William Burns

Knowledge and Power (eBook, ePUB)

Science in World History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Knowledge and Power traces the development of science through different historical settings from the Middle Ages through to the Cold War. It is Ideal for students of world history and the history of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351787581
• Artikelnr.: 56842798

Autorenporträt

William E. Burns teaches history at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. His previous books include The Scientific Revolution (2001), An Age of Wonders: Prodigies, Politics and Providence in England, 1657-1727 (2002), Science in the Enlightenment (2003), Science and Technology in Colonial America (2005), and The Scientific Revolution in Global Perspective (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Science in the Medieval Mediterranean
Chapter Two: The Jesuits and World Science, 1540-1773
Chapter Three: Westernization, "Modernization," and Science in Russia and Japan, 1684-1860s
Chapter Four: Africa in the Age of Imperialism and Nationalism, 1860-1960
Chapter five: Big Science, the superpowers, and the Cold War
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index