Science: a four thousand year history

by Fara, Patricia

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Title Statements

Full title :Science : a four thousand year history / Patricia Fara.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

Notes

KH 8/10/2017a.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 408 p. : : ill., maps ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199226894, 019922689X
oclc:on1164382521
LC Classification:Q125

1: Origins -- Sevens -- Babylon -- Heroes -- Cosmos -- Life -- Matter -- Technology -- 2: Interactions -- Eurocentrism -- China -- Islam -- Scholarship -- Europe -- Aristotle -- Alchemy -- 3: Experiments -- Exploration -- Magic -- Astronomy -- Bodies -- Machines -- Instruments -- Gravity -- 4: Institutions -- Societies -- Systems -- Careers -- Industries -- Revolutions -- Rationality -- Disciplines -- 5: Laws -- Progress -- Globalization -- Objectivity -- God -- Evolution -- Power -- Time -- 6: Invisibles -- Life -- Germs -- Rays -- Particles -- Genes -- Chemicals -- Uncertainties -- 7: Decisions -- Warfare -- Heredity -- Cosmology -- Information -- Rivalry -- Environment -- Futures.