Science : a four thousand year history / Patricia Fara.
By: Fara, Patricia.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.Description: xv, 408 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780199226894; 019922689X.Subject(s): Science -- History | Science and civilizationDDC classification: 509 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 509 F22 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003688280 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
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.
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