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576 pages • first pub 2006 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199550012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows just how bitterly the cognitive and cultural standing of science was contested in its e...
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576 pages • first pub 2006 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199550012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows just how bitterly the cognitive and cultural standing of science was contested in its e...