Dictionary of the history of science

Name: Dictionary of the history of science
Author: W. F Bynum, Roy Sydney Porter, E. Janet Browne, W. F. Bynum, William F. Bynum, E. J. Browne

by W. F Bynum, Roy Sydney Porter, E. Janet Browne, W. F. Bynum, William F. Bynum, E. J. Browne · 1981

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Dictionary of the concepts or ideas that characterize the core features of recent Western science. Focuses on the last 5 centuries. There is emphasis on historiography and the philosophical and metaphysical principles of science, as well as "those parts of the social and human sciences historically most closely linked with the natural sciences." No biographical entries. Entries are lengthy and contain references and authors' initials. Many cross references. Biographical index.

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