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Title Dictionary of the history of science / edited by W.F. Bynum, E.J. Browne, Roy Porter
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1981
©1981

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Description 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Astronomy -- Biology -- Chemistry -- Earth sciences -- Historiography and sociology of science -- Human sciences -- Mathematics -- Medicine -- Mscellaneous -- Philosophy of science -- Physics
Summary 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
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes a bibliography and index
Subject Science and civilization.
Science -- Dictionaries.
Science -- History -- Dictionaries.
Science -- History.
Science -- history.
Science -- history.
Genre/Form Encyclopedia.
Dictionaries.
Encyclopedias.
Author Browne, E. J. (E. Janet), 1950-
Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
LC no. 81047116
ISBN 0691082871
9780691082875
Other Titles Macmillan dictionary of the history of science