Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program.
This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, [...]
This book discusses how facts travel, and when and why they sometimes travel well enough to acquire a life of their own. Whether or not facts travel in this manner depends not only on their character and ability to play useful roles elsewhere, but also on the labels, packaging, vehicles and company [...]
During the last two centuries, the way economic science is done has changed radically: it has become a social science based on mathematical models in place of words. This book describes and analyses that change - both historically and philosophically - using a series of case studies to illuminate th[...]
The History of Econometric Ideas covers the period from the late-nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, illustrating how economists first learnt to harness statistical methods to measure and test the ?laws? of economics. Though scholarly, Dr Morgan?s book is very accessible and d[...]
Describes the radical shift in the study of economic science; where arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models.[...]