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Author |
: L. Pearce Williams |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 554 |
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: 1977 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015034641525 |
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: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Science in Western Civilization: Modern science, 1700-1900 by : L. Pearce Williams
V.1. Antiquity and Middle Ages. v.2. The scientific revolution. v.3. Modern sci ence, 1700-1900.
Author |
: Dan Burton |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0253216567 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780253216564 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic, Mystery, and Science by : Dan Burton
"[P.D. Ouspensky's] yearning for a transcendent, timeless reality—one that cancels out physical disintegration and death—figures into science at some fundamental level. Einstein found solace in his theory of relativity, which suggested to him that events are ever-present in the space-time continuum. When his friend Michele Besso passed on shortly before his own death, he wrote: 'For us believing physicists the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, even if a stubborn one.'" —from Magic, Mystery, and Science The triumph of science would appear to have routed all other explanations of reality. No longer does astrology or alchemy or magic have the power to explain the world to us. Yet at one time each of these systems of belief, like religion, helped shed light on what was dark to our understanding. Nor have the occult arts disappeared. We humans have a need for mystery and a sense of the infinite. Magic, Mystery, and Science presents the occult as a "third stream" of belief, as important to the shaping of Western civilization as Greek rationalism or Judeo-Christianity. The occult seeks explanations in a world that is living and intelligent—quite unlike the one supposed by science. By taking these beliefs seriously, while keeping an eye on science, this book aims to capture some of the power of the occult. Readers will discover that the occult has a long history that reaches back to Babylonia and ancient Egypt. It proceeds alongside, and frequently mingles with, religion and science. From the Egyptian Book of the Dead to New Age beliefs, from Plato to Adolf Hitler, occult ways of knowing have been used—and hideously abused—to explain a world that still tempts us with the knowledge of its dark secrets.
Author |
: L. Pearce Williams |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015035302473 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Science in Western Civilization: The scientific revolution by : L. Pearce Williams
V.1. Antiquity and Middle Ages. v.2. The scientific revolution. v.3. Modern sci ence, 1700-1900.
Author |
: Naomi Oreskes |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 105 |
Release |
: 2014-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231537957 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231537956 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Collapse of Western Civilization by : Naomi Oreskes
The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and—finally—the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led to mass migration and a complete reshuffling of the global order. Writing from the Second People's Republic of China on the 300th anniversary of the Great Collapse, a senior scholar presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenment—the political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societies—failed to act, and so brought about the collapse of Western civilization. In this haunting, provocative work of science-based fiction, Naomi Oreskes and Eric M. Conway imagine a world devastated by climate change. Dramatizing the science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, the book reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do and reveals the self-serving interests of the so called "carbon combustion complex" that have turned the practice of science into political fodder. Based on sound scholarship and yet unafraid to speak boldly, this book provides a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate change literature.
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: L. Pearce Williams |
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: 1977 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:181658910 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Science in Western Civilization by : L. Pearce Williams
Author |
: Henry Guerlac |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2012-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1258408309 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781258408305 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Western Civilization by : Henry Guerlac
Author |
: David C. Lindberg |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 506 |
Release |
: 2010-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226482040 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226482049 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Beginnings of Western Science by : David C. Lindberg
When it was first published in 1992, The Beginnings of Western Science was lauded as the first successful attempt ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-Medieval scholasticism, David C. Lindberg surveyed all the most important themes in the history of science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history, and medicine. In addition, he offered an illuminating account of the transmission of Greek science to medieval Islam and subsequently to medieval Europe. The Beginnings of Western Science was, and remains, a landmark in the history of science, shaping the way students and scholars understand these critically formative periods of scientific development. It reemerges here in a second edition that includes revisions on nearly every page, as well as several sections that have been completely rewritten. For example, the section on Islamic science has been thoroughly retooled to reveal the magnitude and sophistication of medieval Muslim scientific achievement. And the book now reflects a sharper awareness of the importance of Mesopotamian science for the development of Greek astronomy. In all, the second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science captures the current state of our understanding of more than two millennia of science and promises to continue to inspire both students and general readers.
Author |
: Ricardo Duchesne |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 540 |
Release |
: 2011-02-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004192485 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004192484 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Uniqueness of Western Civilization by : Ricardo Duchesne
After challenging the multicultural effort to “provincialize” the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West’s exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers.
Author |
: Niall Ferguson |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2011-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101548028 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101548029 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civilization by : Niall Ferguson
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.
Author |
: Benjamin C. Sax |
Publisher |
: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1565109910 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781565109919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Western Civilization: From the scientific revolution to the present by : Benjamin C. Sax
Offers chronologically arranged primary and secondary source readings, including background information and study questions.