| Science and the Making of the Modern World |  | Author: John Marks
Publisher: Heinemann (Txt)
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1726289
Media: Paperback
Pages: 507
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 043554781X
Dewey Decimal Number: 509
EAN: 9780435547813
ASIN: 043554781X
Publication Date: July 1984
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Science and the Making of the Modern World March 18, 2002
Mark A. Gibson (Whittier, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this is starting to show signs of age, published in 1984, this is still one of the better history of science texts available; an excellent text for an undergraduate class. The focus is primarily after 1650. Where this text succeeds is in its analysis of the social effects of discovery. This is a great primer to other texts that can focus in more detail, such as Charles Gillispie's 16 volume, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, for technical depth, and Anthony Alioto, A History of Western Science for analysis and insight.
Science and the Making of the Modern World October 11, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book as a requirement for an upper division class in college. This book pulled together everything that I'd been learning: science, art, philosophy, politics. It broadened my view point and showed me that scientific discoveries, philosophical views, art movements--everything we, as people, do influences something or someone else.
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