Science and Society in Early America
Author : Randolph SHIPLEY KLEIN
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 1986
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Science and Society in Early America
Author : Randolph Shipley Klein
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780871691668
Book Description
These 12 essays reflect Dr. Bell's interests not only as a distinguished scholar of Benjamin Franklin & of the cultural & scientific life of early Amer., but also as Librarian & Exec. Officer of the APS. Contents: Remarks by Jonathan Rhoads; Biographical Sketch of Dr. Bell, with Selected Biblio.; Benjamin Franklin,"The Old England Man" by Esmond Wright; Frustration & Benjamin Franklin's Medical Books, by Edwin Wolf 2nd; William Byrd Reports on His Mission to the Cherokee in 1758, by W. W. Abbot; The Men of '68: Graduates of Amer's. First Medical School, by Randolph Klein; The Search for the State House Yard Observatory, by Silvio Bedini; Benjamin Henry Latrobe, "Learned Engineer," The APS, & the Promotion of Useful Knowledge & Works, 1798-1809, by Edward Carter II; The Phila. Soc. For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, 1787-1829, by Marvin Wolfgang; Cotton Textiles & Industrialism, by Thomas Cochran; The Amer. Industrial Revolution Through its Survivals, by Brooke Hindle; A Catalog of Books Belonging to Benjamin Smith Barton, by Joseph Swan; Foreign Membership of Biological Scientists in the APS During the 18th & 19th Cent., by Bentley Glass; & Louis Agassiz as an Early Embryologist in Amer., by Jane Oppenheimer. Illus.
Class and Society in Early America
Author : Gary B. Nash
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Social classes
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Science and Technology in Colonial America
Author : William E. Burns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313017646
Book Description
Science and technology are central to history of the United States, and this is true of the Colonial period as well. Although considered by Europeans as a backwater, the people living in the American colonies had advanced notions of agriculture, surveying, architecture, and other technologies. In areas of natural philosophy—what we call science—such figures as Benjamin Franklin were admired and respected in the scientific capitals of Europe. This book covers all aspects of how science and technology impacted the everyday life of Americans of all classes and cultures. Science and Technology in Everyday Life in Colonial America covers a wide range of topics that will interest students of American history and the history of science and technology: * Domestic technology—how colonial women devised new strategies for day-to-day survival * Agricultural—how Native Americans and African slaves influenced the development of a American system of agriculture * War—how the frequent battles during the colonial period changed how industry made consumer goods This volume includes myriad examples of the impact science and technology had on the lives of individual who lived in the New World.
Science in the British Colonies of America
Author : Raymond Phineas Stearns
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780252001208
Book Description
A History of Science in Society
Author : Andrew Ede
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442604492
Book Description
A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Volume I begins with a small group of philosophers in ancient Greece and ends with the work of Sir Isaac Newton.
The Impact of Science on Society
Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317230027
Book Description
Many of the revolutionary effects of science and technology are obvious enough. Bertrand Russell saw in the 1950s that there are also many negative aspects of scientific innovation. Insightful and controversial in equal measure, Russell argues that science offers the world greater well-being than it has ever known, on the condition that prosperity is dispersed; power is diffused by means of a single, world government; birth rates do not become too high; and war is abolished. Russell acknowledges that is a tall order, but remains essentially optimistic. He imagines mankind in a 'race between human skill as to means and human folly as to ends', but believes human society will ultimately choose the path of reason. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Preface by Tim Sluckin.
The Early History of Science and Learning in America
Author : American Philosophical Society
Publisher :
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Learning and scholarship
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The Early History of Science and Learning in America
Author : American Philosophical Society
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Science
ISBN :
Book Description
Technology and American Society
Author : Gary Cross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1351249096
Book Description
Providing a global perspective on the development of American technology, Technology and American Society offers a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last three centuries. With coverage devoted to both dramatic breakthroughs and incremental innovations, authors Gary Cross and Rick Szostak analyze the cause-and-effect relationship of technological change and its role in the constant drive for improvement and modernization. This fully-updated 3rd edition extends coverage of industry, home, office, agriculture, transport, constructions, and services into the twenty-first century, concluding with a new chapter on recent electronic and technological advances. Technology and American Society remains the ideal introduction to the myriad interactions of technological advancement with social, economic, cultural, and military change throughout the course of American history.
