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The Changing Image of the Sciences

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The theme of this book was chosen because of the great concern with the worldwide decreasing interest in the natural sciences. The image of these sciences as dull, uninspiring, masculine, environmentally unfriendly and very technical was mentioned as an important reason. Historical context would help in the discussions around these recent perceptions. Many intriguing questions are discussed. How is the changing image of the sciences experienced by the general public, by the scientists themselves, or in disciplines in which natural sciences are applied? How can it be connected to the phenomenon of the low number of women in science? The book should be useful to a broad spectrum of readers, from our colleagues in universities to the general public. It can very well be used as a textbook in undergraduate courses in the history of science and in science and society. In addition, the individual chapters can stand on their own and be studied in courses in the various sciences, or in philosophy.

Table of Contents:
In Our Own Image: Creating the Computer.- From “Giant Brain” to Information Appliance.- The Transparency of Software.- The World of the Computer.- Changing Images of Chemistry.- Creating Life.- The Wonderful World of Chemistry.- The Ways Back to Nature.- The Changing Image of Biology in the Twentieth Century.- The Nineteenth Century Background.- Biology and the Physical Sciences: Experimentalism and Reductionism.- The Technological and Institutional Imperative.- Integrative Processes.- The Economic, Social and Technological Context in the Development of an Experimentally and Mechanistically Based Biology in the Twentieth Century.- Conclusion.- The Image of Physics.- by the Editors.- Einstein’s and Bohr’s Views on Philosophy.- On Relativity Theory.- On Complementarity.- Some Final Comments.- Re-imag(in)ing Women in Science: Projecting Identity and Negotiating Gender in Science.- Margaret Cavendish — Defiant Natural Philosopher with an Independent Voice.- Maria Sibylla Merian — Innovative Entomologist Working within Conventions.- Mary Somerville — Queen of Celestial (and Domestic) Science.- Ada Lovelace — Mathematician Calculating Body Image.- Agnes Pockels — Surface Chemist and “Hausfrau”.- Jantina Tammes — Geneticist Defining Her Own “Weak Constitution”.- Marie Curie — Independent and Eminent Collaborator.- Conclusions.- Science in the Mirror of “Big History”.- Science in the Mirror of “Big History”.- Big History.- Science as Creation Myth.- Systems of Knowledge.- Pre-Human Knowledge Systems.- Human Knowledge Systems of the Palaeolithic.- Science as a System of Knowledge.- Science and the Future?.- Conclusion.- Appendix: A Modern Creation Story.- The Changing Images of Unity and Disunity in the Philosophy of Science.- TheMisrecognition of Unity in Recent History and Philosophy of Science.- Unity and Disunity as Expressions of Constructivism and Realism.- Historical Conditions for the Unity and Disunity of Science.- Conclusion: Beyond Misrecognizing to Rediscovering the Unity of Science.- Authors and Editors.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781402008474
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 226
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 1402008473
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm


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