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Landmarks in Western Science - Couverture rigide

Whitaker, Peter

 
9780712346405: Landmarks in Western Science
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0712346406 ISBN 13 : 9780712346405
Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 1999

Synopsis

All life must pass, as Shakespeare said, "through nature to eternity". Our understanding of that journey is the starting point for this wide-ranging survey. Peter Whitfield describes the long and complex process of discovery that lies behind that achievement, from the earliest times to the 20th century. He shows how people with enquiring minds and a range of beliefs have tried to "build bridges between nature or eternity", and that the history of science, like that of art, is not a simple progression from lower to higher, but a sequence of responses to the world, conditioned by historical circumstances.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

All life must pass, as Shakespeare said, 'through nature to eternity'. Our understanding of that journey is the starting point for this wide-ranging survey. Peter Whitfield describes the long and complex process of discovery that lies behind that achievement, from the earliest times to the 20th century. He shows how people with enquiring minds and a range of beliefs have tried to 'build bridges between nature or eternity', and that the history of science, like that of art, is not a simple progression from lower to higher, but a sequence of responses to the world, conditioned by historical circumstances.

Biographie de l'auteur

Peter Whitfield has written widely on the history of maps, including The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps (1994) and New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration(Routledge 1998) He is a former director of Stanford's International Map Centre in London, and now runs his own company publishing facsimiles of historical maps.

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Éditeur
The British Library Publishing Division
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0712346406
ISBN 13 
9780712346405
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
272
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Personne responsable
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