Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises, and Sensibilities Paperback - 1999
by Lewis Pyenson
- New
- Paperback
"Servants of Nature" explores the fascinating interaction between scientific practice and public life from antiquity to the present. The authors reveal how in Asia, Europe and the New World advances in science closely have been allied to changes in three distinct areas of society.
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- Title Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises, and Sensibilities
- Author Lewis Pyenson
- Binding Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 524
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 1999-01-01
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # NOR44150
- ISBN 9780393317367 / 0393317366
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 8.97 x 6.04 x 1.24 in (22.78 x 15.34 x 3.15 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Science - Study and teaching - History, Science - Social aspects - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98053198
- Dewey Decimal Code 509
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