Science Incarnate
Subtitle: Historical Embodiments of Natural Knowledge
Contributors: Christopher Lawrence (Editor); Steven Shapin (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: April 11, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780226470122
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; History of science; Philosophy Of Science; Social history; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology Of Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Mind & Body; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Mind and body; Philosophy; Social aspects
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: