The Changing Image of the Sciences – Stamhuis, Ida H. & Teun Koetsiers & Cornelis de Pater & Albert van Helden (eds.) Dagaanbieding

Springer Netherlands, 26 sep 2012 – 226 pagina’s
The title of our book would lead the reader to believe that in speaking ofthe chang ing image of the sciences, we are taking for granted the multiplicity of sciences, as these are practiced, for instance, in modern universities. That was, of course, not always the case. Although we can point to some subjects, for instance mathematical astronomy, as being demarcated to some extent from other subjects as far back as Antiquity, the current division into individua…