Science Deified and Science Defied
Author: Richard Olson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1983-01-21
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780520047167
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Author: Richard Olson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1983-01-21
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780520047167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Olson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780520201675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichard Olson's magisterial two-volume work, Science Deified and Science Defied asks how, why, to what extent, and with what consequences scientific ideas have influenced Western culture. In Volume 2, Olson turns to Cartesianism and the extension of mathematical and mechanical philosophies that branched into every aspect of seventeenth-century thought.
Author: Richard Olson
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Published: 1990-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780520068469
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Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 774
ISBN-13: 9780520046214
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Olson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0252074335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 19th century produced scientific and cultural revolutions that forever transformed modern European life. Richard Olson provides an integrated account of the history of science and its impact on intellectual and social trends of the day.
Author: Steven Darian
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2003-08-01
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780292716186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom astronomy to zoology, the practice of science proceeds from scientific ways of thinking. These patterns of thought, such as defining and classifying, hypothesizing and experimenting, form the building blocks of all scientific endeavor. Understanding how they work is therefore an essential foundation for everyone involved in scientific study or teaching, from elementary school students to classroom teachers and professional scientists. In this book, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavor. He draws examples from university science textbooks in a variety of disciplines, since these offer a common, even canonical, language for scientific expression. Darian identifies and focuses in depth on nine patterns—defining, classifying, using figurative language, determining cause and effect, hypothesizing, experimenting, visualizing, quantifying, and comparing—and shows how they interact in practice. He also traces how these thought modes developed historically from Pythagoras through Newton.
Author: David C. Lindberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1986-04-29
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780520056923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the publication in 1896 of Andrew Dickson White's classic History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, no comprehensive history of the subject has appeared in the English language. Although many twentieth-century historians have written on the relationship between Christianity and science, and in the process have called into question many of White's conclusions, the image of warfare lingers in the public mind. To provide an up-to-date alternative, based on the best available scholarship and written in nontechnical language, the editors of this volume have assembled an international group of distinguished historians. In eighteen essays prepared especially for this book, these authors cover the period from the early Christian church to the twentieth century, offering fresh appraisals of such encounters as the trial of Galileo, the formulation of the Newtonian worldview, the coming of Darwinism, and the ongoing controversies over “scientific creationism.” They explore not only the impact of religion on science, but also the influence of science and religion. This landmark volume promises not only to silence the persistent rumors of war between Christianity and science, but also serve as the point of departure for new explorations of their relationship, Scholars and general readers alike will find it provocative and readable.
Author: Luis Suarez-Villa
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780742502055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the context of the historic evolution of capitalism, Suarez-Villa (social ecology, U. of California-Irvine) explores the advent of a form of market capitalism rooted in invention and the development of new technologies. He examines the infrastructure that supports invention and the relationship of techno-capitalism with science, corporate business, and government. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Waltraud Ernst
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-09-27
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1134205481
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms 'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and explores that fact. The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the abnormal from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines – ranging from art history to social history of medicine, literature, and science studies to sociology and cultural anthropology. The contributors use as their conceptual anchors the works of moral and political philosophers such as Canguilhem, Foucault and Hacking, as well as the ideas put forward by sociologists including Durkheim and Illich. With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this book will have a broad appeal to students in many areas of history.