Andrew Ede, Lesley Cormack

A History of Science in Society

From Philosophy to Utility, Fourth Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Detailed, engaging, and beautifully written, the fourth edition of A History of Science in Society explores the many ways in which science and society interact.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 189mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1026g
• ISBN-13: 9781487524630
• ISBN-10: 1487524633
• Artikelnr.: 61645234

Autorenporträt

By Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack

Inhaltsangabe

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