History of Science in Society

History of Science in Society

From Philosophy to Utility, Fourth Edition

Ede, Andrew; Cormack, Lesley

University of Toronto Press

03/2022

488

Mole

Inglês

9781487524630

15 a 20 dias

980

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List of Illustrations
List of Connections Boxes
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Origins of Natural Philosophy
2. The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam
3. The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe
4. Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers
5. The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory
6. The Enlightenment and Enterprise
7. Science and Empire
8. Entering the Atomic Age
9. Science and War
10. The Death of Certainty
11. 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet
12. Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen
13. Science and New Frontiers: Potential and Peril in the New Millennium

Further Reading
Index
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history of science; science in society; science and technology; philosophy of science; history of biology; history of physics; history of geography; Scientific Revolution; natural philosophy; Omar Khayyam