02616nam 2200637Ia 450 991045636550332120200520144314.01-317-32401-31-282-50221-297866125022171-84893-031-3(CKB)2520000000009536(EBL)496195(OCoLC)568703820(MiAaPQ)EBC1510837(MiAaPQ)EBC496195(MiAaPQ)EBC5293310(Au-PeEL)EBL1510837(CaPaEBR)ebr10367570(CaONFJC)MIL527592(OCoLC)862050148(Au-PeEL)EBL496195(Au-PeEL)EBL5293310(CaONFJC)MIL250221(OCoLC)1027195982(EXLCZ)99252000000000953620091104d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe historiography of the chemical revolution[electronic resource] patterns of interpretation in the history of science /by John G. McEvoy1st ed.London Pickering & Chatto20101 online resource (343 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-96341-2 1-84893-030-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowldegements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Positivism, Whiggism and the Chemical Revolution; 2. Postpositivism and the Historiography of Science; 3. Postpositivist Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution; 4. From Modernism to Postmodernism: Changing Philosophical Images of Science; 5. The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and the History of Science; 6. Postmodernist and Sociological Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution; 7. The Chemical Revolution as History; Notes; Works Cited; UntitledThis study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views.ChemistryHistory18th centuryHistoriographyChemistryHistory18th centuryElectronic books.ChemistryHistoryHistoriography.ChemistryHistory540.9McEvoy John G.1942-891019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456365503321The historiography of the chemical revolution1990284UNINA