International Science Between the World Wars

The Case of Genetics

By Nikolai Krementsov

What is international science and how does it function? This book answers these questions through a detailed study of international congresses on genetics held from...

Published December 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Measurement and Statistics on Science and Technology

1920 to the Present

By Benoit Godin

How do we objectively measure scientific activities? What proportion of economic activities should a society devote to research and development? How can public-sector and private-sector...

Published December 15th 2004 by Routledge.

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Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society

Edited by Rudi Volti

The three-volume Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Society is a landmark publication for the emerging area of study known as STS. It is the only...

Published November 11th 2004 by Routledge.

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Classical Genetic Research and its Legacy

The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics

Edited by Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were...

Published October 7th 2004 by Routledge.

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From Molecular Genetics to Genomics

The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics

Edited by Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger

With the rise of genomics, the life sciences have entered a new era. Maps of genomes have become the icons for a comprehensive knowledge of...

Published October 7th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Technological Fix

How People Use Technology to Create and Solve Problems

Edited by Lisa Rosner

The term "technological fix" should mean a fix provided by technology--a solution for all of our problems, from medicine and food production to the environment...

Published August 13th 2004 by Routledge.

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Athanasius Kircher

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

Edited by Paula Findlen

Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) -- German Jesuit, occultist, polymath - was one of most curious figures in the history of science. He dabbled in...

Published April 28th 2004 by Routledge.

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Industrializing Organisms

Introducing Evolutionary History

Edited by Susan Schrepfer, Philip Scranton

Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the...

Published October 31st 2003 by Routledge.

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Women, Madness and Spiritualism

Edited by Bridget Bennett, Helen Nicholson

This set reproduces seminal writings by three exceptional nineteenth-century women. Georgina Weldon, Louisa Lowe and Susan Willis Fletcher were certified as insane by the Victorian...

Published June 26th 2003 by Routledge.

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Disease and Medicine in World History

By Sheldon Watts

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies...

Published June 19th 2003 by Routledge.

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