A synthetic account of how science became a central weapon in the ideological Cold War.Honorable Mention for the Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in AmericaFor most of the second half of t...Lasīt vairāk
A synthetic account of how science became a central weapon in the ideological Cold War.Honorable Mention for the Forum for the History of Science in America Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in AmericaFor most of the second half of t...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Traces both historically and sociologically the changing attitudes on race-mixing (miscegenation) in western culture . . . clear, well written and useful."e; -Journal of the History of BiologyThis book explores changing American views of r...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Traces both historically and sociologically the changing attitudes on race-mixing (miscegenation) in western culture . . . clear, well written and useful."e; -Journal of the History of BiologyThis book explores changing American views of r...Lasīt vairāk
Change in human understanding of the natural world during the early modern period marks one of the most important episodes in intellectual history. This era is often referred to as the scientific revolution, but recent scholarship has challenged trad...Lasīt vairāk
Change in human understanding of the natural world during the early modern period marks one of the most important episodes in intellectual history. This era is often referred to as the scientific revolution, but recent scholarship has challenged trad...Lasīt vairāk
In the nineteenth century, science and technology developed a close and continuing relationship. The most important advancements in physicsāthe science of energy and the theory of the electromagnetic fieldāwere deeply rooted in the new technol...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Engaging . . . a concise work that gives the general reader a solid understanding . . . an excellent introduction to the history of natural history."e; -Library JournalSince emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century,...Lasīt vairāk
"e;Engaging . . . a concise work that gives the general reader a solid understanding . . . an excellent introduction to the history of natural history."e; -Library JournalSince emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century,...Lasīt vairāk
