Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises, and Sensibilities

by Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson

Book Overview

A penetrating account of how science, perhaps above all other human endeavors, has shaped-and been shaped by-society. The Norton History of Science in Society explores the interaction between... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393046141
• ISBN13: 9780393046144
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

496 pages, illustrated

I just want to add that this is a very thorough, well indexed volume. It is an excellent starting point for further research into the history of science and its interaction with society.

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