Военная история / Science: A Four Thousand Year History

Название: Science: A Four Thousand Year History
Автор: Patricia Fara
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2009
Страниц: 432
Язык: English
Формат: PDF OCR
Размер: 39 MB

In Science, Patricia Fara rewrites science's past to provide new ways of understanding and questioning our modern technological society. Sweeping through the centuries from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, Fara's book also ranges internationally, challenging notions of European superiority by emphasizing the importance of scientific projects based around the world, including revealing discussions of China and the Islamic Empire alongside the more familiar stories about Copernicus's sun-centered astronomy, Newton's gravity, and Darwin's theory of evolution.