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Relocating the History of Science


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PART I: HISTORY OF MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCES.- Chapter 1: Louis Paul Cailletet, the Liquefaction of Oxygen and the Emergence of an 'In-between Discipline': Low-temperature Research; Faidra Papanelopoulou.- Chapter 2: Lindemann and Einstein: The Oxford Connexion; Robert Fox.- Chapter 3: Einstein and Hilbert; John Stachel.- Chapter 4: Quantum Chemistry and the Quantum Revolution; Sylvan Schweber and Gal BenPorat.- PART II: STEP MATTERS.- Chapter 5: Centres and Peripheries Revisited: STEP and the Mainstream Historiography of Science; Agusti Nieto-Galan.- Chapter 6: At the Center and the Periphery: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Botanizes in Crete; Lorraine Daston.- Chapter 7: Boscovich in Britain; John Heilbron.- Chapter 8: Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment: In Search of a European Identity; Manolis Patiniotis.- Chapter 9: The Non-introduction of Low-temperature Physics in Spain: Julio Palacios and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Jose Manuel Sanchez Ron.- Chapter 10: Beyond Borders in the History of Science Education; Jose Ramon Bertomeu Sanchez.- PART III: HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE.- Chapter 11: Probable Reasoning and Its Novelties; Ian Hacking.- Chapter 12: Reductionism and the Relation between Chemistry and Physics; Hasok Chang.- Chapter 13: The Internal-External Sistinction Sheds Light on the History of the Twentieth-century Philosophy of Science; Gürol Irzik.- Chapter 14: Concepts out of Theoretical Contexts; Theodore Arabatzis and Nancy Nersessian.- PART IV: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS.- Chapter 15: Globalization of Knowledge in History and its Normative Challenges; Jürgen Renn.- Chapter 16: The Global and the Local in the Study of the Humanities; Rivka Feldhay.- Chapter 17: On Scientific Biography and Biographies of Scientists; Helge Kragh.- Chapter 18: Biography and the History of Science; Mary Jo Nye.- Chapter 19: Different Undertakings, Common Practices: Some Directions for the History of Science; Ana Simões.- PART V: BEYOND HISTORY OF SCIENCE: MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES.- Chapter 20: The Meaning of Hypostasis in Diophantus' Arithmetica; Jean Christianidis.- Chapter 21: On the Hazardousness of the Concept 'Technology': Notes on a Conversation between the History of Science and the History of Technology; Aristotle Tympas.- Chapter 22: Wireless at the Bar: Experts, Circuits and Marconi's Inventions in Patent Disputes in Early Twentieth-century Britain; Efstathios Arapostathis.- Chapter 23: Curating the European University; Hans Jörg Rheinberger.- Chapter 24: Can Science Make Peace with the Environment? Science, Power, Exploitation; Angelo Baracca.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783319145525
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Depth: 25
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 383
  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
  • Sub Title: Essays in Honor of Kostas Gavroglu
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3319145525
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jun 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Edition: 2015 ed.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 775 gr


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