عنوان

The Ferment of knowledge :

(Number (ISBN

0511572980

(Number (ISBN

9780511572982

Erroneous ISBN

052108718X

Erroneous ISBN

052122599X

Erroneous ISBN

9780521087186

Erroneous ISBN

9780521225991

Number

b701234

Title Proper

The Ferment of knowledge :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

studies in the historiography of eighteenth-century science /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by G.S. Rousseau and Roy Porter.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1980.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 500 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. The last generation has seen a revolution in the methodology adopted by historians of science: The development of science is no longer described as a steady progress towards truth - certainties have given way to questions. The essays in this volume scrutinize these changing perspectives in historiography and recommend paths for future study. The eighteenth century has been a neglected and much-misunderstood era in the development of science, all too often viewed as something of a trough between the towering achievements of the 'Scientific Revolution' and the nineteenth century. Yet it was a period of notable developments; it saw the establishment of such fields as electricity and heat, the 'chemical revolution', the new science of gases, the isolation of oxygen, the nebular hypothesis in cosmology, the foundation of rational mechanics, and the birth pangs of biology, geology and psychology. It was, indeed, an age when knowledge was in ferment.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Title

Ferment of knowledge.

Science-- History-- 18th century-- Historiography.

Science-- Philosophy.

Science-- Social aspects.

Historiography.

Science-- history.

Sciences-- Historiographie.

Sciences-- Philosophie.

Sciences-- Sciences-- Aspect social.

Geschiedschrijving.

Natuurwetenschappen.

Science-- Historiography.

Science-- Philosophy.

Science-- Social aspects.

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Edition

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Book number

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Book Number

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Porter, Roy,1946-2002

Rousseau, G. S., (George Sebastian)

Date of Transaction

20201207165617.0

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[Book]

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