Science in History, Volume 1: The Emergence of Science

by J.D. Bernal

Book Overview

J. D. Bernal's monumental work Science in Historyis the first full-scale attempt to analyze the relationship between science and society throughout history, from the perfection of the first flint hand ax to the construction of the hydrogen bomb. This remarkable study illustrates the impetus given to and the limitations placed upon discovery and invention by pastoral, agricultural, feudal, capitalist, and socialist systems, and conversely the ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262520206
• ISBN13: 9780262520201
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.