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"Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
The origins of natural philosophy. -- The Roman era and the rise of Islam. -- The revival of natural philosophy in Western Europe. -- Science in the Renaissance: the courtly philosophers. -- The scientific revolution: contested territory. -- The Enlightenment and enterprise. -- Science and empire. -- The death of certainty: science and war. -- Entering the atomic age. -- 1957: the year the world became a planet. -- Man on the moon, microwave in the kitchen. -- Conclusion: New frontiers: science and choice in the new millennium
"Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the history of science through its continually changing place in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge useful."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references and index
The origins of natural philosophy. -- The Roman era and the rise of Islam. -- The revival of natural philosophy in Western Europe. -- Science in the Renaissance: the courtly philosophers. -- The scientific revolution: contested territory. -- The Enlightenment and enterprise. -- Science and empire. -- The death of certainty: science and war. -- Entering the atomic age. -- 1957: the year the world became a planet. -- Man on the moon, microwave in the kitchen. -- Conclusion: New frontiers: science and choice in the new millennium
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