We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process that gave rise to this instrumental culture. The contributors trace the displacement of instruments across the globe, the spread of practices or precision and the circulation and appropriation of skills and knowledge.
Through comparative and contextual approaches, the volume confronts the tension between the local and the global, examining the process of the universalization of science. Bringing together case studies ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, contributors discuss French, German and British initiatives, as well as the knowledge and techniques of travellers in countries such as India, Africa, South East Asia and the Americas.
Students and researchers interested in the history of science in both Western and non-Western cultures will find this book a valuable and thought-provoking read.

We are now accustomed to conceive of science as an instrumental activity, producing numbers, measurements and graphs by means of sophisticated devices. This book investigates the historical process that gave rise to this instrumental culture. The contributors trace the displacement of instruments across the globe, the spread of practices or precision and the circulation and appropriation of skills and knowledge.
Through comparative and contextual approaches, the volume confronts the tension between the local and the global, examining the process of the universalization of science. Bringing together case studies ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, contributors discuss French, German and British initiatives, as well as the knowledge and techniques of travellers in countries such as India, Africa, South East Asia and the Americas.
Students and researchers interested in the history of science in both Western and non-Western cultures will find this book a valuable and thought-provoking read.

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What makes the Mathematics Today course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on; full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new Mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant. Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

What makes the Mathematics Today course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on; full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new Mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant. Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

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What makes the Mathematics Today course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on; full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant. Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

What makes the Mathematics Today course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on; full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant. Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

What makes the Mathematics Today course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on; full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant. Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

What makes the Wiskunde Vandag course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on, full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant; your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

What makes the Wiskunde Vandag course unique? Scaffolded revision tests at the end of each topic, allow for learners' to test their understanding of the topic; topic opener pages show key concepts and skills to be covered in the topic as per CAPS sufficient examples for learners to practice on, full colour book enhances visual understanding; definitions of all new mathematics terms are provided in keyword boxes; worked examples before each exercise, show learners how to go about answering exercises; the "How does this work?" feature explains difficult examples in greater detail. Trust Today to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom: Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout; develops language skills alongside subject knowledge; all content is fully CAPS-compliant; your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! Today, for successful teaching tomorrow.

Wer die Entwicklung der medizinischen Bakteriologie in den letzten 30 Jahren miterlebt hat, der weiss, dass hauptsachlich die Verfeinerung der Untersuchungsmethoden zu wichtigen neuen Er kenntnissen gefuhrt hat. Gerade auf dem Gebiete der Nahrboden technik existiert eine sehr grosse Anzahl genauer Vorschriften, welche in der Literatur weit verstreut sind. Fur den angehenden Laboranten, die techno Assistentin, aber auch den jungen Bak teriologen ist es oft schwer, die Rezepte aus der verstreuten Lite ratur zu sammeln. Das sonst so vorzugliche bakteriologische Taschenbuch von Geheimrat ABEL reicht heute fur grosse Labo ratorien bei der Herstellung von Nahrboden kaum mehr aus. Unter diesen Umstanden ist es nur zu begrussen, wenn aus lang jahriger Erfahrung heraus eine zusammenfassende Darstellung der in der Bakteriologie verwandten Nahrboden und Farben mit einem Grundriss der bakteriologischen Technik erscheint. Die Ver fasser haben sich mit Erfolg bemuht, die Darstellung kurz, er schopfend und auch die neuesten Forschungen berucksichtigend, zu gestalten. Das Buch wird stets ein wertvolles Nachschlagewerk fur alle Personen darstellen, welche sich berufsmassig mit bakteriologischer Technik befassen mussen. Ich wunsche der ausserordentlich fleissigen und verdienstvollen Arbeit einen vollen Erfolg. Konigsberg i. Pr., im September 1935. Prof. Dr. BuRGERS. ISBN 978-3-662-26916-9 ISBN 978-3-662-28388-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-28388-2 ALLE RECHTE, INSBESONDERE DAS DER UBERSETZUNG IN FREMDE SPRACHEN, VORBEHALTEN. COPYRIGHT 1935 BY SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN HEIDELBERG URSPRUNGLICH ERSCHIENEN BEI JULIUS SPRINGER IN BERLIN 1935 Inhaltsverzeichnis."

"The Heavens on Earth" explores the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science and culture. Astronomy was a core pursuit for observatories, but usually not the only one. It belonged to a larger group of "observatory sciences" that also included geodesy, meteorology, geomagnetism, and even parts of physics and statistics. These pursuits coexisted in the nineteenth-century observatory; this collection surveys them as a coherent whole. Broadening the focus beyond the solitary astronomer at his telescope, it illuminates the observatory's importance to technological, military, political, and colonial undertakings, as well as in advancing and popularizing the mathematical, physical, and cosmological sciences.
The contributors examine "observatory techniques" developed and used not only in connection with observatories but also by instrument makers in their workshops, navy officers on ships, civil engineers in the field, and many others. These techniques included the calibration and coordination of precision instruments for making observations and taking measurements; methods of data acquisition and tabulation; and the production of maps, drawings, and photographs, as well as numerical, textual, and visual representations of the heavens and the earth. They also encompassed the social management of personnel within observatories, the coordination of international scientific collaborations, and interactions with dignitaries and the public. The state observatory occupied a particularly privileged place in the life of the city. With their imposing architecture and ancient traditions, state observatories served representative purposes for their patrons, whether as symbols of a monarch's enlightened power, a nation's industrial and scientific excellence, or republican progressive values. Focusing on observatory techniques in settings from Berlin, London, Paris, and Rome to Australia, Russia, Thailand, and the United States, "The Heavens on Earth" is a major contribution to the history of science.

"Contributors" David Aubin, Charlotte Bigg, Guy Boistel, Theresa Levitt, Massimo Mazzotti, Ole Molvig, Simon Schaffer, Martina Schiavon, H. Otto Sibum, Richard Staley, John Tresch, Simon Werrett, Sven Widmalm

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Vertrou VANDAG om relevant en op datum vir die klaskamer te wees. Aanleer van nodige vakkennis word behandel. Nuttige taalvaardighede word terselfdertyd ontwikkel. Deurlopende geleentheid vir hersiening, eksamenvoorbereiding en -assessering. Alle inhoud voldoen aan die nuutste KABV spesifikasies. Gebruikersvriendelike alles-in-een-oplossing vir die klaskamer!

Trust TODAY to be up-to-date and fresh for the classroom.; Opportunities for revision, exam practice and assessment throughout.; Develops language skills alongside subject knowledge.; All content is fully CAPS-compliant.; Your easy-to-use complete classroom solution! TODAY, for successful teaching tomorrow. This e?Book is a digital version of the printed, CAPS-approved ?book. Benefits of the ePUB format? include:? The ability to view on ?a ?desktop computer, notebook or tablet.; As learners adjust fonts, rotate and flip pages, content reflows to fit the device's screen giving the user a more flexible experience; and Learners can take notes, highlight and bookmark, and access video and audio for visual learning.