About this title: An introduction to the changing relationship between science and technology. The authors demonstrate that the tie between science and technology has not always been apparent, and that for much of human history, technology depended more upon the innovation of skilled artisans than it did on the speculation of scientists. James McClellan and Harold Dorn review the historical record from the beginning, with the thinking and tool-making of prehistoric humans. They identify two great scientific traditions: the useful sciences, patronized by the state from the dawn of civilization, and scientific ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801858697ISBN:0801858690
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801858697ISBN:0801858690
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801858697ISBN:0801858690
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801858697ISBN:0801858690
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 404 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Date Published: [1999]
ISBN-13:9780801858680ISBN:0801858682
Description: F/NONE. 0801858682. Book is fine-as new, lacking DJ.; 1.28 x 10.2 x 7.19 Inches; 416 pages. read more
Description: New. Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth... read more
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