Science - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Anatomy, technology, art, and culture: toward a realistic perspective of the brain.

30 Aug 2009 In the 15th century, brain illustration began to change from a schematic system that involved scant objective rendering of the brain, to accurate depictions based on anatomical dissections that demanded significant artistic talent. Notable examples ... Read more...

Rethinking 'style' for historians and philosophers of science: converging lessons from sexuality, translation, and East Asian studies.

22 Apr 2009 Historians and philosophers of science have furnished a wide array of theoretical-historiographical terms to emphasize the discontinuities among different systems of knowledge. Some of the most famous include Thomas Kuhn's "paradigm", Michel ... Read more...

Four stages of a scientific discipline; four types of scientist.

7 Apr 2009 In this article I propose the classification of the evolutionary stages that a scientific discipline evolves through and the type of scientists that are the most productive at each stage. I believe that each scientific discipline evolves ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Science - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Science and the Stasi. 29 Sep 2009
• Eastern Europe: Beyond the bloc. 29 Sep 2009
• Anatomy, technology, art, and culture: toward a realistic perspective of the brain. 30 Aug 2009
• Quantitative and qualitative research: received and interpretivist views of science. 30 Jul 2009
• Arms pact could boost US-Russian science. 14 Jul 2009
• Vienna in the age of uncertainty. 30 May 2009
• The invention of air, and ... 30 May 2009
• Rethinking 'style' for historians and philosophers of science: converging lessons from sexuality, translation, and East Asian studies. 22 Apr 2009
• John Maddox (1925-2009). 21 Apr 2009
• Art is science made clear. 12 Apr 2009
• Vulnerability and ethics: considering our Cartesian hangover. 9 Apr 2009
• Four stages of a scientific discipline; four types of scientist. 7 Apr 2009
• All the President's scholarly men. 31 Mar 2009
• A tulip for a cup of tea? Commerce and nature in the Dutch Golden Age. 30 Mar 2009
• From Mephistopheles to Isaiah: Jacques Loeb, technical biology and war. 30 Mar 2009
• We cannot live by scepticism alone. 3 Mar 2009
• Taxonomy and why history of science matters for science: a case study. 27 Feb 2009
• The practice of Spencerian science: Patrick Geddes's Biosocial Program, 1876-1889. 27 Feb 2009
• Seven decades of history of science: I. Bernard Cohen (1914-2003), second editor of Isis. 27 Feb 2009
• Does science education need the history of science? 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Science'

Definition: The systematic observation of natural phenomena for the purpose of discovering laws governing those phenomena. The body of knowledge accumulated by such means. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

Descriptor UI: D012586

Alternative terms: Science; Sciences;

Related Mesh Headings: Religion and Science;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.770;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif