Civilization and the culture of science : science and the shaping of modernity, 1795-1935 / Stephen Gaukroger.
Pubblicazione:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2020.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 519 p., [8] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Note:
Continuazione di: The natural and the human : science and the shaping of modernity, 1739-1841 / Stephen Gaukroger. Oxford :Oxford university press, 2016
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. List of plates. Introduction. Pt. 1. Civilization: 1. Science and the origins of civilization 2. The evolution of civilization. Pt. 2. The unity of science: 3. The promotion of unification 4. The unity of the physical sciences 5. The autonomy of the material sciences 6. The autonomy of the life sciences 7. The unity of the life sciences. Pt. 3. The expoansion of scientific understanding: 8. The problem of the human sciences 9. Understanding the world: science versus philosophy. pt. 4. The pursuit of science by other means: applied and popular science: 10. Technology and the limits of scientific theorizing 11. Science for and by the public. Pt. 5. Science and the civilizing process: 12. The modernization of the population: accommodating the human to the scientific image. Conclusion: 13. Science and the shaping of modernity. Bibliography of works cited. Index
