Servants of nature : a history of scientific institutions, enterprises and sensibilities / Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson.
Pubblicazione:
London : HarperCollins, 1999.
Descrizione fisica:
XIV, 496 p., [4] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. List of plates. Introduction: Science and its past. Pt. 1. Institutions: 1. Teaching: before the scientific revolution 2. Teaching: from the time of the scientific revolution 3. Sharing: early scientific societies 4. Watching: observatories in the Middle East, China, Europe and America 5. Showing: museums 6. Growing: botanical gardens and zoos. Pt. 2. Enterprises: 7. Measuring: the search for precision 8. Reading: books and the spread of ideas 9. Travelling: discovery, maps and scientific expeditions 10. Counting: statistics 11. Killing: science and the military. Pt. 3. Sensibilities: 12. Partecipating: beyond scientific societies 13. Appropriating: science in nations beyond Europe 14. Believing: science and religion 15. Knowing: progressing and proclaiming 16. Knowing: relativizing. Notes. Further reading. Picture credits. Index
