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History of Aviation and Cosmonautics (Vols 1, 2, 3, and 4) – Anoshchenko (Ed.)

In this post, we will see the four volumes of  History of Aviation and Cosmonautics edited by  N. D. Anoshchenko. About the book In 1964, the Executive Committee of the Aviation Section of the Soviet National Association of Historians of … Continue reading

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Life Triumphs – Sharov

In this post, we will see the book Life Triumphs by A. Sharov. About the book The book tells us story of how the terrible disease of plague was conquered. Starting from Danilo Samoilovich, a Ukrainian, founder of epidemiology in … Continue reading

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The Rare Earth Elements – Trifonov

In this post, we will see the book The Rare Earth Elements by D. N. Trifonov. About the book Certain elements and their compounds, previously considered rare and of no practical interest, are being introduced on a large scale in … Continue reading

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At the Crossroads of Infinities – Parnov

In this post, we will see the book At the crossroads of infinities by E. I. Parnov. About the book At the Crossroads of Infinities is a story about the struggle of ideas out of which the modern physical picture … Continue reading

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How people discovered the Shape of the Earth – Tomilin

In this post, we will see the book How people discovered the Shape of the Earth by A.  Tomilin. About the book What is the shape of the Earth? An odd question, isn’t it? The world’s a globe. It’s round. … Continue reading

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Albert Einstein’s Philosophical views and the Theory of Relativity – Gribanov

In this post, we will see the book Albert Einstein’s Philosophical Views and the Theory of Relativity by D. P. Gribanov. This book aims to bring out the place and role of philo­sophical science in the creation of the theory … Continue reading

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Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics

In this post, we will see the book Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics. Many interesting articles are present in the book which would interest a physicist as well as students of history and philosophy of science. About the book: … Continue reading

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Tales About Metals – Venetsky

We now come to a wonderful book titled Tales About Metals by S. Venetsky. Earlier we had seen the sequel to this book On Rare and Scattered Metals by the same author. About For ages have metals faithfully served humanity … Continue reading

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Update: Books in Comments

It has been a while since anything new was posted by me. But many good natured people have invested their time and efforts to keep the book coming. This post is for bringing forth those contributions and contributors. Chances are … Continue reading

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Something Called Nothing – Podolny

The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading

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