Author: John Gribbin
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This title begins with Galileo and takes the reader through to the scientific developments of string theory. It is an accessible narrative history, focusing on the way in which science has progressed by building on what went before, and also on the very close relationship between the progress of science and improved technology.
Science: a History, 1543-2001
Author: John Gribbin
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This title begins with Galileo and takes the reader through to the scientific developments of string theory. It is an accessible narrative history, focusing on the way in which science has progressed by building on what went before, and also on the very close relationship between the progress of science and improved technology.
Publisher: Allan Lane
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
This title begins with Galileo and takes the reader through to the scientific developments of string theory. It is an accessible narrative history, focusing on the way in which science has progressed by building on what went before, and also on the very close relationship between the progress of science and improved technology.
A History of Science in Society
Author: Lesley Cormack
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442604484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. In this edition, the authors examine the robust intellectual exchange between East and West and provide new discussions of two women in science: Maria Merian and Maria Winkelmann. A chapter on the relationship between science and war has been added as well as a section on climate change. The further readings section has been updated to reflect recent contributions to the field. Other new features include timelines at the end of each chapter, 70 upgraded illustrations, and new maps of Renaissance Europe, Captain James Cook's voyages, the 2nd voyage of the Beagle, and the main war front during World War I.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442604484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
A History of Science in Society is a concise overview that introduces complex ideas in a non-technical fashion. Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. In this edition, the authors examine the robust intellectual exchange between East and West and provide new discussions of two women in science: Maria Merian and Maria Winkelmann. A chapter on the relationship between science and war has been added as well as a section on climate change. The further readings section has been updated to reflect recent contributions to the field. Other new features include timelines at the end of each chapter, 70 upgraded illustrations, and new maps of Renaissance Europe, Captain James Cook's voyages, the 2nd voyage of the Beagle, and the main war front during World War I.
Science and Technology in World History
Author: James Edward McClellan
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801883590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher description
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801883590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher description
A Little History of Science
Author: William Bynum
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300136595
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300136595
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages
A People's History of Science
Author: Clifford Conner
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 9781560257486
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Challenges popular beliefs that credit such figures as Galileo, Newton, and Einstein with bringing about modern science, explaining how everyday laborers participated in creating science and continue to do so today, in an account that also documents how the development of science affects ordinary people. Original.
Publisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 9781560257486
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Challenges popular beliefs that credit such figures as Galileo, Newton, and Einstein with bringing about modern science, explaining how everyday laborers participated in creating science and continue to do so today, in an account that also documents how the development of science affects ordinary people. Original.
A History of Science, Technology and Philosophy in the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries
Author: Abraham Wolf
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Ways of Knowing
Author: John V. Pickstone
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719059940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This classic MUP text discusses the historical development of science, technology and medicine in Western Europe and North America from the Renaissance to the present. Combining theoretical discussion and empirical illustration, it redefines the geography of science, technology and medicine.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719059940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This classic MUP text discusses the historical development of science, technology and medicine in Western Europe and North America from the Renaissance to the present. Combining theoretical discussion and empirical illustration, it redefines the geography of science, technology and medicine.
History of Science in United States
Author: Marc Rothenberg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135583188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This Encyclopedia examines all aspects of the history of science in the United States, with a special emphasis placed on the historiography of science in America. It can be used by students, general readers, scientists, or anyone interested in the facts relating to the development of science in the United States. Special emphasis is placed in the history of medicine and technology and on the relationship between science and technology and science and medicine.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135583188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
This Encyclopedia examines all aspects of the history of science in the United States, with a special emphasis placed on the historiography of science in America. It can be used by students, general readers, scientists, or anyone interested in the facts relating to the development of science in the United States. Special emphasis is placed in the history of medicine and technology and on the relationship between science and technology and science and medicine.
An Introduction to the History of Science
Author: Walter Libby
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Positioning the History of Science
Author: Kostas Gavroglu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402054203
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This volume, compiled in honor of Sam Schweber, an outstanding historian of science, physicist and exceptional human being, offers a comprehensive survey of the present state of the history of science. It collects essays written by leading representatives in the field. The essays examine the state of the history of science today and issues related to its future.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402054203
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This volume, compiled in honor of Sam Schweber, an outstanding historian of science, physicist and exceptional human being, offers a comprehensive survey of the present state of the history of science. It collects essays written by leading representatives in the field. The essays examine the state of the history of science today and issues related to its future.