Science and Society 1600-1900

Klappentext The unifying theme of this book! as its title indicates! is the relationship between science and society. Zusammenfassung Most books on the history of science have been `internal' in their scope and objectives - plotting progress within different branches of science as the frontiers of knowledge about formal scientific relationships get pushed back by intellectual advance. The unifying theme of this book! as its title indicates! is the relationship between science and society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The social interpretation of science in the seventeenth century P. M. Rattansi; 2. Science, technology and Utopia in the seventeenth century A. Rupert Hall; 3. Who unbound Prometheus? Science and technical change,1600-1800 Peter Mathias; 4. Science and the steam engine, 1790-1825 D. S. L. Cardwell; 5. Gateways to death? Medicine, hospitals and mortality, 1700-1850 E. M. Sigsworth; 6. Resources of science in Victorian England: the Endowment of Science Movement, 1868-1900 Roy M. MacLeod.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D. S. L. Cardwell, Peter Mathias, P. M. Rattansi
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521077279
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07727-9
• Pagine: 184
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia