| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 662 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
Introduction / Peter J. Bowler and John V. Pickstone -- PART I WORKERS AND PLACES -- Amateurs and Professionals / David E. Allen -- Discovery and Exploration / Roy Macleod -- Museums / Mary P. Winsor -- Field Stations and Surveys / Keith R. Benson -- Universities / Jonathan Harwood -- Geological Industries / Paul Lucier -- The Pharmaceutical Industries / John P. Swann -- Public and Environmental Health / Michael Worboys -- PART II ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTATION -- Geology / Mott T. Greene -- Paleontology / Ronald Rainger -- Zoology / Mario A. Di Gregorio -- Botany / Eugene Cittadino -- Evolution / Jonathan Hodge -- Anatomy, Histology, and Cytology / Susan C. Lawrence -- Embryology / Nick Hopwood -- Microbiology / Olga Amsterdamska -- Physiology / Richard L. Kremer -- Pathology / Russell C. Maulitz -- PART III NEW OBJECTS AND IDEAS -- Plate Tectonics / Henry Frankel -- Geophysics and Geochemistry / David Oldroyd -- Mathematical Models / Jeffrey C. Schank and Charles Twardy -- Genes / Richard M. Burian and Doris T. Zallen -- Ecosystems / Pascal Acot -- Immunology / Thomas Söderqvist, Craig Stillwell and Mark Jackson -- Cancer / Jean-Paul Gaudillière -- The Brain and the Behavioral Sciences / Anne Harrington -- History of Biotechnology / Robert Bud -- PART IV SCIENCE AND CULTURE -- Religion and Science / James Moore -- Biology and Human Nature / Peter J. Bowler -- Experimentation and Ethics / Susan E. Lederer -- Environmentalism / Stephen Bocking -- Popular Science / Peter J. Bowler |
| Summary |
This volume looks at the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive surveys of historical thinking on major developments in these areas of science, on the social and cultural milieus in which the knowledge was generated, and on the wider impact of the major theoretical and practical innovations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's website, viewed October 11, 2023) |
| Subject |
Earth sciences -- History
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Life sciences -- History
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Earth sciences.
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Life sciences.
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earth sciences.
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biological sciences.
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Earth sciences
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Life sciences
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowler, Peter J., editor.
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Pickstone, John V., editor.
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Cambridge University Press, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9780511756634 |
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0511756631 |
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9781139056007 |
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113905600X |
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