J. D. Bernal's monumental work Science in History is the first full-scale attempt to analyze the relationship between science and society throughout history, from the perfection of the first flint hand ax to the construction of the hydrogen bomb. This remarkable study illustrates the impetus given to and the limitations placed upon discovery and invention by pastoral, agricultural, feudal, capitalist, and socialist systems, and conversely the ways in which science has altered economic, social, and political beliefs and practices.This second volume focuses on the period of development and the establishment of modern science. It begins with work of the Renaissance and continues with a discussion of the stimulus given to scientific develpment by emerging seventeenth-century capitalism. A final section takes up the industrial revolution and the manner in which science and technology transformed the whole nature of human society.
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Title
Science In History
Imprint
MIT Press
Product Form
Paperback
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Source ISBN
9780262520218
Genre
Science
ISBN13
9780262520218
Book Category
Higher Education and Professional Books
BISAC Subject Heading
SCI034000
Book Subcategory
Mathematics and Science Books
ISBN10
9780262520218
Language
English
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848 gr
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