Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — The Editors — PART I: THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE — Section IA: History of science in relation to neighbouring disciplines — 1. The development of the historiography of science /J. R. R. Christie — 2. The history of science and the working scientist John R. G. Turner — 3. The history of science and the history of society Roy Porter — 4. The history of science and the philosophy of science Larry Laudan — 5. Sociological theories of scientific knowledge /Barry Barnes — Section IB: Analytical perspectives — 6. Marxism and the history of science Robert M. Young — 7. The sociology of the scientific community Trevor Pinch — 8. Feminism and the history of science /J. R. R. Christie — 9. Language, discourse and science /J. V Golinski — Section IC: Philosophical problems — 10. Continental philosophy and the history of science Gary Gutting — 11. Discovery /T. Nickles — 12. Rationality, science and history Larry Briskman — 13. Realism /W. H. Newton-Smith — PART II: SELECTED WRITINGS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE — Section IIA: Turning points — 14. The Copemican revolution /J. R. Ravetz — 15. The Scientific Revolution John A. Schuster — 16. Newton and natural philosophy Alan Gabbey — 17. The chemical revolution Carleton /E. Perrin — 18. Laplacian physics Robert Fox — 19. Natural history, 1670-1802 Phillip R. Sloan — 20. The history of geology, 1780-1840 Rachel Laudan — 21. Energy /Crosbie Smith — 22. Electromagnetic theory in the nineteenth century /M. Norton Wise — 23. Cell theory and development Jane Maienschein — 24. Origins and species before and after Darwin /M.J.S.Hodge — 25. William Wundt and the emergence of experimental psychology /K. Danziger — 26. Behaviourism Roger Smith — 27. Freud and psychoanalysis Raymond E. Fancher — 28. The theory of relativity John Stachel — 29- Quantum theory Michael Redhead — 30. Classical economics and the Keynesian revolution Bill Gerrard — 3i- From physiology to biochemistry /Neil Morgan — 32- The molecular revolution in biology Robert Olby — 33- The emergence of genetics Robert Olby — 34- Cybernetics and information technology Michael S. Mahoney — Section IIB: Topics and interpretations — 35- Aristotelian science /A. George Molland — 36. The heart and blood from Vesalius to Harvey Andrew Wear — 37- Magic and science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries John Henry — 38. Atomism and the mechanical philosophy Martin Tamny — 39- Newtonianism Simon Schaffer — 40. Physical optics /G. N. Cantor — 4i- Cosmology: Newton to Einstein Pierre Kerszberg — 42. Geometry and space /J.J. Gray — 43- Particle science Helge Kragh — 44- The foundations of mathematics Philip Kitcher — 45- Probability and determinism, 1650-1900 Ian Hacking — 46. The mind-body problem Robert M. Young — 47- Paradigmatic traditions in the history of anthropology George W. Stocking — — 48. Physiology and experimental medicine John V Picks tone — 49. Geography David N. Livingstone — Section IIC: Themes — 50. Science and religion John Hedley Brooke — 51. Science and literature /Gillian Beer — 52. Science and philosophy George Macdonald Ross — 53. The development of philosophy of science, 1600-1900 /Eman McMullin — 54. The development of philosophy of science since 1900 /M. J. S. Hodge and G. N. Cantor — 55. The classification of the sciences /Nicholas Fisher — 56. Marginal science /Seymour H. Mauskopf — 57. Science, alienation and oppression Robert M. Young — 58. Orthodoxies, critiques and alternatives /J. R. Ravetz — 59. Nationalism and internationalism /Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus — 60. Science and imperialism /Lewis Pyenson — 61. Science and war /D. E. M. Edgerton — 62. Science education /W. H. Brock — 63. The organisation of science and its pursuit in early modem Europe Roger L. Emerson — 64. Professionalisation /J. B. Morrell — 65. Science and the public Steven Shapin — 66. Science and political ideology, 1790-1848 /Dorinda Outram — 67. Natural science and social theory Theodore M. Porter — The Contributors — Index of names — Index of subjects.