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With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe, and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.

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Author:   John Krige ,  Dominique Pestre
Publisher:   Gordon and Breach
Imprint:   Harwood Academic (Medical, Reference and Social Sc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.970kg
ISBN:  

9789057021725

ISBN 10:   9057021722
Pages:   978
Publication Date:   20 August 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction, John Krige and Domonique Pestre. Part 1 Images of science: historiography of science - an American perspective, M. Dennis; what is science?, S. Schaffer; on seeing broken spectres, Faulkner and Kerr. Part 2 Science and the social fabric: science, politics and the state, D. Pestre; crafting and disciplining the tropics - plant science in the French colonies, C. Bonneuil; the management of society by numbers, T. Porter; scientific management and the production process, Y. Cohen; the discovery of growth - statistical glimpses of 20th-century science, S.E. Cozzens; academic research, technical change and government policy, K. Pavitt; science and the university - patterns from the US experience in the 20th century, R.L. Geiger; science and the military, E. Mendelsohn; innovation and the modern corporation - from heroic invention to industrial science, B. Carlson; innovative networks and the transformation of the pharmaceutical industry in the 20th century, L. Galambos and J.L. Sturchio; the case of electronics - from tubes to transistors, J.-P. Collett; science in public policy - a history of high-level radioactive waste management, F. Berkhout; from eugenics to genetic manipulation, D.J. Kevles; in the name of science, B. Bensaude Vincent; science fiction and science in the 20th century, K. Steinmueller. Part 3 Interlude: seeing and picturing - visual representation in 20th century science, M. Kemp. Part 4 Research dynamics: the Earth sciences and geophysics, R.E. Doel; neo-Darwinism and natural history, S. Kingsland; clinical research, C. Lawrence; cancer - the century of the transformed cell, I. Lowy; a science ""dans le siecle"" - immunology or the science of boundaries, A.-M. Moulin; the molecular transformation of 20th-century biology, P. Abir Am; biochemistry, molecules and macromolecules, H. Kamminga; polymer chemistry, Y. Furukawa; atomic and molecular science 1900-1960, M.-J. Nye; solid state science, L. Hoddeson; from ""elementary"" to ""fundamental"" particles, S.S. Schweber; computer science - the search for a mathematical theory, M.S. Mahoney; astronomy, K. Hufbauer; mathematics in the 20th century, A. Dahan. Part 5 Science and its practices: material culture, theoretical culture and delocalization, P. Galison; biologists at work - experimental practice in the 20th-century life sciences, J.-P. Gaudilliere; mastering nature and yeomen - agricultural science in the 20th century, D. Fitzgerald; the role of physical instrumentation in structural organic chemistry in the 20th century, P.J.T. Morris; physics instruments in the 20th century, P. Brenni. Part 6 Regional and national institutions: science in the United Kingdom - a study in the nationalization of science, D. Edgerton; Russian science in the 20th century, N. Krementsov. (Part contents)"

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