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History of Science in Society : From Philosophy to Utility, Second Edition
by Cormack, Lesley B.ISBN13:
9781442604469
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1442604468
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Pub. Date:
3/15/2012
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Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education
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Summary
This bestselling book traces the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explores the links between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful. For the new edition, the authors have reorganized several chapters and added a new chapter on science and war. The coverage of women in science is improved, and a new section on climate change now rounds out the end of the book. Other new features include timelines at the start of each chapter, new illustrations, and new maps-including maps of Renaissance Europe, Cook's voyages, the voyage of the HMS Beagle, and the First World War European theatre.
Author Biography
Andrew Ede is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alberta and the author of The Rise and Decline of Colloid Science in North America, 1900-1935: The Neglected Dimension and The Chemical Element: A Historical Perspective. Lesley B. Cormack is Dean of Arts at the University of Alberta and the author of Charting an Empire: Geography at the English Universities, 1580-1620 and co-editor with Andrew Ede of A History of Science in Society: A Reader.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| The Origins of Natural Philosophy | p. 1 |
| The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam | p. 29 |
| The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe | p. 65 |
| Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers | p. 91 |
| The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory | p. 129 |
| The Enlightenment and Enterprise | p. 165 |
| Science and Empire | p. 203 |
| Entering the Atomic Age | p. 241 |
| Science and War | p. 271 |
| The Death of Certainty | p. 295 |
| 1957 The Year the World Became a Planet | p. 323 |
| Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen | p. 349 |
| New Frontiers: Science and Choice in the New Millennium | p. 379 |
| Further Reading | p. 397 |
| Index | p. 409 |
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