史蒂文.夏平,当代著名的英国科学史家和科学知识社会学家,曾长期在爱丁堡大学科学研究部任职,目前为圣地亚哥加州大学社会学和元科学研究教授。

How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? This study engages these universal questions through a recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in 17th-century England. The au...(展开全部)

How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? This study engages these universal questions through a recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in 17th-century England. The au...(展开全部)

With a new introduction by the author (emeritus, sociology, Columbia U., New York City), as well as the prefaces from the first edition in 1938 and a 1970 reprint, this classic work established the field of the sociology of science. The focus of the study is the role of Puritanism in unintentionally providing social and cultural support for newly emerging science in 17th-centur...(展开全部)

With a new introduction by the author (emeritus, sociology, Columbia U., New York City), as well as the prefaces from the first edition in 1938 and a 1970 reprint, this classic work established the field of the sociology of science. The focus of the study is the role of Puritanism in unintentionally providing social and cultural support for newly emerging science in 17th-centur...(展开全部)

阿萨·布里格斯，1921年生于约克郡的凯利，毕业于剑桥大学悉尼·苏塞克斯学院，1944年任教于牛津大学伍斯特学院。从1976年至1991年，他一直担任该学院院长。从1968年到1976年，他担任苏塞克斯大学的名誉副校长。在1978年至1994年期间，他担任英国开放大学的校长。 阿萨·布里格斯撰写了许多有关19世纪和20世纪英国历史的文章和著作，其中包括维多利亚时代三部曲（《维多利亚时代的城市》《维多利亚时代的人民》和《维多利亚时代的物品》），他还撰写了《改进的时代》和五卷本的《联合王国的广播史》以及合著《传媒的社会史：从古滕堡到互联网》等。阿萨·布里格斯一直担任英国社会史和文化史学会以及维多利亚协会的主席。阿萨·布里格斯已婚，有4个孩子。1976年他被封为终身贵族。 作为英中了解协会的主席，他曾访问中国并对之非常了解。他的作品目前译成中文的除本书外，...(展开全部)

阿萨·布里格斯，1921年生于约克郡的凯利，毕业于剑桥大学悉尼·苏塞克斯学院，1944年任教于牛津大学伍斯特学院。从1976年至1991年，他一直担任该学院院长。从1968年到1976年，他担任苏塞克斯大学的名誉副校长。在1978年至1994年期间，他担任英国开放大学的校长。 阿萨·布里格斯撰写了许多有关19世纪和20世纪英国历史的文章和著作，其中包括维多利亚时代三部曲（《维多利亚时代的城市》《维多利亚时代的人民》和《维多利亚时代的物品》），他还撰写了《改进的时代》和五卷本的《联合王国的广播史》以及合著《传媒的社会史：从古滕堡到互联网》等。阿萨·布里格斯一直担任英国社会史和文化史学会以及维多利亚协会的主席。阿萨·布里格斯已婚，有4个孩子。1976年他被封为终身贵族。 作为英中了解协会的主席，他曾访问中国并对之非常了解。他的作品目前译成中文的除本书外，...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking book, Andrei Pop presents a lucid reassessment of those writers and artists in the late nineteenth century whose work merits the adjective “symbolist.” For Pop, this term denotes an art that is self-conscious about its modes of making meaning and he argues that these symbolist practices, which sought to provide more direct access to the viewer by constant...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking book, Andrei Pop presents a lucid reassessment of those writers and artists in the late nineteenth century whose work merits the adjective “symbolist.” For Pop, this term denotes an art that is self-conscious about its modes of making meaning and he argues that these symbolist practices, which sought to provide more direct access to the viewer by constant...(展开全部)

The renowned historian Keith Thomas has written a peerless study of the place of civility in the shaping of English society between the early sixteenth and the late eighteenth centuries. Dramatic changes in court fashion and manners took place, but equally important was the emergence of an urban trading and manufacturing class with new values and standards of behavior. Traditio...(展开全部)