Science, Philosophy and Music English; French: Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997) Vol. XX

This volume illustrates the old and fruitful dialogue between historians of science and philosophers, as well as new collaborations with artists. It includes two symposia. The first one is on the history of scientific models, the seond is on science and music. It also contains papers on the philosophy of mathematics, physics, technology and politics, but also on Aristotle, Lucretius, Bacon, Le Bon, Spengler, Reichenbach, and Kuhn. v. 1. Science, technology and political change / edited by Dieter Hoffmann, Benoît Severyns and Raymond G. Stokes v. 2. Between the natural and the artificial : dyestuffs and medicines / edited by Gérard Emptoz and Patricia Elena Aceves Pastrana v. 4. Le charbon de terre en Europe occidental avant l'usage industriel du coke / edité par Paul Benoit et Catherine Verna v. 5. The spread of the scientific revolution in the European periphery, Latin America and East Asia / edited by Celina A. Lértora Mendoza, Efthymios Nicolaïdis and Jan Vandersmissen v. 6. Science, technology, and industry in the Ottoman world / edited by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Ahmed Djebbar, and Feza Günergun v. 7. Technology and engineering / edited by Michel Lette and Michel Oris v. 8. Medieval and classical traditions and the renaissance of physico-mathematical sciences in the 16th century / edited by Pier Daniele Napolitani and Pierre Souffrin v. 9. Science and technology in East Asia / edited by Alain Arrault and Catherine Jami v. 10. Earth sciences, geography, and cartography / edited by Goulven Laurent v. 12. Optics and astronomy / edited by Gérard Somon and Suzanne Débarbat v. 13. Studies in history of mathematics dedicated to A.P. Youschkevitch / edited by Eberhard Knobloch, Jean Mawhin, and Serguei S. Demidov v. 14. History of modern physics / edited by Helge Kragh, Geert Vanpaemel, Pierre Marage v. 17. Engineering and engineers / edited by Michael Ciaran Duffy v. 18. Alchemy, chemistry, and pharmacy / edited by Michel Bougard v. 19. Institutions and societies for teaching, research, and popularisation / edited by Andrée Despy-Meyer v. 20. Science, philosophy, and music / edited by Erwin Neuenschwander and Laurence Bouquiaux v. 21. Science and technology in the Islamic world / edited by S.M. Razaullah Ansari.