HISTORY OF SCIENCE

WEAVING TOGETHER INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND SOCIAL STUDIES, SEAN JOHNSTON OFFERS A UNIQUE APPRAISAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE NATURE OF THIS EVOLVING DISCIPLINE. SCIENCE IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE USUALLY MIRED IN CONTROVERSY; NEVERTHELESS, IT IS A DRIVING FORCE OF THE MODERN WORLD. BASED ON ITS PAST, WHERE MIGHT IT LEAD US IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?