9780199580279
Science: A Four Thousand Year History
Patricia Fara
ISBN 13: 9780199580279
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Softcover
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"Patricia Farr has written a fascinating account of the broad sweep of scientific progress more or less since records began....[It] is...well worth reading and likely to stimulate debate..."
John Gribbin, Literary Review, 03/01/2009
Review:"Patricia Fara is....one of our most entertaining, incisive and irreverent historians of science, with a proven talent for combining scholarship with the common touch....[Her] book is unfailingly enjoyable....It can be prescribed as a remedy or palliative for many maladies, including scientistic hubris and the myopia of anyone who still has faith in progress."
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Times Literary Supplement, 06/12/2009
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Book Description: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, 2010. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 196 x 129 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how science has always belonged to the practical world of war, politics, and business. Rather than glorifying scientists as idealized heroes, she tells true stories about real people - men (and some women) who needed to earn their living, who made mistakes, and who trampled down their rivals in their quest for success. Fara sweeps through the centuries, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today. She also ranges internationally, illustrating the importance of scientific projects based around the world, from China to the Islamic empire, as well as the more familiar tale of science in Europe, from Copernicus to Charles Darwin and beyond.Above all, this four thousand year history challenges scientific supremacy, arguing controversially that science is successful not because it is always right - but because people have said that it is right. Bookseller Inventory # AOP9780199580279 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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