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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Clifford D Conner |
| ISBN: | 1560257482 : 9781560257486 |
| OCLC Number: | 62164511 |
| Description: | xiii, 554 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | What science? What history? What people? -- Prehistory: were hunter-gatherers stupid? -- What "Greek miracle"? -- Blue-water sailors and the navigational sciences -- Who were the revolutionaries in the scientific revolution? -- Who were the winners in the scientific revolution? -- The "union of capital and science" -- The scientific-industrial complex. |
| Responsibility: | Clifford D. Conner. |
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Abstract:
Showing how ordinary people participate in creating science, this text documents how the development of science has affected ordinary people, and how ordinary people have perceived that development.
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