David Deming: 2 books
Science and Technology in World History, Volume 4
The Origin of Chemistry, the Principle of Progress, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The history of science is a story of human discovery—intertwined with religion, philosophy, economics and technology. The fourth in a series, this book covers the beginnings of the modern world, when 16th-century Europeans began to realize that their scientific achievements surpassed those of the...
Science and Technology in World History, Volume 2
Early Christianity, the Rise of Islam and the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially...