Evolution of Knowledge - Rethinking Science for the Anthropocene

Zusatztext "An inspiring survey of the products of Renn's long career." ---Jeremy Trevelyan Burman, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Informationen zum Autor Jürgen Renn is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, where, together with his group, he researches structural changes in systems of knowledge. His books include, with Hanoch Gutfreund, The Formative Years of Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's Princeton Lectures and The Road to Relativity: The History and Meaning of Einstein's "The Foundation of General Relativity" (both Princeton). Klappentext A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technologyThis book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution. Jurgen Renn examines the role of knowledge in global transformations gA groundbreaking a new framework for understanding the history of the development of human knowledge. Zusammenfassung A fundamentally new approach to the history of science and technologyThis book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution. Jurgen Renn examines the role of knowledge in global transformations g

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jurgen Renn, Jürgen Renn
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780691171982
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17198-2
• Pagine: 584
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Cognitive studies, Cognitive Science, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge