The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, the Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Mary Jo Nye

ISBN 10: 0521571995 / ISBN 13: 9780521571999

Published by Cambridge University Press Okt 2002, 2002

About this Item

Neuware - A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the close of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent methods and results in historical studies of science, the authors of over thirty chapters employ strategies from intellectual history, social history, and cultural studies to provide unusually wide-ranging and comprehensive insights into developments in the public culture, disciplinary organization, and cognitive content of the physical and mathematical sciences. The sciences under study in the volume include physics, astronomy, chemistry and mathematics, as well as their extensions into geosciences and environmental sciences, computer science, and biomedical science. Scientific traditions and scientific changes are examined; the roles of instruments, languages, and images in everyday practice are analyzed; the theme of scientific 'revolution' is scrutinized; and the interactions of the sciences with literature, religion, and ideology are examined.

Seller Inventory # 9780521571999

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, the Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Okt 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521571995
• ISBN 13: 9780521571999
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 162H x 50D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 162 millimeters height by 50 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1111 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This volume is a narrative and interpretive history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the close of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent methods and results in historical studies of science, the authors of over thirty chapters employ strategies from intellectual history, social history, and cultural studies to provide unusually wide-ranging and comprehensive insights into developments in the public culture, disciplinary organization, and cognitive content of the physical and mathematical sciences.

Book Description

This volume is a new and comprehensive examination by over thirty internationally recognized scholars of the history of the modern physical and mathematical sciences. The authors examine contested traditions and startling innovations within a broad range of scientific fields which are nonetheless connected. Chemical atoms and physical x-rays, quantum mechanics and modern cosmologies, algebraic analysis and statistical theories, geophysics, and environmental sciences area among the historical subjects.