The Making of Modern Science: Science, Technology, Medicine and Modernity: 1789 - 1914ISBN: 978-0-7456-3676-4
Paperback
272 pages
November 2009, Polity
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List of Illustrations vi
Preface: The Age of Science viii
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: Approaching the Past 1
1 Science in and after 1789 12
2 Science and its Languages 33
3 Applied Science 56
4 Intellectual Excitement 82
5 Healthy Lives 105
6 Laboratories 129
7 Bodies, Minds and Spirits 151
8 The Time of Triumph 172
9 Science and National Identities 195
10 Method and Heresy 217
11 Cultural Leadership 238
12 Into the New Century 264
Timeline 283
Notes and References 289
Index 353
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