Dictionary of the history of science
By: edited by W.F. Bynum, E.J. Browne, Roy Porter.
Contributors: Bynum, W. F. 1943-; Browne, E. J. 1950-; Porter, Roy, 1946-
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
Subjects: Science -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes a bibliography and index.