From natural philosophy to the sciences : writing the history of nineteenth-century science

Publisher's Description: During The Nineteenth Century, Much Of The Modern Scientific Enterprise Took Shape: Scientific Disciplines Were Formed, Institutions And Communities Were Founded, And Unprecedented Applications To And Interactions With Other Aspects Of Society And Culture Occurred. In This Book, Eleven Leading Historians Of Science Assess What Their Field Has Taught Us About This Exciting Time And Identify Issues That Remain Unexamined Or Require Reconsideration. They Treat Both Scientific Disciplines--biology, Physics, Chemistry, The Earth Sciences, Mathematics, And The Social Sciences--in Their Specific Intellectual And Sociocultural Contexts As Well As The Broader Topics Of Science And Medicine; Science And Religion; Scientific Institutions And Communities; And Science, Technology, And Industry. Providing A Much-needed Overview And Analysis Of A Rapidly Expanding Field, From Natural Philosophy To The Sciences Will Be Essential For Historians Of Science, But Also Of Great Interest To Scholars Of All Aspects Of Nineteenth-century Life And Culture. Looking At Nineteenth-century Science: An Introduction / David Cahan -- Biology / Robert J. Richards -- Scientific Medicine / Michael Hagner -- The Earth Sciences / David R. Oldroyd -- Mathematics / Joseph Dauben -- Physics / Jed Z. Buchwald And Sungook Hong -- Chemistry / Bernadette Bensaude-vincent -- Science, Technology, And Industry / Ulrich Wengenroth -- The Social Sciences / Theodore M. Porter -- Institutions And Communities / David Cahan -- Science And Religion / Frederick Gregory. Edited By David Cahan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 359-437) And Index. During the nineteenth century, much of the modern scientific enterprise took scientific disciplines were formed, institutions and communities were founded, and unprecedented applications to and interactions with other aspects of society and culture occurred. In this book, eleven leading historians of science assess what their field has taught us about this exciting time and identify issues that remain unexamined or require reconsideration. They treat both scientific disciplinesbiology, physics, chemistry, the earth sciences, mathematics, and the social sciencesin their specific intellectual and sociocultural contexts as well as the broader topics of science and medicine; science and religion; scientific institutions and communities; and science, technology, and industry. Providing a much-needed overview and analysis of a rapidly expanding field, From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences will be essential for historians of science, but also of great interest to scholars of all aspects of nineteenth-century life and culture. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Jed Z. Buchwald, David Cahan, Joseph Dauben, Frederick Gregory, Michael Hagner, Sungook Hong, David R. Oldroyd, Theodore M. Porter, Robert J. Richards, Ulrich Wengenroth DURING THE PAST half century the history of nineteenth-century science has attracted enormous interest from a wide variety of scholars.