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9780521572439: The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science
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ISBN 10 : 0521572436 ISBN 13 : 9780521572439
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own.

Revue de presse

'... [A] rich collection of material ...' The Times Literary Supplement

'... historians of medicine will undoubtedly find this a useful reference book for help in contextualizing their teaching and research. It achieves Porter's intention of providing a stable platform upon which scholarship on the nineteenth century can be built.' William H. Brock, Medical History

'... contains excellent chapters and it will be very useful as a guide within the world of history of science ...' Ambix

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521572436
ISBN 13 
9780521572439
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
942
Éditeur
Porter Roy
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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ISBN 10 :  1107559731 ISBN 13 :  9781107559738
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2017
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