| 书目名称 | The Rise of Science | | 副标题 | From Prehistory to t | | 编辑 | Peter Shaver | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Gives context to science in the history of civilization.Contains innovative graphs showing the epochs of science very clearly.Unique in breadth and insight.Explores ways of knowing.With many anecdotes | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .How did science rise up to so dramatically change our world, and where will it take us in the future? This book gives a unique and broad overview. A brief history reveals the major phases and turning points in the rise of science from the earliest civilizations to the present: How was science ‘discovered’? Why did it disappear a few times? When did it become ‘modern’? A critical assessment examines how science actually ‘happens’: the triumphs, the struggles, the mistakes and the luck. .Science today is endlessly fascinating, and this book explores the current exponential growth, curiosity-driven vs. goal-oriented research, big and small science, the support of science, the relation of science to society, philosophy and religion, and the benefits and dangers of science. .Finally a glimpse into the future: Will the current pace of science continue? Will we ever go backwards (again)? What remains to be discovered? Can science ever be complete? What can we imagine for the distant future? . .This book will be of wide interest to the general reader as well as to students and working scientists..This book provides a fresh, unique and insightful coverage of the processes of science, its i | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | History of science; Nature of science; Philosophy of science; Exponential growth of science; Science and | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91812-9 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-91811-2 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-91812-9 | | copyright | Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 |
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