Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science
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Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science by Arnold Thackray
Providing a review of current controversies, emerging agendas and recent research in the history of science, these essays are organized to consider such themes as knowledge and values, gender or authorship; knowledge constructed by discipline, chronology or geography; and knowledge in related fields. Contributors include: Lorraine Daston on the moral economy of science; Evelyn Fox Keller on gender in science; Sally Gregory Kohlstedt on women in science; David C. Lindberg on medieval science and its religious context; Shigeru Nakayama on East Asian science; Daniel J. Kevles and Gerald L. Geison on the modern experimental life sciences; Joan L. Richards on mathematics and the human mind; Nancy J. Nersessian on cognitive science and history of science; John Harley Warner on history of science and the sciences of medicine; Thomas Nickles on philosophy of science and history of science; and Stephen Brush on scientists as historians.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780226793788 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226793788 |
| Title | Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science |
| Author | Arnold Thackray |
| Series | Osiris |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1995-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 262 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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