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100 1 $aEde, Andrew.
245 12 $aA history of science in society :$bfrom
philosophy to utility /$cby Andrew Ede and Lesley B.
Cormack.
260 $aPeterborough, Ont. :$bBroadview Press,$cc2004.
300 $a458 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe origins of natural philosophy --
$g2.$tThe Roman era and the rise of Islam -- $g3.$tThe
revival of natural philosophy in Western Europe --
$g4.$tScience in the Renaissance : the courtly philosophers
-- $g5.$tThe scientific revolution : contested territory --
$g6.$tThe enlightenment and enterprise -- $g7.$tScience and
empire -- $g8.$tThe death of certainty : science and war --
$g9.$tEntering the atomic age -- $g10.$t1957 : the year the
world became a planet -- $g11.$tMan on the moon, microwave
in the kitchen -- $tConclusion : new frontiers : science and
choice in the new millennium.
520 1 $a"Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack trace the
history of science through its continually changing place in
society and explore the link between the pursuit of
knowledge and the desire to make that knowledge
useful."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aScience$xHistory.
650 0 $aScience$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 6 $aSciences$xHistoire.
650 6 $aSciences$xAspect social$xHistoire.
700 1 $aCormack, Lesley B.,$d1957-
