Companion to the History of Modern Science
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Companion to the History of Modern Science

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* A descriptive and analytical guide to the development of Western science from AD 1500, and to the diversity and course of that development first in Europe and later across the world * Presented in clear, non-technical language * Extensive indexes of Subjects and Names `Indeed a companion volume whose 67 essays give pleasure and instruction ... an ambitious and successful work.' - Times Literary Supplement `This work is an essential resource for libraries everywhere. For specialist science libraries willing to keep just one encyclopaedic guide to history, for undergraduate libraries seeking to provide easily accessible information, for the devisers of university curricula, for the modern social historian or even the eclectic scientist taking a break from simply making history, this is the book for you.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `A pleasure to read with a carefully chosen typeface, well organized pages and ample margins ... it is very easy to find one's way around. This is a book which will be consulted widely.' - Technovation `This is a commendably easy book to use.' - British Journal of the History of Science `Scholars from other areas entering this field, students taking the vertical approach and teachers coming from any direction cannot fail to find this an invaluable text.' - History of Science Journal

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The Study of the History of Science; History of Science in Relation to Neighbouring Disciplines; Chapter 1 The Development of the Historiography of Science, John R. R. Christie; Chapter 2 The History of Science and the Working Scientist, John R. G. Turner; Chapter 3 The History of Science and the History of Society, Roy Porter; Chapter 4 The History of Science and the Philosophy of Science, Laudan Larry; Chapter 5 Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge, Barry Barnes; Analytical Perspectives; Chapter 6 Marxism and the History of Science, Robert M. Young; Chapter 7 The Sociology of the Scientific Community, Trevor Pinch; Chapter 8 Feminism and the History of Science, J. R. R. Christie; Chapter 9 Language, Discourse and Science, J. V. Golinski; Philosophical Problems; Chapter 10 Continental Philosophy and the History of Science, Gutting Gary; Chapter 11 Discovery, T. Nickles; Chapter 12 Rationality, Science and History, Briskman Larry; Chapter 13 Realism, W. H. Newton-Smith; Part 2 Selected Writings in the History of Science; Turning Points; Chapter 14 The Copernican Revolution, J. R. Ravetz; Chapter 15 The Scientific Revolution, John A. Schuster; Chapter 16 Newton and Natural Philosophy, Gabbey Alan; Chapter 17 The Chemical Revolution, Carleton E. Perrin; Chapter 18 Laplacian Physics, Fox Robert; Chapter 19 Natural History, 1670–1802, Phillip R. Sloan; Chapter 20 The History of Geology, 1780–1840, Laudan Rachel; Chapter 21 Energy, Smith Crosbie; Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Theory in the Nineteenth Century, M. Norton Wise; Chapter 23 Cell Theory and Development, Maienschein Jane; Chapter 24 Origins and Species Before and After Darwin, M. J. S. Hodge; Chapter 25 Wilhelm Wundt and the Emergence of Experimental Psychology, K. Danziger; Chapter 26 Behaviourism, Smith Roger; Chapter 27 Freud and Psychoanalysis, Raymond E. Fancher; Chapter 28 The Theory of Relativity, Stachel John; Chapter 29 Quantum Theory, Michael Redhead; Chapter 30 Classical Economics and th


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415019880
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 1108
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0415019885
  • Publisher Date: 02 Nov 1989
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1564 gr


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