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Science and the making of the modern world

Title
Science and the making of the modern world / John Marks.
Author
Marks, John, 1934-2012.
Publication
London ; Exeter, N.H. : Heinemann, 1983.

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Book/TextUse in library Q125 .M334 1983Off-site

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Description
xiii, 507 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Geschichte 1600-1983
  • Science > History
  • Science > history
  • Science
  • Geschichte
  • Naturwissenschaften
  • Wissenschaftsentwicklung
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • Sociale aspecten
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [499]-501.
Contents
The importance of science in the making of the modern world -- The origins of modern science -- The 17th-century scientific revolution -- The development of the scientific revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries -- Science and technology in traditional China -- The growth of science in the 20th century -- The philosophy of science, political systems and the development of technology in the 20th century -- Case-studies of specific issues -- Science and the making of the modern world.
ISBN
  • 0435547801
  • 043554781X
  • 9780435547806
  • 9780435547813
  • 043554751X
  • 9780435547516
  • 0435547518
LCCN
83212054
OCLC
  • ocm11088895
  • 11088895
  • SCSB-84634
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library