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      • Volume 6: The Modern Biological and Earth Sciences
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2009
      April 2009
      ISBN:
      9781139056007
      9780521572019
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521572019
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.04kg, 688 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      History of Science and Technology, History of Philosophy, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Science, History, History of Science: General Interest
      Collections:
      Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - Philosophy & Political Thought
      Series:
      The Cambridge History of Science
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    Subjects:
    History of Science and Technology, History of Philosophy, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Science, History, History of Science: General Interest
    Collections:
    Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - Philosophy & Political Thought
    Series:
    The Cambridge History of Science
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    This book in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of the life and earth sciences since 1800. It provides comprehensive and authoritative surveys of historical thinking on major developments in these areas of science, on the social and cultural milieus in which the knowledge was generated, and on the wider impact of the major theoretical and practical innovations. The articles are written by acknowledged experts who provide concise accounts of the latest historical thinking coupled with guides to the most important recent literature. In addition to histories of traditional sciences, the book covers the emergence of newer disciplines such as genetics, biochemistry and geophysics. The interaction of scientific techniques with their practical applications in areas such as medicine is a major focus of the book, as is its coverage of controversial areas such as science and religion, and environmentalism.

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    '… Volume 6 … together with the others of the same series, will serve as a useful reference source.'

    Source: Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science

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    • 16 - Embryology
      pp 285-315
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