Landmarks in western science : from prehistory to atomic age / Peter Whitfield.
Pubblicazione:
London : The British library, 1999.
Descrizione fisica:
256 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 27 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. The origins of recorded science 2. The classical achievement 3. Science in religious cultures 4. The problem of the Renaissance 5. Science reborn 6. Eighteenth-century interlude 7. The machine age 8. Twentieth-century science: the new labyrinth. Select bibliography. Index
