Science Changed the World

AvAnthony Stranges

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Provides an introductory survey that examines and promotes critical thinking about the origin, development, and impact of science from ancient times to the present. The book ofers an integrated view of how science developed a pathway to understanding the emergence and evolution of modern science and how it has shaped modern society.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-07-30
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:277
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN:9781524999414

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PrefaceIntroductoryObjectives of the History of ScienceChapter 1: Introduction To The History Of Science: Its Language, Objectives, And ScopeIntroductionScience, Engineering, Technology, and the History of ScienceScience and ReligionThree Different Approaches Used In Studying the History of SciencePhilosophies of ScienceChapter Themes and Chronology of the History of ScienceOther ThemesConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 2: Ancient Science: From Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome 476 ADIntroductionCommunication of Ancient ThoughtMiddle East and African Science and EngineeringScientific World of the Greeks: The Beginning OfOrganization of Greek ScienceTechnology in Ancient GreeceAncients and Their EnvironmentScience in the EastScience in Pre-Columbian North AmericaScience in MesoamericaConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 3: Science and Its Application in the Middle Ages 400-1400IntroductionRise of the UniversitiesMedieval Science and MedicineMedieval EngineeringMedieval Living Conditions and Practical ScienceLand and Water TransportationIndustrial Developments: The Environment, Textiles, Iron, and PrintingConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 4: Science in the Renaissance 1400-1600IntroductionLeonardo Da VinciNicolaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model of the UniverseAndreas Vesalius and the Foundation of AnatomyChemistry in Medicine: IatrochemistryWitchcraft and VampiresBeginning of MetallurgyConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 5: Scientific Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 1600-1700IntroductionExperimental MethodGalileo GalileiProblem of Chemical Identity in Seventeenth-Century ChemistryStudies on Air: Barometer and Air Pressure ExperimentsAdvances in MathematicsPhysics of LightEstablishment of Scientific Societies and AcademiesMeasuring HeatSound and Its MeasurementRevolution in Physiology: William Harvey, Circulation of the BloodRené Descartes and the Mechanical PhilosophyTheory of Universal GravitationConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 6: Physical and Life Sciences in the Eighteenth Century, the EnlightenmentIntroductionTheories of Combustion and the Discovery of GasesLavoisier and the Eighteenth-Century Revolution in Chemistry: Study of CompositionIntroduction of the Metric SystemTheories of HeatApplications of Heat Energy, Development of Steam PowerAdvances in Electrical Theory and ApplicationsClassification in NatureConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 7: Darwin's CenturyIntroductionHow Old Is EarthHow Old Is HumanityArgument for Design in the UniverseEarly Theories of EvolutionGeological Developments: Catastrophists and UniformitariansEvolution by Natural SelectionAmerican Debate over Darwinism: Louis Agassiz and Asa GrayBeginning of Genetics: Solving the Inheritance ProblemA New Theory of Evolution: Punctuated EquilibriumEvidence Supporting EvolutionHow Many Species Inhabit EarthEvolution and ReligionConclusionGeological ChartsReview QuestionsChapter 8: Molecular Biology and the Double HelixIntroductionBeginning of GeneticsDiscovery of Proteins and Nucleic AcidsUse of X-Rays in Establishing Molecular StructureChemical Contributions to the Structure of DNA and RNA: Evidence That Nucleic Acid Was the Gene and Information CarrierDiscovering the Structure of DNA: X-Ray Diffraction, Models, Solving the Genetic CodeHuman Genome ProjectDevelopments in Cloning and Stem CellsConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 9: Nineteenth-Century Physical ScienceIntroductionStudy of LightDevelopments in ChemistryElectrical Theory and ApplicationsThermodynamics: The Study of HeatKinetic-Molecular Theory of GasesScientific Studies On Atmospheric and Water PollutionConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 10: Twentieth-Century Physical ScienceIntroductionFundamental Breakthroughs in Physics and ChemistrySearch for Precise Atomic WeightsElectron: The Fundamental Electric ChargeTheories of Atomic StructureChemical BondComposition of the NucleusDevelopment of Quantum Mechanics: Matrix Mechanics and Wave MechanicsSpectroscopy and Chemical BondsQuantum Mechanics and Structure of the NucleusSearch for Fundamental ParticlesConclusionReview QuestionsChapter 11: Energy And The Environment: Conflict Or CompatibilityIntroductionEarly Developments in Nuclear FissionManhattan Project: Controlling Nuclear Fission and Racing to Build the BombGerman, Soviet, British, and Japanese Atomic Bomb ProjectsAtomic Spy ScandalsPost War Nuclear DevelopmentsNuclear FusionSolar Energy as an Appropriate Alternative TechnologyWind EnergyEnvironment and PollutionConclusionReview QuestionsEpilogueBibliographyIndex