Fara, Patricia,  1948- <br/><br/>
Science :  a four thousand year history / 
Patricia Fara. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2009. 
 - xv, 408 p. :  ill., cartes ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr.: p. [375]-390. 
<br/><br/>1: Origins -- Sevens -- Babylon -- Heroes -- Cosmos -- Life -- Matter -- Technology -- 2: Interactions -- Eurocentrism -- China -- Islam -- Scholarship -- Europe -- Aristotle -- Alchemy -- 3: Experiments -- Exploration -- Magic -- Astronomy -- Bodies -- Machines -- Instruments -- Gravity -- 4: Institutions -- Societies -- Systems -- Careers -- Industries -- Revolutions -- Rationality -- Disciplines -- 5: Laws -- Progress -- Globalization -- Objectivity -- God -- Evolution -- Power -- Time -- 6: Invisibles -- Life -- Germs -- Rays -- Particles -- Genes -- Chemicals -- Uncertainties -- 7: Decisions -- Warfare -- Heredity -- Cosmology -- Information -- Rivalry -- Environment -- Futures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199226894 019922689X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sciences--Histoire.<br/>Sciences et civilisation.<br/>Ciencia--Historia<br/>Ciencia y civilización 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q 125  / F219s 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509