This book is offers a broad, comparative survey of a booming field within the history of science: the history, generation, use, and function of images in scientific practice. It explores every aspect of visuality in science, arguing for the concept of visual domains. What makes a good scientific image? What cultural baggage is essential to it? Is science indeed defined by its p...(展开全部)

Looking at knowledge transmission as a cultural feature, this book isolates and examines the individual factors that affect knowledge in the making and created uniquely Chinese cultures of knowledge. The volume is organized into four sections: Internode, Imperial Court, Agora, and Scholarly Arts. Each has a theoretical introduction, followed by two core contributions from exper...(展开全部)

Looking at knowledge transmission as a cultural feature, this book isolates and examines the individual factors that affect knowledge in the making and created uniquely Chinese cultures of knowledge. The volume is organized into four sections: Internode, Imperial Court, Agora, and Scholarly Arts. Each has a theoretical introduction, followed by two core contributions from exper...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·E·麦克莱伦第三(1946一)，1975年获普林斯顿大学博士学位，现为美国史蒂文斯理工学院科学与艺术学院副院长、科学史教授。著有《科学重组：18世纪的科学学会》、《殖民主义与科学：旧王朝时代的圣多曼格》等。论著《专家控制：巴黎皇家科学院的出版委员会(1700—1793)》获美国哲学会颁发的2003年度刘易斯奖。 哈罗德·多恩(1928一)，1970年获普林斯顿大学博士学位，现为美国史蒂文斯理工学院人文与社会科学系科学技术史名誉教授。著有《科学地理学》等。

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 century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industr...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·E·麦克莱伦第三(1946一)，1975年获普林斯顿大学博士学位，现为美国史蒂文斯理工学院科学与艺术学院副院长、科学史教授。著有《科学重组：18世纪的科学学会》、《殖民主义与科学：旧王朝时代的圣多曼格》等。论著《专家控制：巴黎皇家科学院的出版委员会(1700—1793)》获美国哲学会颁发的2003年度刘易斯奖。 哈罗德·多恩(1928一)，1970年获普林斯顿大学博士学位，现为美国史蒂文斯理工学院人文与社会科学系科学技术史名誉教授。著有《科学地理学》等。

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 century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industr...(展开全部)

Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tomb design, metalware, ceramic pillows, and bronze mirrors, to printed illustrations, calligraphic rubbings, colophons, and paintings on Buddhist, landscape, and narrative themes. Questions addressed include how artists and artisans made their works, the ways both popular literature and ma...(展开全部)

Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tomb design, metalware, ceramic pillows, and bronze mirrors, to printed illustrations, calligraphic rubbings, colophons, and paintings on Buddhist, landscape, and narrative themes. Questions addressed include how artists and artisans made their works, the ways both popular literature and ma...(展开全部)

The new edition of a popular collection that traces the history of American invention from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. This volume traces the history of American technology-its inventions and inventors-from the age of the artisan to the era of Silicon Valley. The focus on inventors acknowledges that technology is a fundamental form of human behavior and...(展开全部)