Author : Thomas Söderquist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 28,52 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1135851670
More than ninety percent of all scientific history has been made during the last half century. So far, however, only a fraction of historical scholarship has dealt with this period. Merely a decade ago, most scientific historians considered recent science - the scientific culture created, lived and remembered by contemporary scientists - an area of study best left to the historical actors themselves.
Author : James Edward McClellan
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 20,68 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801883590
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Author : Ronald E. Doel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1134482973
Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science, this book reviews the problems facing historians of technology, contemporary science and medicine and explores new ways forward.
Author : Ronald E. Doel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1134482965
As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science, this book reviews the problems facing historians of technology, contemporary science and medicine, and explores new ways forward. With contributions from key researchers in the field, the text covers topics that will be of ever increasing interest to historians of post-war science, including the difficulties of accessing and using secret archival material, the interactions between archivists, historians and scientists, and the politics of evidence and historical accounts.
Author : Eric G. Swedin
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1851095241
An introductory A-Z resource detailing the scientific achievements of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends, discoveries, and personalities of the modern age.
Author : Ursula Klein
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0262359480
The second edition of a comprehensive introduction to machine learning approaches used in predictive data analytics, covering both theory and practice. Machine learning is often used to build predictive models by extracting patterns from large datasets. These models are used in predictive data analytics applications including price prediction, risk assessment, predicting customer behavior, and document classification. This introductory textbook offers a detailed and focused treatment of the most important machine learning approaches used in predictive data analytics, covering both theoretical concepts and practical applications. Technical and mathematical material is augmented with explanatory worked examples, and case studies illustrate the application of these models in the broader business context.
Author : Ronald Edmund Doel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415272940
Brings togeteher essays on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science to review the problems facing historians of contemporary science, technology and medicine and to explore new ways forward.
Author : David F. Channell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1351977415
Are science and technology independent of one another? Is technology dependent upon science, and if so, how is it dependent? Is science dependent upon technology, and if so how is it dependent? Or, are science and technology becoming so interdependent that the line dividing them has become totally erased? This book charts the history of technoscience from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century and shows how the military–industrial–academic complex and big science combined to create new examples of technoscience in such areas as the nuclear arms race, the space race, the digital age, and the new worlds of nanotechnology and biotechnology.
Author : Olivia Saracho
Publisher : IAP
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 37,45 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1607525941
For decades, politicians, businessmen and other leaders have been concerned with the quality of education, including early childhood education, in the United States. While more than 50% of the children between the ages of three and five are enrolled in preschool and kindergarten programs in the United States, no state, federal, or national standards exist for science or technology education in preschool or kindergarten programs. Knowledge about science and technology is an important requirement for all in contemporary society. An increasing number of professions require the use of scientific concepts and technological skills and society as a whole depends on scientific knowledge. Scientific and technological knowledge should be a part of every individual’s education. There are many ways to enhance young children’s scientific thinking and problem-solving skills as well as their technological abilities. The purpose of this volume is to present a critical analysis of reviews of research on science and technology education in early childhood education. The first part of the volume includes contributions by leading scholars in science, while the second part includes contributions by leading scholars in technology.
Author : Theodore Arabatzis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,22 MB
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319145533
This volume is put together in honor of a distinguished historian of science, Kostas Gavroglu, whose work has won international acclaim, and has been pivotal in establishing the discipline of history of science in Greece, its consolidation in other countries of the European Periphery, and the constructive dialogue of these emerging communities with an extended community of international scholars. The papers in the volume reflect Gavroglu’s broad range of intellectual interests and touch upon significant themes in recent history and philosophy of science. They include topics in the history of modern physical sciences, science and technology in the European periphery, integrated history and philosophy of science, historiographical considerations, and intersections with the history of mathematics, technology and contemporary issues. They are authored by eminent scholars whose academic and personal trajectories crossed with Gavroglu’s. The book will interest historians and philosophers of science and technology alike, as well as science studies scholars, and generally readers interested in the role of the sciences in the past in various geographical contexts.
