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Servants of nature : a history of scientific institutions, enterprises and sensibilities / Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson.
- Title
- Servants of nature : a history of scientific institutions, enterprises and sensibilities / Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson.
- Author
- Pyenson, Lewis
- Publication
- Hammersmith, London : Fontana Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Q124.6 .P94 1999c | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sheets-Pyenson, Susan, 1949-
- Description
- xiv, 496 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 20 cm.
- Series Statement
- Fontana history of science
- Uniform Title
- Fontana history of science
- Alternative Title
- Fontana history of scientific institutions, enterprises and sensibilities
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- References & index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I. Institutions ; Teaching: before the scientific revolution ; Teaching: from the time of the scientific revolution ; Sharing: early scientific societies ; Watching: observatories in the Middle East, China, Europe, and America ; Showing: museums ; Growing: Botanical gardens and zoos -- Part II. Enterprises: the search for precision ; Reading: books and the spread of ideas ; Travelling: discovery, maps, and scientific expeditions ; Counting: statistics ; Killing: Science and the military -- Part III. Sensibilities ; Participating: beyond scientific societies ; Appropriating: science in nations beyond ; Believing: science and religion ; Knowing: progressing and proclaiming ; Knowing: relativizing.
- ISBN
- 0006862179
- OCLC
- 45812724
- SCSB-11939048
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library