Science in the Twentieth Century

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John Krige, Dominique Pestre
Taylor & Francis, 1997 - 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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2
49
SCIENCE AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC
61
1
87
Scientific Management and the Production Process
111
Statistical Glimpses
127
1
131
5
137
Academic Research Technical Change and Government Policy
148
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
Biochemistry Molecules and Macromolecules
525
Polymer Chemistry
547

Patterns from the US Experience in
159
Science Scientists and the Military
175
1
199
From Heroic Invention
203
The Transformation of the Pharmaceutical Industry in
227
Buynak Review Test Results of Mercks Vaccine Against Mareks Disease
241
From Vacuum Tubes to Transistors
253
Installed at Rugby in 1932 for the G P O
263
A History of HighLevel Radioactive
275
1 Typical Example of Encapsulated Magnox Swarf in Concrete Matrix
282
From Eugenics to Genetic Manipulation
301
1 Only Healthy Seed Must be Sown Poster
306
In the Name of Science
319
1 Exhibits and Demonstrations at the Opening of the Research
325
Science Fiction and Science in the Twentieth Century
339
1 Metropolis 1926
344
INTERLUDE
361
1 Poster to Celebrate 125 Years of Nature 1994
375
76 Electron Microscope Images of Diatoms
381
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
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
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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