Fara, Patricia

Science: a four thousand year history/ Patricia Fara - New York: Oxford University Press, 2009-04-15. - 408 p.

1: Origins --
Sevens --
Babylon --
Heroes --
Cosmos --
Life --
Matter --
Technology --
2: Interactions --
Eurocentrism --
China --
Islam --
Scholarship --
Europe --
Aristotle --
Alchemy --
3: Experiments --
Exploration --
Magic --
Astronomy --
Bodies --
Machines --
Instruments --
Gravity --
4: Institutions --
Societies --
Systems --
Careers --
Industries --
Revolutions --
Rationality --
Disciplines --
5: Laws --
Progress --
Globalization --
Objectivity --
God --
Evolution --
Power --
Time --
6: Invisibles --
Life --
Germs --
Rays --
Particles --
Genes --
Chemicals --
Uncertainties --
7: Decisions --
Warfare --
Heredity --
Cosmology --
Information --
Rivalry --
Environment --
Futures.

ISBN: 019922689X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science -- History
Science and civilization

Dewey Class. No.: 509 / FAR/S