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Making modern science : a historical survey / Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowler, Peter J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History--Textbooks.
- Science.
- Science--History--20th century--Textbooks.
- History.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Bowler & Morus explore the history of science & its influence on modern thought.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Science, society, and history
- 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
- The organization of science
- Science and religion
- Popular science
- Science and technology
- Biology and ideology
- Science and medicine
- Science and war
- Science and gender.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226068609
- 9780226068602
- 0226068617
- 9780226068619
- OCLC:
- 56333962
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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