The Changing Image of the Sciences - Stamhuis, Ida H. & Teun Koetsiers & Cornelis de Pater & Albert van Helden (eds.)
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Springer Netherlands, 26 sep 2012 - 226 pagina's
The title of our book would lead the reader to believe that in speaking ofthe chang ing image of the sciences, we are taking for granted the multiplicity of sciences, as these are practiced, for instance, in modern universities. That was, of course, not always the case. Although we can point to some subjects, for instance mathematical astronomy, as being demarcated to some extent from other subjects as far back as Antiquity, the current division into individual sciences can hardly be traced back fur ther than the nineteenth century. Moreover,the further we go back inhistory, the more we must subsume science under general knowledge or scholarship:scientia. Some of the earliest imagesofepisteme or scientia, are those of forbidden knowledge - often related to technology - on the one hand, and the absent-minded scholar on the other. These are powerful metaphors - in word as well as image - that have been appro priated in various ages for different purposes. The Gree...
The title of our book would lead the reader to believe that in speaking ofthe chang ing image of the sciences, we are taking for granted the multiplicity of sciences, as these are practiced, for instance, in modern universities. That was, of course, not always the case. Although we can point to some subjects, for instance mathematical astronomy, as being demarcated to some extent from other subjects as far back as Antiquity, the current division into individual sciences can hardly be traced back fur ther than the nineteenth century. Moreover,the further we go back inhistory, the more we must subsume science under general knowledge or scholarship:scientia. Some of the earliest imagesofepisteme or scientia, are those of forbidden knowledge - often related to technology - on the one hand, and the absent-minded scholar on the other. These are powerful metaphors - in word as well as image - that have been appro priated in various ages for different purposes. The Gree...
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2002Uitgever: Dordrecht/Boston/London, Kluwer Academic Services226 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1402008473ISBN-13: 9781402008474Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht / Boston / London, 2002. Ilustrated boards ix-x. 226 pp. Authors and Editors. 24.5x16.5x1.6 cm. Near fine. [Categorie: Science] [Auteur: Stamhuis, Ida H. & Teun Koetsier, Cornelis de Pater, Albert van Helden (editors0.] [Pagina's: 226] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: The Changing Image of the Sciences.]
