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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 4, Eighteenth-Century Science
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Roy Porter
SeriesThe Cambridge History of Science
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:942
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 160
Category/GenreHistory of science
ISBN/Barcode 9780521572439
ClassificationsDewey:509
Audience
Professional & Vocational
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 March 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Reviews

'... [A] rich collection of material ...' Times Literary Supplement '... historians of medicine will undoubtedly find this a useful reference book for help in contextualizing their teaching and research. It achieves Porter's intention of providing a stable platform upon which scholarship on the nineteenth-century can be built.' William H Brock, University of Kent Medical History '... contains excellent chapters and it will be very useful as a guide within the world of history of science ...' Ambix