Experiencing Nature - Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of Allen G. Debus (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)

This volume, honoring the renowned historian of science, Allen G Debus, explores ideas of science - `experiences of nature' - from within a historiographical tradition that Debus has done much to define. As his work shows, the sciences do not develop exclusively as a result of a progressive and inexorable logic of discovery. A wide variety of extra-scientific factors, deriving from changing intellectual contexts and differing social millieus, play crucial roles in the overall development of scientific thought. These essays represent case studies in a broad range of scientific settings - from sixteenth-century astronomy and medicine, through nineteenth-century biology and mathematics, to the social sciences in the twentieth-century - that show the impact of both social settings and the cross-fertilization of ideas on the formation of science. Aimed at a general audience interested in the history of science, this book closes with Debus's personal perspective on the development of the field. Audience: This book will appeal especially to historians of science, of chemistry, and of medicine.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 58
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1997
Editors:	P. Theerman • Karen Hunger Parshall
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
ISBN-13:	978-9401064545
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	9401064547
Barcode:	9789401064545

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