{"product_id":"9789401064545","title":"The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of Allen G. Debus","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of Allen G. Debus\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTheerman, P.; Parshall, Karen Hunger\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume, honoring the renowned historian of science, Allen  G Debus, explores ideas of science - `experiences of nature'  - from within a historiographical tradition that Debus has done  much to define. As his work shows, the sciences do not develop  exclusively as a result of a progressive and inexorable logic of  discovery. A wide variety of extra-scientific factors, deriving from  changing intellectual contexts and differing social millieus, play  crucial roles in the overall development of scientific thought. These  essays represent case studies in a broad range of scientific settings  - from sixteenth-century astronomy and medicine, through  nineteenth-century biology and mathematics, to the social sciences in  the twentieth-century - that show the impact of both social  settings and the cross-fertilization of ideas on the formation of  science. Aimed at a general audience interested in the history of  science, this book closes with Debus's personal perspective on the  development of the field. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAudience:\u003c\/em\u003e This book will appeal especially to historians of  science, of chemistry, and of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401064545\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-5810-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 312\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44359089160332,"sku":"9789401064545","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401064545.jpg?v=1771514233","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789401064545","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}