Science : a four thousand year history / Patricia Fara.

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  • Author(s): Fara, Patricia
  • Language:
    English
  • Publication Information:
    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Publication Date:
    2009
  • Physical Description:
    xv, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
  • Publication Type:
    Book
  • Document Type:
    Bibliographies; Non-fiction
  • Subject Terms:
    Science -- History; Science and civilization
  • Availability: 1 Holdings
  • Additional Information
    • Publication Information:
      First edition
    • Content Notes:
      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.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
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    • ISBN:
      9780199226894
      019922689X
    • Accession Number:
      2008050975
    • Accession Number:
      255902910
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.466859