Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2003-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521594424
An account of the history of the social sciences since the late eighteenth century.
Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0521572010
A comprehensive and authoritative guide to developments in life and earth sciences since 1800.
Author : Alexander Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1108682626
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of ancient science currently available. Together, they reveal the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and India. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the ancient world, contributors consider scientific, medical and mathematical learning in the cultures associated with the ancient world.
Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521594486
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science in the Middle Ages from the North Atlantic to the Indus Valley. Medieval science was once universally dismissed as non-existent - and sometimes it still is. This volume reveals the diversity of goals, contexts, and accomplishments in the study of nature during the Middle Ages. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of medieval science currently available. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the medieval world, contributors consider scientific learning and advancement in the cultures associated with the Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew languages. Scientists, historians, and other curious readers will all gain a new appreciation for the study of nature during an era that is often misunderstood.
Author : Roger E. Backhouse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2010-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107717779
This compact volume covers the main developments in the social sciences since the Second World War. Chapters on economics, human geography, political science, psychology, social anthropology, and sociology will interest anyone wanting short, accessible histories of those disciplines, all written by experts in the relevant field; they will also make it easy for readers to make comparisons between disciplines. A final chapter proposes a blueprint for a history of the social sciences as a whole. Whereas most of the existing literature considers the social sciences in isolation from one other, this volume shows that they have much in common; for example, they have responded to common problems using overlapping methods, and cross-disciplinary activities have been widespread.
Author : Roger E. Backhouse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2014-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107037727
A Historiography of the Modern Social Sciences exposes parallels and contrasts in the way the histories of the social sciences are written.
Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0521572444
An account of European knowledge of the natural world, c.1500-1700.
Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2003-03-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521572439
The fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century.
Author : Hugh Richard Slotten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1108863353
This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grouped together in separate sections that represent larger regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Latin America. Each of these regional groupings ends with a separate essay reflecting on the analysis in the preceding chapters. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the modern world, contributors analyze the history of science not only in local, national, and regional contexts but also with respect to the circulation of knowledge, tools, methods, people, and artifacts across national borders.
Author : Patricia Fara
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0191655570
Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how science has always belonged to the practical world of war, politics, and business. Rather than glorifying scientists as idealized heroes, she tells true stories about real people - men (and some women) who needed to earn their living, who made mistakes, and who trampled down their rivals in their quest for success. Fara sweeps through the centuries, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today. She also ranges internationally, illustrating the importance of scientific projects based around the world, from China to the Islamic empire, as well as the more familiar tale of science in Europe, from Copernicus to Charles Darwin and beyond. Above all, this four thousand year history challenges scientific supremacy, arguing controversially that science is successful not because it is always right - but because people have said that it is right.
