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Science since Babylon / by Derek J. de Solla Price.

By:

Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1961Description: x, 149 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Science since Babylon.; Online version:: Science since Babylon.NLM classification:

Q 158

Contents:

The peculiarity of a scientific civilization -- Celestial clockwork in Greece and China -- Renaissance roots of Yankee ingenuity -- Mutations of science -- Diseases of science -- Epilogue: humanities of science.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room	Q171 .P75 1961 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31560000011193

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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