Introduction / Roy Porter1: |
Science in Society / Part I: |
The legacy of the +scientific revolution+: Science and the enlightenment / Peter Hans Reill2: |
Science, the universities, and other public spaces: teaching science / Lawrence Brockliss3: |
Scientific institutions and the organization of science / James McClellan III4: |
Science and government / Robert Fox5: |
Exploring natural knowledge: science and the popular / Mary Fissell ; Roger Cooter6: |
The image of the man of science / Steven Shapin7: |
The philosopher+s beard: women and gender in science / Londa Schiebinger8: |
The prosopography of science / William Clark9: |
Disciplines / Part II: |
Classifying the sciences / Richard Yeo10: |
The philosophy of science / Robert Iliffe11: |
Ideas of nature: natural philosophy / John Gascoigne12: |
Mathematics / Craig Fraser13: |
Astronomy and cosmology / Curtis Wilson14: |
Mechanics and experimental physics / Rod Home15: |
Chemistry / Jan Golinski16: |
The life sciences / Shirley A. Roe17: |
The earth sciences / Rhoda Rappaport18: |
The human sciences / Richard Olson19: |
The medical sciences / Thomas H. Broman20: |
Marginalized practices / Patricia Fara21: |
Special Themes / Part III: |
Scientific instruments and their makers / G. L E. Turner22: |
Print and public science / Adrian Johns23: |
Scientific illustration in the eighteenth century / Brian Ford24: |
Science, art and the representation of the natural world / Charlotte Klonk25: |
Science and voyages of discovery / Rob Iliffe26: |
Non-Western Traditions / Part IV: |
Islam / Emilie Savage-Smith27: |
India / Deepak Kumar28: |
China / Frank Diktter29: |
Japan / Shigeru Nakayama30: |
Latin America: from Baroque to Modern Colonial science / Jorge Ca±izares Esguerra31: |
Ramifications and Impacts / Part V: |
Science and religion / John Hedley Brooke32: |
Science, culture and the imagination: enlightenment configurations / George S. Rousseau33: |
Science, philosophy, and the mind / Paul Wood34: |
Global pillage: science, commerce and Empire / Larry Stewart35: |
Technological and industrial change: a comparative essay / Ian Inkster36: |
Notes on contributors |
Introduction / Roy Porter1: |
Science in Society / Part I: |
The legacy of the +scientific revolution+: Science and the enlightenment / Peter Hans Reill2: |