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The Cambridge history of science. Volume 5, The modern physical and mathematical sciences / edited b...

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The Cambridge history of science. Volume 5, The modern physical and mathematical sciences / edited b...

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The Cambridge history of science. Volume 5, The modern physical and mathematical sciences / edited by Mary Jo Nye. [electronic resource]

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Full title

The Cambridge history of science. Volume 5, The modern physical and mathematical sciences / edited by Mary Jo Nye. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKVZR3Laa3

MMS ID

991023970916202626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xxix, 678 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Part 1. The public cultures of the physical sciences after 1800. Theories of scientific method : models for the physics-mathematical sciences -- Intersections of physical science and western religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- A twisted tale : women in the physical sciences in the...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2002.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the close of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent methods and results in historical studies of science, the authors of over thirty chapters employ strategies from intellectual history, social history, and cultural stu...

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Full title

The Cambridge history of science. Volume 5, The modern physical and mathematical sciences / edited by Mary Jo Nye. [electronic resource]

Variant title

BOOK

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Author / Artists

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The Cambridge history of science

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Language note

English

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Record Identifier

74VKVZR3Laa3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZR3Laa3

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ISBN

1-139-05352-3

DDC

500.209034

MMS ID

991023970916202626

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