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Title Science and narratives of nature : east and west / edited by Jobin M. Kanjirakkat, Gordon McOuat and Sundar Sarukkai
Published New Delhi, India : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations
Series Science and technology studies ; 1
Science and technology studies ; 1.
Contents 1. Post-humanist ̀narratives of (non- )nature' and the sciences / Stephen Healy -- 2. Nature, body and woman: an Indian perspective on value dualisms / Meera Baindur -- 3. Revealed truth and homosexuality in the West: Christianity and science in Foucaultian perspective / Yiftach Fehige -- 4. Feminist epistemology and postcolonial science studies / Kathleen Okruhlik -- 5. Is food natural or cultural? Food, body and the mind in Indian medical traditions / V. Sujatha -- 6. Placing and moving knowledge: East and West, North and South / Stephen Bocking -- 7.̀Why did exchange of knowledge across Eurasia generate a Scientific Revolution in the West?' / Arun Bala -- 8. Nineteenth-century science and Western materialisms / Bernard Lightman -- 9. Eastern mathematics, Western mathematics: shall the Twain ever meet? / George Gheverghese Joseph -- 10. On the nature of mathematics and scientific knowledge in Indian tradition / M.D. Srinivas -- 11. See what I mean? On developing norms for the production and publication of scientific images / Letitia Meynell -- 12. The ̀relocation' of technology between East and West: stationary steam engines and steamboats in India in the early nineteenth century / David Philip Miller -- 13. The production and distribution of pharmaceutical clinical trial knowledge: case studies in the political economy of scientific knowledge / Sergio Sismondo
Summary "The discourse and practice of science are deeply connected to explicit and implicit narratives of nature. However, nature has been understood in diverse ways by cultures across the world. Could these different views of nature generate the possibility of alternate views on science' Part of the innovative series Science and Technology Studies, this volume looks at different conceptualizations of nature and the manner in which they structure the practice of the sciences. The essays draw upon philosophy, history, sociology, religion, feminism, mathematics and cultural studies, and establish a dialogue between cultures through a multi-disciplinary exploration of science. With contributions from major scholars in the field, this volume will deeply interest scholars and students of science and technology studies; sociology, history and philosophy of science; as also environmental studies."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Science -- Philosphy
Nature.
Nature.
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Nature
Form Electronic book
Author Kanjirakkat, Jobin M., editor
McOuat, Gordon, editor
Sarukkai, Sundar, editor
ISBN 9781351549851
1351549855