Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 662 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139056007
Series Statement:
The Cambridge history of science
Content:
This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive and authoritative surveys of historical thinking on major developments in these areas of science, on the social and cultural milieus in which the knowledge was generated, and on the wider impact of the major theoretical and practical innovations. The articles are written by acknowledged experts who provide concise accounts of the latest historical thinking coupled with guides to the most important recent literature. In addition to histories of traditional sciences, the book covers the emergence of newer disciplines such as genetics, biochemistry and geophysics. The interaction of scientific techniques with their practical applications in areas such as medicine is a major focus of the book, as is its coverage of controversial areas such as science and religion, and environmentalism
Content:
Introduction / Peter J. Bowler and John V. Pickstone -- pt. 1. Workers and places. -- Amateurs and professionals / David E. Allen -- Discovery and exploration / Roy Macleod -- Museums / Mary P. Winsor -- Field stations and surveys / Keith R. Benson -- Universities / Jonathan Harwood -- Geological industries / Paul Lucier -- The pharmaceutical industries / John P. Swann -- Public and Environmental health / Michael Worboys -- pt. 2. Analysis and experimentation. -- Geology / Mott T. Greene -- Paleontology / Ronald Rainger -- Zoology / Mario A. Di Gregorio -- Botany / Eugene Cittadino -- Evolution / Jonathan Hodge -- Anatomy, Histology, and Cytology / Susan C. Lawrence -- Embryology / Nick Hopwood -- Microbiology / Olga Amsterdamska -- Physiology / Richard L. Kremer -- Pathology / Russell C. Maulitz -- pt. 3. New objects and ideas. -- Plate tectonics / Henry Frankel -- Geophysics and geochemistry / David Oldroyd -- Mathematical models / Jeffrey C. Schank and Charles Twardy -- Genes / Richard M. Burian and Doris T. Zallen -- Ecosystems / Pascal Acot -- Immunology / Thomas Söderqvist, Craig Stillwell and Mark Jackson -- Cancer / Jean-Paul Gaudillière -- The brain and the behavioral sciences / Anne Harrington -- History of biotechnology / Robert Bud -- pt. 4. Science and culture. -- Religion and science / James Moore -- Biology and human nature / Peter J. Bowler -- Experimentation and ethics / Susan E. Lederer -- Environmentalism / Stephen Bocking -- Popular Science / Peter J. Bowler
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521572019
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521572019
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521572019
