This volume is a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, ca. 1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how n...(展开全部)

This volume provides a history of the concepts, practices, institutions, and ideologies of social sciences (including behavioural and economic sciences) since the eighteenth century. It offers original, synthetic accounts of the historical development of social knowledge, including its philosophical assumptions, its social and intellectual organization, and its relations to sci...(展开全部)

The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diver...(展开全部)

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grou...(展开全部)

A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to the close of the twentieth century. Drawing upon the most recent methods and results in historical studies of science, the authors of over thirty chapters employ strategies from intellectual history, social history, and cultural studies to provide unusually wide...(展开全部)

This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive and authoritative surveys of historical thinking on major developments in these areas of science, on the social and cultural milieus in which the knowledge was generated, and on the wider impact of the major theoret...(展开全部)

This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the major new growth-points, particularly in the experimental sciences. It is designed to be read as both a narrative and an interpretation, ...(展开全部)

The 67 chapters of this book describe and analyse the development of Western science from 1500 to the present day. Divided into two major sections - 'The Study of the History of Science' and 'Selected Writings in the History of Science' - the volume describes the methods and problems of research in the field and then applies these techniques to a wide range of fields. Areas cov...(展开全部)

本卷主编简介： 安乐博（Robert Antony），山东大学历史文化学院荣誉教授。研究方向为中国社会史、法律史和海洋史。著有《海上风云：南中国海的海盗及其不法活动》（2003年）、《扬帆年代的海盗》（2007年）、《法外之徒：帝制晚期华南的罪行、社群与政府》（2016年）。 斯图尔特·卡罗尔（Stuart Carroll），约克大学早期近代史教授，曾三次获得16世纪研究学会颁发的南希·罗科奖，2009年凭《殉教者与杀人犯：吉斯家族与欧洲的形成》获美国历史学会颁发的J.拉塞尔·梅杰奖。 卡罗琳·多兹·彭诺克（Caroline Dodds Pennock），谢菲尔德大学国际史高级讲师。处女作《血缘：阿兹特克文化中的性别、生命周期与牺牲》（2008年首版，2011年精装版）获皇家历史学会颁发的格莱斯顿奖。目前主要研究被遮蔽的旅欧美洲土著人的历史，同时参与...(展开全部)