Civilization and the Culture of Science

Civilization and the Culture of Science
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Total Pages : 534
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ISBN-10 : 9780198849070
ISBN-13 : 0198849079
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Download or read book Civilization and the Culture of Science written by Stephen Gaukroger and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did our ways of thinking, and our moral, political, and social values, come to be modelled around scientific values? Stephen Gaukroger traces the story of how these values developed, and how they influenced society and culture from the 19th to the mid-20th century.


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