Science And Beliefs
Subtitle: From Natural Philosophy To Natural Science, 1700-1900 (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945)
Contributors: David M. Knight (Editor); Matthew D. Eddy (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780754639961
Subjects: History of science; Philosophy of science; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Science; Science/Mathematics; British Isles; History; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science and civilization
First sentence: In the summer of 1960 I was at Oxford, just finishing my degree examinations in chemistry and wondering how to spend my fourth year - Oxford being then a pioneer in the system of requiring from science undergraduates a year's work on a research project before graduation.