Science Incarnate
Subtitle: Historical Embodiments of Natural Knowledge
Contributors: Christopher Lawrence (Editor); Steven Shapin (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780226470146
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Philosophy of science; Social history; Sociology, Social Studies; History; Mind & Body; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science; Mind and body; Philosophy; Social aspects; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: A STORY IS TOLD-and much repeated-about Sir Isaac Newton when he was living in London toward the end of his life: