The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
Hardcover
2003 · New York, NY
by Heilbron, J. L. (editor)
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2003. Hardcover. VG. Navy blue buckram, gilt letters on spine, light blue and illus. dust jacket, 941 pp., BW & color illus.; weighs 5 lbs. "Presents the history of modern science for everyone interested in the technology, ideas, discoveries, and learned institutions that have shaped our world over the past five centuries. Focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the beginning of the twenty-first century, its 609 articles, by more than 200 scholars, cover the main scientific disciplines (for example, Biology, Mineralogy, Behaviorism), historical periods (Scientific Revolution, World War II and Cold War), integrating concepts (Evolution, Space and Time, Ether), methologies (Observation and Experiment, Hypothesis), and much more. Coverage is international." (dj) You know this series of reference books, and you know how worthwhile and comprehensive they are. (Inventory #: 148751)