1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392617003316

Autore

T. W (Thomas Woodrove)

Titolo

A brief relation of the state of man before transgression [[electronic resource] ] : shewing how man transgressed and lost his unity with God and what the state of man is in the transgression and restored into unity with God again : also, the state of the true Christians, with the state of the apostates discovered ... : with a word to the gathered people in Melcombe, who are in a society with George Thorne, falsly called a minister : together with some queries propounded unto him with desire of an answer : as also coppies of two several letters written unto him / / published by T.W

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Simmons, 1659

Descrizione fisica

38, [1] p

Soggetti

Society of Friends

Fall of man

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A true relation of the state of the true Christians" signed (p. 13): Thomas Woodrowe.

Imperfect: print show-through.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778363903321

Autore

Thurs Daniel Patrick

Titolo

Science talk [[electronic resource] ] : changing notions of science in American popular culture / / Daniel Patrick Thurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-15130-0

9786611151300

0-8135-4152-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Classificazione

NK 5250

Disciplina

509

Soggetti

Science - History

Science - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Talking about science --  Phrenology -- Evolution -- Relativity -- UFOs -- Intelligent design.

Sommario/riassunto

Science news is met by the public with a mixture of fascination and disengagement. On the one hand, Americans are inflamed by topics ranging from the question of whether or not Pluto is a planet to the ethics of stem-cell research. But the complexity of scientific research can also be confusing and overwhelming, causing many to divert their attentions elsewhere and leave science to the “experts.” Whether they follow science news closely or not, Americans take for granted that discoveries in the sciences are occurring constantly. Few, however, stop to consider how these advances—and the debates they sometimes lead to—contribute to the changing definition of the term “science” itself. Going beyond the issue-centered debates, Daniel Patrick Thurs examines what these controversies say about how we understand science now and in the future. Drawing on his analysis of magazines, newspapers, journals and other forms of public discourse, Thurs describes how science—originally used as a synonym for general knowledge—became a term to distinguish particular subjects as elite forms of study accessible only to the highly educated.