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Author : Robert Bruce Lindsay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Science and civilization
ISBN : UVA:X000511999
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Author : Zaheer Baber
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0791429202
Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.
Author : Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192588937
How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did cognitive values—and subsequently moral, political, and social ones—come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how these values were shaped and how they began, in turn, to shape those of society. The core nineteenth- and twentieth-century development is that in which science comes to take centre stage in determining ideas of civilization, displacing Christianity in this role. Christianity had provided a unifying thread in the study of the world, however, and science had to match this, which it did through the project of the unity of the sciences. The standing of science came to rest or fall on this question, which the book sets out to show in detail is essentially ideological, not something that arose from developments within the sciences, which remained pluralistic and modular. A crucial ingredient in this process was a fundamental rethinking of the relations between science and ethics, economics, philosophy, and engineering. In his engaging description of this transition to a scientific modernity, Gaukroger examines five of the issues which underpinned this shift in detail: changes in the understanding of civilization; the push to unify the sciences; the rise of the idea of the limits of scientific understanding; the concepts of 'applied' and 'popular' science; and the way in which the public was shaped in a scientific image.
Author : Karl Pearson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020790873
This book examines the role of science in modern society. It covers topics such as the relationship between science and government, the ethical implications of scientific research, and the impact of science on society as a whole. With insights from one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th century, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of science and politics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : George Sarton
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Civilization
ISBN : UCAL:B3929633
Author : Michael Novak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351303743
In this classic work, the foremost historian of science in our time, George Sarton, sums up his reflections on the role of science and of the humanities in our culture. Voicing his opposition to the old-fashioned humanists on the one hand, and to the 'uneducated' men of science and technicians on the other, Sarton points out to the former that the humanities without scientific are essentially incomplete. He warns the latter that without history, without philosophy, without arts and letters, without a living religion, human life on this planet would cease to be worthwhile.After outlining his 'Faith of a Humanist' in the opening section, Sarton goes on to analyze 'The History of Science and the History of Civilization,' to discuss the progress of scientific thought since ancient times in 'East and West,' and to propose the solution for the educational and cultural crisis of our time in 'The New Humanism' and in 'The History of Science and the Problems of Today.' He concludes not only that science is a source of technological development that has changed the face of the earth and has convulsed our lives for good and evil, but that it nonetheless affords the best means of understanding the world, its people, and the multitude of their relationships. 'Science is the conscience of mankind.'Included in this edition is Robert M. Merton's address before the Sarton Centennial meeting of November 1984. It is a stunning tour de force in its own right, providing insights into Sarton, teaching and research at Harvard in the 1930s, and the personal interaction between Sarton the mentor, and Merton the pupil. The essay supplements May Sarton's earlier 'Informal Portrait of George Sarton.'
Author : University of Wisconsin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015010450123
Author : University of Wisconsin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:1077917218
Author : George Sarton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102289420X
This work by George Sarton is an engaging look into the history of science and scientific thought from ancient civilizations to modern times. It explores the great thinkers and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of the natural world, and provides insight into the scientific process itself. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of science or the development of human knowledge. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192588920
How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did cognitive values—and subsequently moral, political, and social ones—come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how these values were shaped and how they began, in turn, to shape those of society. The core nineteenth- and twentieth-century development is that in which science comes to take centre stage in determining ideas of civilization, displacing Christianity in this role. Christianity had provided a unifying thread in the study of the world, however, and science had to match this, which it did through the project of the unity of the sciences. The standing of science came to rest or fall on this question, which the book sets out to show in detail is essentially ideological, not something that arose from developments within the sciences, which remained pluralistic and modular. A crucial ingredient in this process was a fundamental rethinking of the relations between science and ethics, economics, philosophy, and engineering. In his engaging description of this transition to a scientific modernity, Gaukroger examines five of the issues which underpinned this shift in detail: changes in the understanding of civilization; the push to unify the sciences; the rise of the idea of the limits of scientific understanding; the concepts of 'applied' and 'popular' science; and the way in which the public was shaped in a scientific image.
Author : Arnold Pacey,Francesca Bray
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262542463
The new edition of a milestone work on the global history of technology. This milestone history of technology, first published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent research, broke new ground by taking a global view, avoiding the conventional Eurocentric perspective and placing the development of technology squarely in the context of a "world civilization." Case studies include "technological dialogues" between China and West Asia in the eleventh century, medieval African states and the Islamic world, and the United States and Japan post-1950. It examines railway empires through the examples of Russia and Japan and explores current synergies of innovation in energy supply and smartphone technology through African cases. The book uses the term "technological dialogue" to challenges the top-down concept of "technology transfer," showing instead that technologies are typically modified to fit local needs and conditions, often triggering further innovation. The authors trace these encounters and exchanges over a thousand years, examining changes in such technologies as agriculture, firearms, printing, electricity, and railroads. A new chapter brings the narrative into the twenty-first century, discussing technological developments including petrochemicals, aerospace, and digitalization from often unexpected global viewpoints and asking what new kind of industrial revolution is needed to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene.
Author : Robert C. Stauffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:642984314
Author : A. Bala
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230601215
Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science.
Author : J. C. Rodda,Lucio Ubertini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1901502570
Author : William Burns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351787581
Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists, but as an integral part of human civilization, and traces the development of science through different historical settings from the Middle Ages through to the Cold War. Five case studies are examined within this book: the creation of modern science by Muslims, Christians and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean; the global science of the Jesuit order in the early modern world; the relationship between "modernization" and "westernization" in Russia and Japan from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century; the role of science in the European colonization of Africa; and the rivalry in "big science" between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Each chapter includes original documents to further the reader’s understanding, and this second edition has been enhanced with a selection of new images and a new chapter on Big Science and the Superpowers during the Cold War. Since the Middle Ages, people have been working in many civilizations and cultures to advance knowledge of, and power over, the natural world. Through a combination of narrative and primary sources, Knowledge and Power provides students with an understanding of how different cultures throughout time and across the globe approached science. It is ideal for students of world history and the history of science.