Servants of Nature

Pyenson, Lewis; Sheets-Pyenson, Susan

ISBN 10: 0393046141 / ISBN 13: 9780393046144

Published by New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1999, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1999

About this Item

Hb. VG/VG-. 1st. 496pp. Small chip top of front board; store stamp top edge. Top of spine Dj chipped & has small tears. Illus.; notes; biblio.; index.

Seller Inventory # 050089

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Servants of Nature
• Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1999, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393046141
• ISBN 13: 9780393046144
• Binding: Hb
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG-

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Synopsis

A exploration that ranges from antiquity to modern times explores the interaction between scientific practice and public life and reveals how advances in science have almost always been closely allied with changes in three distinct areas of society.

About the Author

Lewis Pyenson is professor of history and mathematics at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where the late Susan Sheets-Pyenson was professor of history. Lewis Pyenson is the author of the landmark trilogy about science and imperialism: Civilizing Mission, Empire of Reason, and Cultural Imperialism and Exact Sciences. Susan Sheets-Pyenson is the author of Cathedrals of Science.