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Science : a four thousand year history / Patricia Fara

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009Description: xviii, 482 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199580279
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Contents:
1: Origins -- Sevens -- Babylon -- Heroes -- Cosmos -- Life -- Matter -- Technology -- 2: Interactions -- Eurocentrism -- China -- Islam -- Scholarship -- Europe -- Aristotle -- Alchemy -- 3: Experiments -- Exploration -- Magic -- Astronomy -- Bodies -- Machines -- Instruments -- Gravity -- 4: Institutions -- Societies -- Systems -- Careers -- Industries -- Revolutions -- Rationality -- Disciplines -- 5: Laws -- Progress -- Globalization -- Objectivity -- God -- Evolution -- Power -- Time -- 6: Invisibles -- Life -- Germs -- Rays -- Particles -- Genes -- Chemicals -- Uncertainties -- 7: Decisions -- Warfare -- Heredity -- Cosmology -- Information -- Rivalry -- Environment -- Futures
Summary: A history of science, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

1: Origins -- Sevens -- Babylon -- Heroes -- Cosmos -- Life -- Matter -- Technology -- 2: Interactions -- Eurocentrism -- China -- Islam -- Scholarship -- Europe -- Aristotle -- Alchemy -- 3: Experiments -- Exploration -- Magic -- Astronomy -- Bodies -- Machines -- Instruments -- Gravity -- 4: Institutions -- Societies -- Systems -- Careers -- Industries -- Revolutions -- Rationality -- Disciplines -- 5: Laws -- Progress -- Globalization -- Objectivity -- God -- Evolution -- Power -- Time -- 6: Invisibles -- Life -- Germs -- Rays -- Particles -- Genes -- Chemicals -- Uncertainties -- 7: Decisions -- Warfare -- Heredity -- Cosmology -- Information -- Rivalry -- Environment -- Futures

A history of science, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today.

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