Copyright Date:
2004
Edition Date:
2004
Release Date:
06/01/04
Pages:
xviii, 238 pages
ISBN:
0-8160-4851-7
ISBN 13:
978-0-8160-4851-9
Dewey:
509
LCCN:
2003019470
Dimensions:
24 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
School Library Journal
Gr 6-10-These revised versions of wide-angle surveys published in 1993 and 1994 cover even more territory, with updates as well as expanded information about women scientists, non-Westerners, and the impact of science on society. Each successive, stand-alone volume treats a narrower historical span, from "Ancient Times to 1699" in the first to "1946 to the Present" in the last; within each book, the arrangement is similar, with a set of topical essays on the physical sciences, a set on life sciences, and a final section on the aforementioned social issues, followed by a chronology, a glossary, annotated resource lists, and a volume index. More approachable than the solid-looking pages of text and the few small, drab black-and-white photos or diagrams might suggest, these studies offer not only introductions to science's major discoveries, movements, methods, and figures from Thales to Carl Sagan, Hypatia to Barbara McClintock-but also clear-eyed looks at such related topics as pseudosciences, scientific blind alleys, and the hazards of postmodernist skepticism. Consider these titles as essential support for any studies in the nature or history of modern science.-John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Examining the scientific ideas developed by the early Greek philosophers, the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the momentous discoveries of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, this volume looks at the early years of scientific thought and discovery. Covering figures as well known as Aristotle and Newton, The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699 also looks beyond the specific contributions of key individuals and offers a more inclusive, world view of the early days of science.
Coverage includes:
Legacies of ancient peoples, including non-European contributions and discoveries
Contributions of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton to physical sciences, as well as contributions from natural historians such as Vesalius and Leeuwenhoek to biology
Greek scientists, their discoveries, theories and inventions
Tensions between science and society, science and religion, and science and quackery during the Scientific Revolution
The earliest efforts to understand the human body.
Excerpted from The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699 by Ray Spangenburg, Diane Moser
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Examining the scientific ideas developed by the early Greek philosophers, the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the momentous discoveries of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, this volume looks at the early years of scientific thought and discovery. Covering figures as well known as Aristotle and Newton, The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699 also looks beyond the specific contributions of key individuals and offers a more inclusive, world view of the early days of science.
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