Science in the Twentieth Century / Edition 1

by John Krige, Dominique Pestre

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789057021725
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/20/1997
Pages:	978
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Krige, Dominique Pestre

Table of Contents

Images of Science; 1: Historiography of Science; 2: What is Science?; 3: On Seeing Brockenspectres; Science and the Social Fabric; 4: Science, Political Power and the State; 5: Crafting and Disciplining the Tropics; 6: The Management of Society by Numbers; 7: Scientific Management and the Production Process; 8: The Discovery of Growth; 9: Academic Research, Technical Change and Government Policy; 10: Science and the University; 11: Science, Scientists, and the Military; 12: Innovation and the Modern Corporation; 13: The Transformation of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Twentieth Century; 14: The History of Electronics; 15: Science in Public Policy; 16: From Eugenics to Genetic Manipulation; 17: In the Name of Science; 18: Science Fiction and Science in the Twentieth Century; Interlude; 19: Seeing and Picturing; Research Dynamics; 20: The Earth Sciences and Geophysics; 21: Neo-Darwinism and Natural History; 22: Clinical Research; 23: Cancer; 24: A Science ‘Dans Le Siecle'; 25: The Molecular Transformation of Twentieth-Century Biology; 26: Biochemistry, Molecules and Macromolecules; 27: Polymer Chemistry; 28: Atomic and Molecular Science 1900–1960; 29: Solid State Science; 30: From ‘Elementary' to ‘Fundamental' Particles; 31: Computer Science; 32: Astronomy; 33: Mathematics in the Twentieth Century; Science and its Practices; 34: Material Culture, Theoretical Culture and Delocalization; 35: Biologists at Work; 36: Mastering Nature and Yeoman; 37: The Role of Physical Instrumentation in Structural Organic Chemistry; 38: Physics Instruments in the Twentieth Century; Regional and National Institutions; 39: Science in the United Kingdom; 40: Russian Science in the Twentieth Century; 41: Twentieth-Century German Science; 42: Science in the United States; 43: Science in Latin America; 44: Big Science and the University in India; 45: Science in Twentieth-Century Japan; 46: The Politics of European Scientific Collaboration

Editorial Reviews

...an ambitious and laudable attempt to make the best thinking about the history of modern science accessible to scientists.

Graham Farmelo

The cover illustrations represent science's potential for benefit and disaster witnessed in this century: the launching of an Arianne 5 spacecraft into orbit, an early advertisement for diphtheria antitoxin, a German soldier wearing a gas mask, and fly heads (presumably used in research). Forty-six chapters by 50 international scholars address the key issues of: images of science; science and the social fabric; science, scientists, and the military; visual representations; research dynamics; science and its practices; and regional and national institutions. Numerous graphics further convey this dual legacy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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