A History of scientific thought : elements of a history of science : translated from the French

Scanned copy, PAGES 74 AND 75 ARE MISSING /This is an analytical introduction to key historical and philosophical moments in the history of science, in twenty-two sections, written by a remarkably accomplished collection of authors at the forefronts of the disciplines of history and philosophy of science. The volume challenges the strongly empirical tendencies of earlier work in the field, and focuses its analysis on the notion of "bifurcations": points where the sciences took a new turn or direction, where decisions or observations of such importance were taken that they are the stable intersections between the many subdisciplines and subjects that go to make up the sciences. Despite being the work of a large number of authors, Serres and his team have collaborated closely to produce a book that has a unanimity of style and purpose. In his preface to the book, Serres explains the reasons behind its structure, and some of the relationships between the various bifurcations in the flow of history and the work of time. This Book Is An Analytical Introduction To Key Historical And Philosophical Moments In The History Of Science. It Focuses On Significant Turning-points In Scientific History And Discusses The Main Thinkers And Their Impact Upon The World Of Science. Introduction / Michel Serres -- 1. Babylon -- 1800 / James Ritter -- 2. Measure For Measure: Mathematics In Egypt And Mesopotamia / James Ritter -- 3. Gnomon: The Beginnings Of Geometry In Greece / Michel Serres -- 4. Archimedes: The Scientist's Canon / Michel Authier -- 5. Stories Of The Circle / Catherine Goldstein -- 6. The Arab Intermediary / Paul Benoit And Francoise Micheau -- 7. Theology In The Thirteenth Century: A Science Unlike The Others / Paul Benoit -- 8. Algebra, Commerce And Calculation / Paul Benoit -- 9. The Galileo Affair / Isabelle Stengers -- 10. Refraction And Cartesian 'forgetfulness' / Michel Authier -- 11. Working With Numbers In The Seventeenth And Nineteenth Centuries / Catherine Goldstein -- 12. Ambiguous Affinity: The Newtonian Dream Of Chemistry In The Eighteenth Century / Isabelle Stengers -- 13. From Linnaeus To Darwin: Naturalists And Travellers / Jean-marc Drouin -- 14. Paris 1800 / Michel Serres -- 15. Lavoisier: A Scientific Revolution / Bernadette Bensaude-vincent -- 16. In Defence Of Geology: The Origins Of Lyell's Uniformitarianism / Geof Bowker -- 17. Mendel In The Garden / Jean-marc Drouin -- 18. Pasteur And Pouchet: The Heterogenesis Of The History Of Science / Bruno Latour -- 19. Mendeleyev: The Story Of A Discovery / Bernadette Bensaude-vincent -- 20. Manufacturing Truth: The Development Of Industrial Research / Geof Bowker -- 21. Joliot: History And Physics Mixed Together / Bruno Latour -- 22. The Invention Of The Computer / Pierre Levy -- Chronology / Michel Authier. Edited By Michel Serres ; [contributors] Bernadette Bensaude-vincent ... [et Al.]. Translation Of: Eléments D'histoire Des Science. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 7 Introduction by Michel Serres 9 1. Babylon -1800 by James Ritter 25 2. Measure for Measure: Mathematics in Egypt and Mesopotamia by Tanies Ritter 52 3. Gnomon: The Beginnings of Geometry in Greece by Michel Serres 81 74,75 missing 81 4. Archimedes: The Scientist's Canon by Michel Authier 130 5. Stories of the Circle by Catherine Goldstein 166 6. The Arab Intermediary by Paul Benoit and Francoise Micheau 197 7. Theology in the Thirteenth Century: A Science Unlike the Others by Paul Benoit 228 8. Algebra, Commerce and Calculation by Paul Benoit 252 9. The Galileo Affair by Isabelle Stengers 286 10. Refraction and Cartesian 'Forgetfulness' by Michel Authier 321 11. Working with Numbers in the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Catherine Goldstein 350 12. Ambiguous Affinity: The Newtonian Dream of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century by Isabelle Stengers 378 13. From Linnaeus to Darwin: Naturalists and Travellers by Jean-Marc Drouin 407 14. Paris 1800 by Michel Serres 428 15. Lavoisier: A Scientific Revolution by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent 461 16. In Defence of Geology: The Origins of Lyell's Uniformitarianism by Geog Bowker 489 17. Mendel in the Garden by Jean-Marc Drouin 512 18. Pasteur and Pouchet: The Heterogenesis of the History of Science by Bruno Latour 532 19. Mendeleyev: The Story of a Discovery by Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent 562 20. Manufacturing Truth: The Development of Industrial Research by Geof Bowker 589 21. Joliot: History and Physics Mixed Together by Bruno Latour 617 22. The Invention of the Computer by Pierre Levy 642 Chronology by Michel Authier 670 Notes 730 Bibliography 740 Index 759 The history of science is making considerable progress, arousing a growing interest in France and elsewhere.