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The ancient forest of Selwood straddles the borders of Somerset and Wiltshire and terminates in the south where these counties meet Dorset. This book explores the connections between important theological texts written in the region, notably Richard Bernard's Guide to the Grand-Jury Men (1627) and Joseph Glanvill's Saducismus Triumphatus (1681), influential local families, and the extraordinary witchcraft accounts in the area. In particular it...

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Once an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex became a cultural category in its own right in the nineteenth century due to the writings of Thomas Hardy. Hardy created Wessex in order to exemplify social developments within the nation. However, in his work, Wessex also became a region with local characteristics. Due to the latter, Wessex soon provided a reference point for (regional) identities. The volume Wessex: Landscapes, Histories and Identities is ...

This book, fully colour illustrated, tells the fascinating story of Bruton, a small town in Somerset, England, and its environs from the earliest times to the present day. An important ecclesiastical centre since the seventh century, notable individuals in Bruton's history include Sir John Fitzjames, standard bearer serving three monarchs and a co-founder of Bruton's free grammar school, Stephan Batman, an eminent Tudor author and cleric, Sir ...

The ancient forest of Selwood straddles the borders of Somerset and Wiltshire and terminates in the south where these counties meet Dorset. This book explores the connections between important theological texts written in the region, notably Richard Bernard's Guide to the Grand-Jury Men (1627) and Joseph Glanvill's Saducismus Triumphatus (1681), influential local families, and the extraordinary witchcraft accounts in the area. In particular it...

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Bruton and the surrounding areas have changed and developed over the last century

Explore the secret history of Frome and the surrounding area through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Cheddar has changed and developed over the last century.

A history of the persecution of witches in England, which includes contemporary engravings and extracts from primary sources. A fascinating but gruesome piece of social history.

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. This title follows the history of cybernetics' impact on the world, from contemporary robotics and complexity theory to the Chilean economy under Salvador Allende.

Covering Modern Europe from 1560 to 1660.

Experimente drehen Wissenschaftler, Maschinen, Elementarteilchen, Materialien, Zahlen und Begriffe durch die Mangel der Praxis. Alle Teilnehmer an dieser Veranstaltung agieren: ein "Tanz der Agenzien", der keine Komponente unverändert zurücklässt. Immer besteht das Ziel darin, etwas Neues, Unerwartetes, Zu-Künftiges hervorzubringen. Laboratorien sind demnach Innovationsfabriken, Ereignis-Assemblagen. Anders gesagt: die Mangel der wissenscha...

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Science as Practice and Culture explores one of the newest and most controversial developments within the rapidly changing field of science studies: the move toward studying scientific practice--the work of doing science--and the associated move toward studying scientific culture, understood as the field of resources that practice operates in and on. Andrew Pickering has invited leading historians, philosophers, sociologists, and anthropologis...

The fascinating history of Cheddar illustrated through old and modern pictures in a fully updated edition.

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Preface 1: The Mangle of Practice 2: Machines: Building the Bubble Chamber 3: Facts: The Hunting of the Quark 4: Concepts: Constructing Quaternions 5: Technology: Numerically Controlled Machine Tools 6: Living in the Material World 7: Through the Mangle References Index

Widely regarded as a classic in its field, "Constructing Quarks" recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, Andrew Pickering suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather they are social beings as well as active constructors of natural phenomena who engage in both experimental and theoretical ...

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