Companion to Science in the Twentieth Century

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John Krige, Dominique Pestre
Taylor & Francis, 2003 - 941 páginas

With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered.
There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.

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What is Science?
27
Sex and Gender
43
SCIENCE AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC
61
Scientific Management and the Production Process
111
Statistical Glimpses
127
Academic Research Technical Change and Government Policy
148
Patterns from the US Experience in
158
Science Scientists and the Military
178
Biochemistry Molecules and Macromolecules
525
Polymer Chemistry
547
Atomic and Molecular Science 19001960
566
Solid State Science
585
From Elementary to Fundamental Particles
599
The Search for a Mathematical Theory
617
Astronomy
635
Mathematics in the Twentieth Century
651

From Heroic Invention
203
The Transformation of the Pharmaceutical Industry in
227
From Vacuum Tubes to Transistors
253
A History of HighLevel Radioactive
275
From Eugenics to Genetic Manipulation
301
In the Name of Science
319
Science Fiction and Science in the Twentieth Century
339
INTERLUDE
360
RESEARCH DYNAMICS
391
NeoDarwinism and Natural History
422
Clinical Research
439
The Century of the Transformed Cell
461
Immunology or the Science of Boundaries
479
The Molecular Transformation of TwentiethCentury Biology
495
SCIENCE AND ITS PRACTICES
680
Agricultural Science in
701
The Role of Physical Instrumentation in Structural Organic Chemistry
715
Physics Instruments in the Twentieth Century
741
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
759
Russian Science in the Twentieth Century
777
Institutional Innovation
795
Science in the United States
821
Science in Latin America
839
Big Science and the University in India
859
Science in TwentiethCentury Japan
879
The Politics of European Scientific Collaboration
897
INDEX
919
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