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Beschreibung
Histories you can trust.

The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of gunpowder, paper, and the printing press; from the Scientific Revolution of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to the intellectual ferment of the eighteenth century.

The chapters that follow focus on the increasingly specialized story of science since end of the eighteenth century, covering experimental science in the laboratory from Michael Faraday to CERN; the exploration of nature, from intrepid Victorian explorers to twentieth century primatologists; the mapping of the universe, from the discovery of Uranus to Big Bang theory; the impact of evolutionary ideas, from Lamarck, Darwin, and Wallace to DNA; and the story of theoretical physics, from James Clark Maxwell to Quantum Theory and beyond. A concluding chapter reflects on how scientists have communicated their work to a wider public, from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the internet in the early twenty-first century.
Histories you can trust.

The first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of gunpowder, paper, and the printing press; from the Scientific Revolution of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to the intellectual ferment of the eighteenth century.

The chapters that follow focus on the increasingly specialized story of science since end of the eighteenth century, covering experimental science in the laboratory from Michael Faraday to CERN; the exploration of nature, from intrepid Victorian explorers to twentieth century primatologists; the mapping of the universe, from the discovery of Uranus to Big Bang theory; the impact of evolutionary ideas, from Lamarck, Darwin, and Wallace to DNA; and the story of theoretical physics, from James Clark Maxwell to Quantum Theory and beyond. A concluding chapter reflects on how scientists have communicated their work to a wider public, from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the internet in the early twenty-first century.
Über den Autor
Iwan Rhys Morus first developed his interest in the history of science whilst studying natural sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is currently Professor of History at Aberystwyth University and is the author of a number of books in the history of science, including Frankenstein's Children (1998), When Physics Became King (2005) and Shocking Bodies (2011).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: James Evans: Science in the Ancient Mediterranean World

  • 2: Donald Harper: Science in Ancient China

  • 3: Sonja Brentjes: Medieval Science in the West and Middle East

  • 4: Dagmar Schaefer: Science in the Medieval East

  • 5: John Henry: The Scientific Revolution

  • 6: Jan Golinski: Enlightenment Science

  • 7: Iwan Rhys Morus: Experimental Cultures

  • 8: Amanda Rees: Exploring Nature

  • 9: Robert Smith: Mapping the Universe

  • 10: Peter Bowler: The Meaning of Life

  • 11: Matthew Stanley: Theoretical Visions

  • 12: Charlotte Sleigh: Communicating Nature

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Oxford History of
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780192883995
ISBN-10: 0192883992
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rhys Morus, Iwan
Redaktion: Rhys Morus, Iwan
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
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Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 193 x 129 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Iwan Rhys Morus
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2023
Gewicht: 0,392 kg
Artikel-ID: 122749195

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