{"product_id":"the-oxford-history-of-science-iwan-rhys-morus-9780192883995","title":"The Oxford History of Science","description":"\u003cbr\u003ebHistories you can trust.\/b \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first part of the book tells the story of science in both East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of gunpowder, paper, and the printing press; from the Scientific Revolution of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to the intellectual ferment of the eighteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe chapters that follow focus on the increasingly specialized story of science since end of the eighteenth century, covering experimental science in the laboratory from Michael Faraday to CERN; the exploration of nature, from intrepid Victorian explorers to twentieth century primatologists; the mapping of the universe, from the discovery of Uranus to Big Bang theory; the impact of evolutionary ideas, from Lamarck, Darwin, and Wallace to DNA; and the story of theoretical physics, from James Clark Maxwell to Quantum Theory and beyond. A concluding chapter reflects on how scientists have communicated their work to a wider public, from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the internet in the early twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iwan Rhys Morus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192883992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192883995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 5.20w x 1.33d","brand":"Iwan Rhys Morus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069584634111,"sku":"9780192883995","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_622fa22a-4637-495e-9ffc-faec8f14871d.jpg?v=1685425469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oxford-history-of-science-iwan-rhys-morus-9780192883995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}