Making Modern Science A Historical Survey

Name: Making Modern Science A Historical Survey
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ISBN: 9780226068619

ISBN-10: 0226068617

ISBN-13: 9780226068619

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter J. Bowler, Iwan Rhys Morus

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The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In "Making Modern Science, a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowler and Morus explore both the history of science itself and its influence on modern thought. Opening with an introduction that explains developments in the history of science over the last three decades and the controversies these initiatives have engendered, the book then proceeds in two parts. The first section…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Peter J. Bowleris Reader in the History of Science at Queen's University, Belfast, and is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his books on the history of evolutionism.



Preface



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 Environmentalism



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



Epilogue


Index