A four thousand year history

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A groundbreaking new history of science, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today.

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Full title :A four thousand year history / Patricia Fara.

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Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):[distributor] Oxford University Press Distribution Services, Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:424 pages : : halftones, 50 integrated ; : 24 x 16 x 3 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199226894, 019922689X
oclc:ocn851822055
Dewey Decimal:509

Introduction -- PART I: ORIGINS -- 1. Sevens -- 2. Babylon -- 3. Heroes -- 4. Cosmos -- 5. Life -- 6. Matter -- 7. Technology -- PART II: INTERACTIONS -- 8. Eurocentrism -- 9. China -- 10. Islam -- 11. Scholarship -- 12. Europe -- 13. Aristotle -- 14. Alchemy -- PART III: EXPERIMENTS -- 15. Exploration -- 16. Magic -- 17. Astronomy -- 18. Bodies -- 19. Machines -- 20. Instruments -- 21. Gravity -- PART IV: INSTITUTIONS -- 22. Societies -- 23. Systems -- 24. Careers -- 25. Industries -- 26. Revolutions -- 27. Rationality -- 28. Disciplines -- PART V: LAWS -- 29. Progress -- 30. Globalization -- 31. Objectivity -- 32. God -- 33. Evolution -- 34. Power -- 35. Time -- PART VI: INVISIBLES -- 36. Life -- 37. Disease -- 38. Rays -- 39. Particles -- 40. Genes -- 41. Chemicals -- 42. Uncertainties -- PART VII -- 43. Warfare -- 44. Heredity -- 45. Cosmology -- 46. Information -- 47. Rivalry -- 48. Environment -- 49. Futures -- Postscript.