The history and philosophy of science : a reader /
The history and philosophy of science : a reader /
edited by Daniel J. McKaughan and Holly VandeWall.
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, c2018.
- xxiii, 1073 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1051-1059) and index.
The birth of natural philosophy: science and mathematics in the ancient Hellenistic world -- Translation, appropriation, and critical engagement: science in the Roman and medieval Islamic and European worlds -- Revolutions in astronomy and mechanics: from Copernicus to Newton -- Investigating the invisible: light, electricity, and magnetism -- Elements in transition: chemistry, air, atoms, and heat -- The earth and all its creatures: developments in geology and biology -- The emergence of evolution: Darwin and his interlocutors.
9781474232722 (pbk.) 1474232728 (pbk.)
2018286263
Science--Philosophy
Science--History
Q175 / H62 2018
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1051-1059) and index.
The birth of natural philosophy: science and mathematics in the ancient Hellenistic world -- Translation, appropriation, and critical engagement: science in the Roman and medieval Islamic and European worlds -- Revolutions in astronomy and mechanics: from Copernicus to Newton -- Investigating the invisible: light, electricity, and magnetism -- Elements in transition: chemistry, air, atoms, and heat -- The earth and all its creatures: developments in geology and biology -- The emergence of evolution: Darwin and his interlocutors.
9781474232722 (pbk.) 1474232728 (pbk.)
2018286263
Science--Philosophy
Science--History
Q175 / H62 2018