The Cambridge history of science. Volume 4, Eighteenth-century science / edited by Roy Porter.
| Call Number | 509 |
| Title | The Cambridge history of science. edited by Roy Porter. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxx, 912 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | The Cambridge history of science |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015). |
| Summary | This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own. |
| Added Author | Porter, Roy, 1946-2002, editor. |
| Subject | Science History 18th century. |
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| Summary | This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, and also used as a work of reference. While prime attention is paid to western science, space is also given to science in traditional cultures and colonial science. The coverage strikes a balance between analysis of the cognitive dimension of science itself and interpretation of its wider social, economic and cultural significance. The contributors, world leaders in their respective specialities, engage with current historiographical and methodological controversies and strike out on positions of their own. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015). |
| Subject | Science History 18th century. |
| Multimedia |