Science and Technology in World History An Introduction

Name: Science and Technology in World History An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780801883606

ISBN-10: 0801883601

ISBN-13: 9780801883606

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: James E. McClellan, Harold Dorn

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Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies. McClellan and Dorn identify two great scientific traditions: the useful sciences, patronized by the state from the dawn of civilization, and scientific theorizing, initiated by the ancient Greeks. They find…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 4/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Guiding Themes



From Ape to Alexander



Humankind Emerges: Tools and Toolmakers



The Reign of the Farmer



Pharaohs and Engineers



Greeks Bearing Gifts



Alexandria and After



Thinking and Doing among the World's Peoples



The Enduring East



The Middle Kingdom



Indus, Ganges, and Beyond



The New World



Europe and the Solar System



Plows, Stirrups, Guns, and Plagues



Copernicus Incites a Revolution



The Crime and Punishment of Galileo Galilei



"God said, 'Let Newton be!'"



Science and Industrial Civilization



Timber, Coal, Cloth, and Steam



Legacies of Revolution



Life Itself



Toolmakers Take Command



The New Aristotelians



The Bomb and the Genome



Under Today's Pharaohs


Conclusion: The Medium of History


Guide to Resources


Illustration Credits


Index