The Social Origins of Modern Science

The Social Origins of Modern Science
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9789401141420
ISBN-13 : 9401141428
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Book Synopsis The Social Origins of Modern Science by : P. Zilsel

Download or read book The Social Origins of Modern Science written by P. Zilsel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, is a single volume in English that contains all the important historical essays Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) published during WWII on the emergence of modern science. It also contains one previously unpublished essay and an extended version of an essay published earlier. This volume is unique in its well-articulated social perspective on the origins of modern science and is of major interest to students in early modern social history/history of science, professional philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science.


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