The Uses of Science in the Age of Newton

The Uses of Science in the Age of NewtonThe Uses of Science in the Age of Newton edited by John G. Burke brings together leading historians of science to examine the contested relationship between knowledge, utility, and society in seventeenth and early eighteenth century England. Moving beyond the older assumption that science developed in isolation from political, religious, and practical concerns, the volume engages with the new contextualist arguments of Margaret and James Jacob and

and ethnographic perspectives

Rosenfeld challenges the longstanding claim that historical speculation is contrary to legitimate historical inquiry

the Six believed that the condition of slavery had rendered the black man docile

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Wegbereiter der deutsch-slawischen Wechselseitigkeit" verfügbar

It was Roediger who first viewed the ceremony and ritual of the Pueblo peoples as dramatic performance

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Innen und Außen

Using materials based on saints' lives and the religious and mystical writings of medieval women and men

the third bubonic plague swept the globe

Er hat zahlreiche Bücher zur Informatik verfasst und ist mehrfacher Preisträger

Einführung und Pflege von Informationssystemen" verfügbar

A defense of Abbasid military policy from a powerhouse of Arabic letters