The Changing Image of the Sciences
Contributors: Ida H. Stamhuis (Editor); Teun Koetsier (Editor); Cornelis De Pater (Editor); Albert Van Helden (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781402008474
Subjects: History Of Science; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Sociology Of Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Social aspects; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Social Science / Reference; Congresses; General; History
First sentence: In the years following World War II, the world appeared to be entering a new age, the Atomic Age, portrayed as an era of prosperity fueled by energy "too cheap to meter".