The Cambridge Histroy of Science, Volume 4 - Eighteenth-Century Science

By: Roy PorterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: UK: Cambridge University Press, [c2003]ISBN: 9780521572439
Contents:
Frontmatter 1 Introduction Part I Science and Society Part II Disciplines Part III Special Themes Part IV Non-Western Traditions Part V Ramifications and Impacts Index
Summary: This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Frontmatter
1 Introduction
Part I Science and Society
Part II Disciplines
Part III Special Themes
Part IV Non-Western Traditions
Part V Ramifications and Impacts
Index

This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.