Servants of nature
a history of scientific institutions, enterprises, and sensibilities
by Lewis Pyenson
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Servants of Nature explores the interaction between scientific practice and public life from antiquity to the present. Drs Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson show how, in Asia, Europe and the New World, scientific expression has been allied closely with changes in three distinct areas of society: the institutions that sustain science; the moral, religious, political and philosophical sensibilities of scientists themselves; and the goal of the scientific enterprise.
Following the establishment of institutions of higher learning, scientific societies and museums, the authors trace how the bodies that determine scientific tradition and guide innovation have acquired their authority. They also consider how scientific goals have changed and they examine the relationship between scientists, militarists and industrialists in modern times.
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History, Science, Social aspects, Social aspects of Science, Societies, Study and teaching, Science, social aspects, Science, history, Science, study and teaching, Science, societies, etc., Sciences, Associations, Histoire, Aspect social, Étude et enseignement, Geschichte, Naturwissenschaften, Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Öffentlichkeit, Natuurwetenschappen, Wetenschapsbeoefening, Academies van wetenschappen, Sociétés savantes et instituts, Societies, etc, Science and civilization, Scientific bureausShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Servants of nature: a history of scientific institutions, enterprises, and sensibilities
1999, Fontana Press
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Servants of nature: a history of scientific institutions, enterprises and sensibilities
1999, HarperCollins
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Servants of nature: a history of scientific institutions, enterprises, and sensibilities
1999, W.W. Norton
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0393046141 9780393046144
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-477) and index.
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