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Knowledge and Power

- Science in World History
Af: William Burns Engelsk Paperback

Knowledge and Power

- Science in World History
Af: William Burns Engelsk Paperback
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Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists, but as an integral part of human civilization, and traces the development of science through different historical settings from the Middle Ages through to the Cold War.

Five case studies are examined within this book: the creation of modern science by Muslims, Christians and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean; the global science of the Jesuit order in the early modern world; the relationship between "modernization" and "westernization" in Russia and Japan from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century; the role of science in the European colonization of Africa; and the rivalry in "big science" between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Each chapter includes original documents to further the reader’s understanding, and this second edition has been enhanced with a selection of new images and a new chapter on Big Science and the Superpowers during the Cold War.

Since the Middle Ages, people have been working in many civilizations and cultures to advance knowledge of, and power over, the natural world. Through a combination of narrative and primary sources, Knowledge and Power provides students with an understanding of how different cultures throughout time and across the globe approached science. It is ideal for students of world history and the history of science.

 

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Knowledge and Power presents and explores science not as something specifically for scientists, but as an integral part of human civilization, and traces the development of science through different historical settings from the Middle Ages through to the Cold War.

Five case studies are examined within this book: the creation of modern science by Muslims, Christians and Jews in the medieval Mediterranean; the global science of the Jesuit order in the early modern world; the relationship between "modernization" and "westernization" in Russia and Japan from the late seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century; the role of science in the European colonization of Africa; and the rivalry in "big science" between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Each chapter includes original documents to further the reader’s understanding, and this second edition has been enhanced with a selection of new images and a new chapter on Big Science and the Superpowers during the Cold War.

Since the Middle Ages, people have been working in many civilizations and cultures to advance knowledge of, and power over, the natural world. Through a combination of narrative and primary sources, Knowledge and Power provides students with an understanding of how different cultures throughout time and across the globe approached science. It is ideal for students of world history and the history of science.

 

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 166
ISBN-13: 9781138637665
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave: 2
ISBN-10: 1138637661
Kategori: Verdenshistorie
Udg. Dato: 10 jul 2018
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato: 10 jul 2018
Forfatter(e): William Burns
Forfatter(e) William Burns

Kategori Verdenshistorie

ISBN-13 9781138637665

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 166

Udgave 2

Længde 18mm

Bredde 233mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 10 jul 2018

Oplagsdato 10 jul 2018

Forlag Taylor & Francis Ltd