SCIENCE AND EMPIRES Historical Studies about Scientific Development and European Expansion

• Other Authors: Petitjean, Patrick (Editor), Jami, Catherine (Editor), Moulin, Anne Marie (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992
• Edition: Print Book, English, ©1992
• Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 136
• Subjects: Colonialism history; Conference papers and proceedings; Science International cooperation
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xiii, 411 pages illustrations 23 cm
• ISBN: 0792315189

This selection of papers raises some historical and epistemological problems related to the integration between classical science and modern science in countries with ancient scientific traditions, and looks at crucial issues about science in its imperial context