Landmarks in the history of science : great scientific discoveries from a global-historical perspective /
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| Language: | English |
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Wilmington, Delaware :
Vernon Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Vernon series on history of science.
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. An introduction to Ancient Greek science
- Plato and Aristotle upon truth and ethics
- Scientific topics in antiquity: measurement, experiment, and construction
- Mathematical astronomy
- Rhetorical and political sites
- Alexandrian Renaissance
- ch.2. Earlier than western science : knowledge in transcultural historical settings
- Reports on Chinese science
- Exchanges and diaspora
- The Islamic transfers of the traditional science
- The transition to the modern era
- ch.3. The age of the oceanic discoveries
- Sea passages
- Ships and shipbuilding
- Colonialist competition and utilitarianism
- Scientific discoveries, telescopes, clocks and longitude
- The rise of the Atlantic world
- ch.4. Material science and culture
- Mining engineering and mineralogy in Ealy Modern Europe
- Studies of magnetism
- Magnetism and electricity
- ch.5. The petroleum pioneers in the age of illumination
- Research on petroleum
- Oil in Arabia
- The international petroleum sector at the end of the twentieth century
- Energy science and technology issues
- ch.6. Computer generations
- Charles Babbage and the development of computational industry
- The emergence of the computer industry
- Algorithms and their power
- Innovation in the age of technoscience
- Work, technology, and Human-Machine Interaction
- The Human-Machine Interaction in future smart societies
- ch. 7. Scientific conceptions of the universe
- Space and time as relations
- ch. 8. Philosophy and history of science
- Continuities, ruptures, and transitions.