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1 online resource (372 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
Includes index. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Voyaging in strange seas -- The deep roots of modern science -- Refining common sense : the new philosophy -- Looking up to heaven : mathematics and telescopes -- Interrogating nature : the use of experiment -- Through nature to nature's God : the two books -- Sharing the vision : scientific societies -- Life is short, science long : the healing art -- Making things better : practical science -- The ladder of creation : the rise of natural history -- A global perspective : exploring and measuring -- Enlightenment : leisure, electricity and chemistry -- Revolution, evolution : how then, did science grow? -- Notes -- Further reading -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Science -- History.
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Science. |
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History. |
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Discoveries in science -- History.
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Discoveries in science. |
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Scientific expeditions -- History.
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Scientific expeditions. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Knight, David. Voyaging in strange seas : the great revolution in science. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, ©2014 329 pages 9780300173796 |
ISBN |
9780300206180 (electronic book) |
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0300206186 (electronic book) |
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9780300173796 |
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0300173792 |
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