{"product_id":"the-ferment-of-knowledge-studies-in-the-historiography-of-eighteenth-century-science-paperback-9780521087186","title":"The Ferment of Knowledge; Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521087186","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ferment of Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Sebastian Rousseau (Edited by), Roy Porter (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521087186, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 15 x 2.9 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe thirteen original essays in this book examine the status and development of the sciences in the eighteenth century. The last generation has seen a revolution in the methodology adopted by historians of science: The development of science is no longer described as a steady progress towards truth – certainties have given way to questions. The essays in this volume scrutinize these changing perspectives in historiography and recommend paths for future study. The eighteenth century has been a neglected and much-misunderstood era in the development of science, all too often viewed as something of a trough between the towering achievements of the 'Scientific Revolution' and the nineteenth century. Yet it was a period of notable developments; it saw the establishment of such fields as electricity and heat, the 'chemical revolution', the new science of gases, the isolation of oxygen, the nebular hypothesis in cosmology, the foundation of rational mechanics, and the birth pangs of biology, geology and psychology. It was, indeed, an age when knowledge was in ferment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Philosophy and Ideas: 1. Knowledge Rom Harre\u003cbr\u003e 2. Natural philosophy Simon Schaffer\u003cbr\u003e 3. Social uses of science Steven Shapin\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Life and its Environment:  4. Psychology G. S. Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e 5. Health, disease and medical care W. F. Bynum\u003cbr\u003e 6. The living world Jacques Roger\u003cbr\u003e 7. The terraqueous globe Roy Porter\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Physical World: 8. Mathematics and rational mechanics H. J. M. Bos\u003cbr\u003e 9. Experimental natural philosophy J. L. Heilbron\u003cbr\u003e 10. Chemistry and the chemical revolution Maurice Crosland\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mathematical cosmography Eric G. Forbes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Science, technology and industry D. S. L. Cardwell.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006364832024,"sku":"9780521087186","price":48.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521087186i.jpg?v=1694969366","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ferment-of-knowledge-studies-in-the-historiography-of-eighteenth-century-science-paperback-9780521087186","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}