A History of Scientific Thought: Elements of a History of Science - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631177396 ISBN 13 : 9780631177395

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This is an analytical introduction to key historical and philosophical moments in the history of science, in twenty-two sections, written by a remarkably accomplished collection of authors at the forefronts of the disciplines of history and philosophy of science. The volume challenges the strongly empirical tendencies of earlier work in the field, and focuses its analysis on the notion of "bifurcations": points where the sciences took a new turn or direction, where decisions or observations of such importance were taken that they are the stable intersections between the many subdisciplines and subjects that go to make up the sciences. Despite being the work of a large number of authors, Serres and his team have collaborated closely to produce a book that has a unanimity of style and purpose.In his preface to the book, Serres explains the reasons behind its structure, and some of the relationships between the various bifurcations in the flow of history and the work of time.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

This is an analytical introduction to key historical and philosophical moments in the history of science, in twenty–two sections, written by a remarkably accomplished collection of authors at the forefronts of the disciplines of history and philosophy of science. The volume challenges the strongly empirical tendencies of earlier work in the field, and focuses its analysis on the notion of "bifurcations": points where the sciences took a new turn or direction, where decisions or observations of such importance were taken that they are the stable intersections between the many subdisciplines and subjects that go to make up the sciences. Despite being the work of a large number of authors, Serres and his team have collaborated closely to produce a book that has a unanimity of style and purpose.

In his preface to the book, Serres explains the reasons behind its structure, and some of the relationships between the various bifurcations in the flow of history and the work of time.

Revue de presse

"... rather unexpectedly eccentric, though fascinating, volume." Choice

"A History of Scientific Thought is the work of a group of historians, philosophers, sociologists, and scientists united by Michel Serres′s ideal of a new conception of history. It is a conception that shuns the vision of an inevitable, linear development of science, in favour of one that stresses complexity and contingency. The result is a series of perspectives on key episodes in the history of science since antiquity that exhilaratingly questions our assumptions about the nature of scientific change and the ways in which its history should be written. No episode, as this book shows, has a single history. Each, instead, has a multiplicity of possible histories between which, challengingly, we are free to choose." Robert Fox, Modern History Faculty, Oxford

"A book full of stimulating insights, something to be recommended to students or to the general reader." Nature

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631177396
• ISBN 13: 9780631177395
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 768
• Éditeur: Michel Serres
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible