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Overview

* A descriptive and analytical guide to the development of Western science from AD 1500, and to the diversity and course of that development first in Europe and later across the world
* Presented in clear, non-technical language
* Extensive indexes of Subjects and Names

'Indeed a companion volume whose 67 essays give pleasure and instruction ... an ambitious and successful work.' - Times Literary Supplement
'This work is an essential resource for libraries everywhere. For specialist science libraries willing to keep just one encyclopaedic guide to history, for undergraduate libraries seeking to provide easily accessible information, for the devisers of university curricula, for the modern social historian or even the eclectic scientist taking a break from simply making history, this is the book for you.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'A pleasure to read with a carefully chosen typeface, well organized pages and ample margins ... it is very easy to find one's way around. This is a book which will be consulted widely.' - Technovation
'This is a commendably easy book to use.' - British Journal of the History of Science
'Scholars from other areas entering this field, students taking the vertical approach and teachers coming from any direction cannot fail to find this an invaluable text.' - History of Science Journal


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134977512
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/07/2006
Series: Routledge Companion Encyclopedias
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1107
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Robert Olby, Geoffrey Cantor, John Christie, and Jonathon Hodge are all in the Division of the History of Science at the University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Study of the History of Science; History of Science in Relation to Neighbouring Disciplines; Chapter 1 The Development of the Historiography of Science, John R. R. Christie; Chapter 2 The History of Science and the Working Scientist, John R. G. Turner; Chapter 3 The History of Science and the History of Society, Roy Porter; Chapter 4 The History of Science and the Philosophy of Science, Laudan Larry; Chapter 5 Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge, Barry Barnes; Analytical Perspectives; Chapter 6 Marxism and the History of Science, Robert M. Young; Chapter 7 The Sociology of the Scientific Community, Trevor Pinch; Chapter 8 Feminism and the History of Science, J. R. R. Christie; Chapter 9 Language, Discourse and Science, J. V. Golinski; Philosophical Problems; Chapter 10 Continental Philosophy and the History of Science, Gutting Gary; Chapter 11 Discovery, T. Nickles; Chapter 12 Rationality, Science and History, Briskman Larry; Chapter 13 Realism, W. H. Newton-Smith; Part 2 Selected Writings in the History of Science; Turning Points; Chapter 14 The Copernican Revolution, J. R. Ravetz; Chapter 15 The Scientific Revolution, John A. Schuster; Chapter 16 Newton and Natural Philosophy, Gabbey Alan; Chapter 17 The Chemical Revolution, Carleton E. Perrin; Chapter 18 Laplacian Physics, Fox Robert; Chapter 19 Natural History, 1670–1802, Phillip R. Sloan; Chapter 20 The History of Geology, 1780–1840, Laudan Rachel; Chapter 21 Energy, Smith Crosbie; Chapter 22 Electromagnetic Theory in the Nineteenth Century, M. Norton Wise; Chapter 23 Cell Theory and Development, Maienschein Jane; Chapter 24 Origins and Species Before and After Darwin, M. J. S. Hodge; Chapter 25 Wilhelm Wundt and the Emergence of Experimental Psychology, K. Danziger; Chapter 26 Behaviourism, Smith Roger; Chapter 27 Freud and Psychoanalysis, Raymond E. Fancher; Chapter 28 The Theory of Relativity, Stachel John; Chapter 29 Quantum Theory, Michael Redhead; Chapter 30 Classical Economics and the Keynesian Revolution, Bill Gerrard; Chapter 31 From Physiology to Biochemistry, Neil Morgan; Chapter 32 The Molecular Revolution in Biology, Robert Olby; Chapter 33 The Emergence of Genetics, Robert Olby; Chapter 34 Cybernetics and Information Technology, Mahoney Michael S.; Topics and Interpretations; Chapter 35 Aristotelian Science, A. George Molland; Chapter 36 The Heart and Blood From Vesalius to Harvey, Andrew Wear; Chapter 37 Magic and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, John Henry; Chapter 38 Atomism and the Mechanical Philosophy, Martin Tamny; Chapter 39 Newtonianism, Simon Schaffer; Chapter 40 Physical Optics, G. N. Cantor; Chapter 41 Cosmology: Newton to Einstein, Pierre Kerszberg; Chapter 42 Geometry and Space, J. J. Gray; Chapter 43 Particle Science, Helge Kragh; Chapter 44 The Foundations of Mathematics, Philip Kitcher; Chapter 45 Probability and Determinism, 1650–1900, Ian Hacking; Chapter 46 The Mind-body Problem, Robert M. Young; Chapter 47 Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology, George W. Stocking; Chapter 48 Physiology and Experimental Medicine, John V. Pickstone; Chapter 49 Geography, David N. Livingstone; Themes; Chapter 50 Science and Religion, John Hedley Brooke; Chapter 51 Science and Literature, Gillian Beer; Chapter 52 Science and Philosophy, George Macdonald Ross; Chapter 53 The Development of Philosophy of Science 1600–1900, Ernan McMullin; Chapter 54 The Development of Philosophy of Science Since 1900, M. J. S. Hodge, G. N. Cantor; Chapter 55 The Classification of the Sciences, Nicholas Fisher; Chapter 56 Marginal Science, Seymour H. Mauskopf; Chapter 57 Science, Alienation and Oppression, Robert M. Young; Chapter 58 Orthodoxies, Critiques and Alternatives, J. R. Ravetz; Chapter 59 Nationalism and Internationalism, Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus; Chapter 60 Science and Imperialism, Lewis Pyenson; Chapter 61 Science and War, D. E. H. Edgerton; Chapter 62 Science Education, W. H. Brock; Chapter 63 The Organisation of Science and its Pursuit in Early Modern Europe, Roger L. Emerson; Chapter 64 Professionalisation, J. B. Morrell; Chapter 65 Science and the Public, Shapin Steven; Chapter 66 Science and Political Ideology, 1790–1848, Dorinda Outram; Chapter 67 Natural Science and Social Theory, Theodore M. Porter;
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