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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. |
Abstract:
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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