a four thousand year history Fara, Patricia 1948- creator text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009 1st ed. monographic eng spa

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xv, 408 p. : ill., cartes ; 25 cm. 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. Patricia Fara. Bibliogr.: p. [375]-390. Sciences Histoire Sciences et civilisation Ciencia Historia Ciencia y civilización Q 125 F219s 2009 509 9780199226894 019922689X http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2008050975-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2008050975-b.html LVB 081124 20230410132731.0 fre