordin & Helen Tilley: Utopia/Dystopia
The concepts of utopia and dystopia have received much historical attention. Utopias have traditionally signified the ideal future: large-scale social, political, ethical, and religious spaces that h …
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Michael D. Gordin: Five Days in August
Most Americans believe that the Second World War ended because the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan forced it to surrender. Five Days in August boldly presents a different interpretation: that the m …
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Gordin Michael D. Gordin: Pseudoscience Wars
Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Earth, triggering widespread natural disasters and …
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Michael D. Gordin: On the Fringe
Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a …
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Michael D. Gordin: On the Fringe
Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a …
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Michael D. Gordin: Am Rande
Von ‘Pseudowissenschaft’ hat jeder schon einmal gehört: Man denkt an Praktiken und Behauptungen, die zwar wie Wissenschaft aussehen, aber irgendwie falsch, irreführend oder unbewiesen bleiben. …
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