Increasingly, scholars in the humanities are calling for a re-engagement with the natural sciences. We are experiencing a "scientific turn" in the first decades of the twenty-first century, and against this backdrop, Elena Aronova argues that there was a "scientific turn" in his…
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Increasingly, scholars in the humanities are calling for a reengagement with the natural sciences. Taking their cues from recent breakthroughs in genetics and the neurosciences, advocates of "big history" are calling for a reassessment of long-held assumptions about the very def…
"Increasingly, scholars in the humanities are calling for a re-engagement with the natural sciences. We are experiencing a "scientific turn" in the first decades of the twenty-first century, and against this backdrop, Elena Aronova argues that there was a "scientific turn" in hi…
This volume provides a definitive assessment of the historiography of the life sciences and medicine in Latin America. It makes historiographic work available for new scholars to join the field and for graduate students and other scholars new to the history of science in Latin A…
This volume provides a definitive assessment of the historiography of the life sciences and medicine in Latin America. It makes historiographic work available for new scholars to join the field and for graduate students and other scholars new to the history of science in Latin A…
This work attempts to situate the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. It deals with issues such as the paradigm shift within science studies, the move away from a west-centric theory of science, and future trends and possibilities.
This work attempts to situate the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. It deals with issues such as the paradigm shift within science studies, the move away from a west-centric theory of science, and future trends and possibilities.
"Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) has had a tremendous impact on the history and philosophy of science. In 1962 his famous work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions helped to inaugurate a revolution - the historiographic revolution - during the latter half of the twentieth century. Th…
"Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) has had a tremendous impact on the history and philosophy of science. In 1962 his famous work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions helped to inaugurate a revolution - the historiographic revolution - during the latter half of the twentieth century. Th…
Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communicating their science, scientists tend to use historical narratives for important rhetorical purposes. This text explores …
"Scientists regularly employ historical narrative as a rhetorical tool in their communication of science, yet there's been little reflection on its effects within scientific communities and beyond. Science Between Myth and History begins to unravel these threads of influence. T…
"This volume studies the concept and relevance of HISTEM (History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) in shaping the histories of colonial and postcolonial South Asia. Tracing its evolution from the establishment of the East India Company through to the early deca…