A Short History of Scientific Thought
From Plato to Einstein, via Copernicus and Darwin, this fascinating text shows how science came to be such a dominating and important aspect of modern culture. Presented as a lively and highly readable narrative, it provides a rich historicalsurvey of the major developments in scientific thought, from the Ancient Greeks to the twentieth century. Along the way, John Henry revises many false assumptions that have been made about the history of science and offers new interpretations. Grounded firmly upon the latest historical scholarship, the book explains how new scientific theories have emerged and analyses their impact on contemporary thinkin…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-230-01943-0
- EAN: 9780230019430
- Produktnummer: 20568388
- Verlag: Macmillan Education UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.7 cm 494 g
- Abbildungen: 328 p.
- Gewicht: 494
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
JOHN HENRY Professor of the History of Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has published widely in the history of science from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, including The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science, now in its third edition
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