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Science, History and Social Activism : A Tribute to Everett Mendelsohn / edited by Garland E. Allen, Roy M. MacLeod

Dordrecht : Springer, 2001

Online-Ressource (X, 399 p) : digital

Englisch

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978-94-017-2956-7

978-90-481-5968-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-94-017-2956-7

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LOC-SH: Humanities ; Biology -- Philosophy ; Ethics ; History ; Biology—Philosophy.

This book highlights not only aspects of the career of Everett Mendelsohn, one of the premier historians of biology of our age, but also a wide range of topics that are now grouped under the general heading of science studies. This broad collection includes articles on the relations between science and the military, science as narrative, natural history and conservation, Marxism and science, the Human Genome Project, and the relation of philosophy to the study of embryonic development in the 18th century. This book is essential not only for those who admire Professor Mendelsohn's work but also for those who want a slice of the current field of science studies. Audience: The main readership of this volume consists of historians of science, technology, and medicine, and sociologists of science. The book will also appeal to philosophers of science and biologists. Those interested in Middle Eastern studies will find the discussion of Professor Mendelsohn's political work in this area, as well as the article dealing with his activism in general, of considerable interest