Landmarks in western science : from prehistory to the atomic age / Peter Whitfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitfield, Peter, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--History.

Science.

History.

Physical Description:

256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, music ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

Examining important advances by such luminaries as Copernicus, Vesalius, Newton, Darwin, and Freud, historian Peter Whitfield discusses their context and impact and charts their progress from heresy to orthodoxy. 110 illustrations, 20 in color.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Origins of Recorded Science 9

Chapter 2 The Classical Achievement 28

Chapter 3 Science in Religious Cultures

Part 1. The Islamic Masters 50

Part 2. Christian Pupils 67

Chapter 4 The Problem of the Renaissance 90

Chapter 5 Science Reborn 120

Chapter 6 Eighteenth-Century Interlude 160

Chapter 7 The Machine Age 182

Chapter 8 Twentieth-Century Science: the New Labyrinth 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.

ISBN:

0415925339

OCLC:

41026568