Dictionary of the history of science / edited by W.F. Bynum, E.J. Browne, Roy Porter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1981Description: 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0691082871
  • 9780691082875
  • 9780691614717
  • 0691614717
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Farbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife.
Summary: Dictionary of the concepts or ideas that characterize the core features of recent Western science. Focuses on the last 5 centuries. There is emphasis on historiography and the philosophical and metaphysical principles of science, as well as "those parts of the social and human sciences historically most closely linked with the natural sciences." No biographical entries. Entries are lengthy and contain references and authors' initials. Many cross references. Biographical index.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Reference Q125 .D45 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000033056

Includes a bibliography and index.

Farbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife.

Dictionary of the concepts or ideas that characterize the core features of recent Western science. Focuses on the last 5 centuries. There is emphasis on historiography and the philosophical and metaphysical principles of science, as well as "those parts of the social and human sciences historically most closely linked with the natural sciences." No biographical entries. Entries are lengthy and contain references and authors' initials. Many cross references. Biographical index.

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Dictionary of terms and terminology needed to study and understand the history of science

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