This is an analytical introduction to key historical and philosophical moments in the history of science, in twenty-two sections, written by a remarkably accomplished collection of authors at the forefronts of the disciplines of history and philosophy of science. The volume challenges the strongly empirical tendencies of earlier work in the field, and focuses its analysis on the notion of "bifurcations": points where the sciences took a new turn or direction, where decisions or observations of such importance were taken that they are the stable intersections between the many subdisciplines and subjects that go to make up the sciences. Despite being the work of a large number of authors, Serres and his team have collaborated closely to produce a book that has a unanimity of style and purpose.In his preface to the book, Serres explains the reasons behind its structure, and some of the relationships between the various bifurcations in the flow of history and the work of time.
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Introduction: Michel Serres. 1. Babylon-1800: James Ritter. 2. Measure for Measure: Mathematics in Egypt and Mesopotamia: James Ritter. 3. Gnomon: The Beginnings of Geometry in Greece: Michel Serres. 4. Archimedes: The Scientist's Canon: Michel Authier. 5. Stories of the Circle: Catherine Goldstein. 6. The Arab Intermediary: Paul Benoit and Francoise Micheau. 7. Theology in the Thirteenth Century: A Science Unlike the Others: Paul Benoit. 8. Algebra, Commerce and Calculation: Paul Benoit. 9. The Galileo Affair: Isabelle Stengers. 10. Refraction and Cartesian 'Forgetfulness': Michel Authier. 11. Working with Numbers in the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Catherine Goldstein. 12. Ambiguous Affinity: The Newtonian Dream of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century: Isabelle Stengers. 13. From Linnaeus to Darwin: Naturalists and Travellers: Jean-Marc Drouin. 14. Paris 1800: Michel Serres. 15. Lavosier: A Scientific Revolution: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent. 16. In Defence of Geology: The Origins of Lyell's Uniformitarianism: Geof Bowker. 17. Mendel in the Garden: Jean-Marc Drouin. 18. Pasteur and Pouchet: The Heterogenesis of the History of Science: Bruno Latour. 19. Mendeleyev: The Story of Discovery: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent. 20. Manufacturing Truth: The Development of Industrial Research: Geof Bowker. 21. Joliot: History and Physics mixed together: Bruno Latour. 22. The Invention of the Computer: Pierre Le. Chronolgy. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
