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Dictionary of the history of science
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Dictionary of the history of science

Author: W F Bynum; E J Browne; Roy Porter
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1981.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Dictionary of the concepts or ideas that characterize the core features of recent Western science. Focuses on the last 5 centuries. There is emphasis on historiography and the philosophical and metaphysical principles of science, as well as "those parts of the social and human sciences historically most closely linked with the natural sciences." No biographical entries. Entries are lengthy and contain references  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: W F Bynum; E J Browne; Roy Porter
ISBN: 0691082871 9780691082875
OCLC Number: 7460229
Description: 494 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: edited by W.F. Bynum, E.J. Browne, Roy Porter.

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Dictionary of the concepts or ideas that characterize the core features of recent Western science. Focuses on the last 5 centuries. There is emphasis on historiography and the philosophical and metaphysical principles of science, as well as "those parts of the social and human sciences historically most closely linked with the natural sciences." No biographical entries. Entries are lengthy and contain references and authors' initials. Many cross references. Biographical index.

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