Making modern science : a historical survey
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
c2005
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction : Science, society, and history.
- 2. The scientific revolution.
- 3. The chemical revolution.
- 4. The conservation of energy.
- 5. The age of the Earth.
- 6. The Darwinian revolution.
- 7. The new biology.
- 8. Genetics.
- 9. Ecology and environmentalism.
- 10. Continental drift.
- 11. Twentieth-century physics.
- 12. Revolutionizing cosmology.
- 13. The emergence of the human sciences.
- 14. The organization of science.
- 15. Science and religion.
- 16. Popular science.
- 17. Science and technology.
- 18. Biology and ideology.
- 19. Science and medicine.
- 20. Science and war.
- 21. Science and gender.
- 22. Epilogue