The Rise of Science From Prehistory to the Far Future /

• Main Author: Shaver, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Astronomy.; Nature.; Environment.; Medicine .; Health.; Popular Science in Physics.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.

How did science rise up to so dramatically change our world, and where will it take us in the future? This book gives a unique and broad overview. A brief history reveals the major phases and turning points in the rise of science from the earliest civilizations to the present: How was science '...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Brief History
• 3. Roads to Knowledge
• 4. Science Today
• 5. Into the Future
• Epilogue
• Further Reading
• Acknowledgements
• Name Index
• Subject Index.