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Dictionary of the History of Science

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  • © 1981

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

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About this book

A dictionary devoted to the history of scientific ideas. Organised alphabetically by concept, it contains more than 700 entries explaining the origins, meaning and significance of the chief theories and ideas that have contributed to the development of science, including medicine, mathematics and the human sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Unit of the History of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College, London, UK

    W. F. Bynum, E. J. Browne

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK

    W. F. Bynum, Roy Porter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dictionary of the History of Science

  • Editors: W. F. Bynum, E. J. Browne, Roy Porter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05549-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 494

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics

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