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020 $a0415925339 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm41026568
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035 $a2510728
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aQ125$b.W59 1999
082 00 $a509$221
100 1 $aWhitfield, Peter.
245 10 $aLandmarks in western science :$bfrom prehistory to the atomic age /$cPeter Whitfield.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c1999.
300 $a256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps, music ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe Origins of Recorded Science --$gCh. 2.$tThe Classical Achievement --$gCh. 3.$tScience in Religious Culture: Part 1. The Islamic Masters --$gCh. 3.$tScience in Religious Culture: Part 2. Christian Pupils --$gCh. 4.$tThe Problem of the Renaissance --$gCh. 5.$tScience Reborn --$gCh. 6.$tEighteenth-Century Interlude --$gCh. 7.$tThe Machine Age --$gCh. 8.$tTwentieth-Century Science: the New Labyrinth.
520 1 $a"Our understanding of nature - as a succession of forms assumed by eternal elements - emerged during the hundred years between 1840 and 1940, when theories of thermodynamics, atomic structure, and the equivalence of matter and energy all took shape. In Peter Whitfield's view, it represents probably the greatest single achievement of human thought.".
520 8 $a"In the course of his stimulating and wide-ranging survey, Whitfield describes the long and complex process of discovery that lies behind that achievement, from the earliest times up to the mid-20th century.
520 8 $aHe shows how people with enquiring minds and a range of beliefs have tried to 'build bridges between nature and eternity', and he argues that the history of science, like that of art, is not a simple progression from lower to higher, but a sequence of responses to the world, conditioned by historical circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118570
852 00 $boff,sci$hQ125$i.W59 1999