Author: Wendy R. Sherman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313322147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive reference to understanding how the concepts and principles of science including biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science affected social, cultural, and political events of the twentieth century.
Science and Society in the Twentieth Century
Author: Wendy R. Sherman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313322147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive reference to understanding how the concepts and principles of science including biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science affected social, cultural, and political events of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313322147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive reference to understanding how the concepts and principles of science including biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science affected social, cultural, and political events of the twentieth century.
Basic and Applied Research
Author: David Kaldewey
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178533901X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informed by historical semantics, this volume traces the conceptual history of the basic–applied distinction from the nineteenth century to today, taking stock of European developments alongside comparative case studies from the United States and China. It shows how an older dichotomy of pure and applied science was reconceived in response to rapid scientific progress and then further transformed by the geopolitical circumstances of the postwar era.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178533901X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquitous in both scientific and public discourse. Employing a transnational, diachronic perspective informed by historical semantics, this volume traces the conceptual history of the basic–applied distinction from the nineteenth century to today, taking stock of European developments alongside comparative case studies from the United States and China. It shows how an older dichotomy of pure and applied science was reconceived in response to rapid scientific progress and then further transformed by the geopolitical circumstances of the postwar era.
Science, Technology, and Society
Author: Phillis Engelbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
Companion to Science in the Twentieth Century
Author: John Krige
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415286060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
This work on science in the 20th century represents work in America, Europe and Asia. It includes such topics as the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry and the importance of instrumentation.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415286060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
This work on science in the 20th century represents work in America, Europe and Asia. It includes such topics as the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry and the importance of instrumentation.
Science and Society: Quantum histories
Author: Peter Galison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415937177
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415937177
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Science in the 20th Century and Beyond
Author: Jon Agar
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745634699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
"Science in the Twentieth Century and beyond provides a much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. It is the first book to survey modern developments in science during a century of unprecedented change, conflict and uncertainty. The scope is global and it covers a wide range of disciplines, including life sciences, information sciences, as well as aspects of mathematics, engineering and technology, and medicine"--Back cover.
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745634699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
"Science in the Twentieth Century and beyond provides a much-needed overview of the history of science from 1900 to the present day. It is the first book to survey modern developments in science during a century of unprecedented change, conflict and uncertainty. The scope is global and it covers a wide range of disciplines, including life sciences, information sciences, as well as aspects of mathematics, engineering and technology, and medicine"--Back cover.
Science, Technology, and Society
Author: Phillis Engelbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Examines scientific discoveries and developments within their historic context, showing how social trends and events influenced science and how scientific developments changed people's lives.
Technology and Society
Author: Andrew Ede
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Celebrates the creativity of humanity by examining the history of technology as a strategy to solve real-world problems.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Celebrates the creativity of humanity by examining the history of technology as a strategy to solve real-world problems.
Science Progress in the Twentieth Century
Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine
Author: Angela N. H. Creager
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226120232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
What useful changes has feminism brought to science? Feminists have enjoyed success in their efforts to open many fields to women as participants. But the effects of feminism have not been restricted to altering employment and professional opportunities for women. The essays in this volume explore how feminist theory has had a direct impact on research in the biological and social sciences, in medicine, and in technology, often providing the impetus for fundamentally changing the theoretical underpinnings and practices of such research. In archaeology, evidence of women's hunting activities suggested by spears found in women's graves is no longer dismissed; computer scientists have used feminist epistemologies for rethinking the human-interface problems of our growing reliance on computers. Attention to women's movements often tends to reinforce a presumption that feminism changes institutions through critique-from-without. This volume reveals the potent but not always visible transformations feminism has brought to science, technology, and medicine from within. Contributors: Ruth Schwartz Cowan Linda Marie Fedigan Scott Gilbert Evelynn M. Hammonds Evelyn Fox Keller Pamela E. Mack Michael S. Mahoney Emily Martin Ruth Oldenziel Nelly Oudshoorn Carroll Pursell Karen Rader Alison Wylie
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226120232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
What useful changes has feminism brought to science? Feminists have enjoyed success in their efforts to open many fields to women as participants. But the effects of feminism have not been restricted to altering employment and professional opportunities for women. The essays in this volume explore how feminist theory has had a direct impact on research in the biological and social sciences, in medicine, and in technology, often providing the impetus for fundamentally changing the theoretical underpinnings and practices of such research. In archaeology, evidence of women's hunting activities suggested by spears found in women's graves is no longer dismissed; computer scientists have used feminist epistemologies for rethinking the human-interface problems of our growing reliance on computers. Attention to women's movements often tends to reinforce a presumption that feminism changes institutions through critique-from-without. This volume reveals the potent but not always visible transformations feminism has brought to science, technology, and medicine from within. Contributors: Ruth Schwartz Cowan Linda Marie Fedigan Scott Gilbert Evelynn M. Hammonds Evelyn Fox Keller Pamela E. Mack Michael S. Mahoney Emily Martin Ruth Oldenziel Nelly Oudshoorn Carroll Pursell Karen Rader Alison Wylie