The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, the Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521571999)

This volume is a narrative and interpretive history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the close of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent methods and results in historical studies of science, the authors of over thirty chapters employ strategies from intellectual history, social history, and cultural studies to provide unusually wide-ranging and comprehensive insights into developments in the public culture, disciplinary organization, and cognitive content of the physical and mathematical sciences.

Author: Mary Jo Nye
ISBN-10: 0521571995
ISBN-13: 9780521571999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2002
Pages: 708
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.38w x 1.95d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 699
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2004 pg. 307