| Description |
viii, 529 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND HISTORY -- EPISODES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE -- THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION -- THE CHEMICAL REVOLUTION -- THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY -- THE AGE OF THE EARTH -- THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION -- THE NEW BIOLOGY -- GENETICS -- ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES -- CONTINENTAL DRIFT -- TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHYSICS -- REVOLUTIONIZING COSMOLOGY -- THE EMERGENCE OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES -- THEMES IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE -- THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENCE -- SCIENCE AND RELIGION -- POPULAR SCIENCE -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- BIOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY -- SCIENCE AND MEDICINE -- SCIENCE AND WAR -- SCIENCE AND GENDER. |
| Subject |
Science -- History -- Textbooks.
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Science -- History -- 20th century -- Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Morus, Iwan Rhys, 1964-
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| ISBN |
0226068609 (alk. paper) |
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0226068617 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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