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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.
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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