Making Modern Science

A Historical Survey

Peter J. Bowler, Iwan Rhys Morus

530 pages, parution le 01/08/2005

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The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In Making Modern Science, a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowler and Morus explore both the history of science itself and its influence on modern thought.

Opening with an introduction that explains developments in the history of science over the last three decades and the controversies these initiatives have engendered, the book then proceeds in two parts. The first section considers key episodes in the development of modern science, including the Scientific Revolution and individual accomplishments in geology, physics, and biology. The second section is an analysis of the most important themes stemming from the social relations of science-the discoveries that force society to rethink its religious, moral, or philosophical values. Making Modern Science thus chronicles all major developments in scientific thinking, from the revolutionary ideas of the seventeenth century to the contemporary issues of evolutionism, genetics, nuclear physics, and modern cosmology.

Written by seasoned historians, this book will encourage students to see the history of science not as a series of names and dates but as an interconnected and complex web of relationships between science and modern society. The first survey of its kind, Making Modern Science is a much-needed and accessible introduction to the history of science, engagingly written for undergraduates and curious readers alike.

L'auteur - Peter J. Bowler

Peter J. Bowler is Reader in the History of Science at Queen's University, Belfast, and is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his books on the history of evolutionism.

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Introduction: science, society, and history
Part I Episodes in the development of science
- The scientific revolution
- The chemical revolution
- The conservation of energy
- The age of the earth
- The darwinian revolution
- The new biology
- Genetics
- Ecology and the environmental sciences
- Continental drift
- Twentieth-century physics
- Revolutionizing cosmology
- The emergence of the human sciences
Part II Themes in the history of science
- The organization of science
- Science and religion
- Popular science
- Science and technology
- Biology and ideology
- Science and medicine
- Science and war
- Science and gender
- Epilogue

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Éditeur(s)	The University of Chicago Press
Auteur(s)	Peter J. Bowler, Iwan Rhys Morus
Parution	01/08/2005
Nb. de pages	530
Format	15 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	715g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780226068619
ISBN13	978-0-226-06861-9