Science And Scientification In South Asia And Europe

Author : Axel Michaels
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000051870
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe written by Axel Michaels and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically examines the role of science in the humanities and social sciences. It studies how cultures and societies in South Asia and Europe underwent a transformation with the adoption or adaptation of scientific methods, turning ancient cultural processes and phenomena into an enhanced scientific structure. The chapters in this book Discuss the development of science as a method in modern and historical contexts and the differences between modern science, scientification and pseudoscience. Study the interactions between bodies of knowledge such as Sanskrit and computer science; mathematics and Vedic mathematics; science and philosophy. Drawing on textual material, extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy, Indology, history, linguistics, history and philosophy of science and social science.

Author : K. Raj
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230625312
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relocating Modern Science written by K. Raj and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of key moments in the history of science, it demonstrates the crucial roles of circulation and intercultural encounter for their emergence.

Author : Kapil Raj
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788178241463
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relocating Modern Science written by Kapil Raj and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin W Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351670719
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Authority of Science written by Martin W Bauer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural authority of science is the authority that is granted to science in any particular context. This authority is as much a matter of image and perceived legitimacy as of statutory guarantee. However, while authority can be charismatic, based on tradition or based on competence, we would assume that science aims to be an authority of competence. To what extent does science have the last word, or stand above opinion on public issues? This Indo-European led collaboration aims to map the cultural authority of science, and to construct a system of indicators to observe this ‘science culture’ based on artefacts (science news analysis) and espoused beliefs and evaluations (public attitude data). Indeed, through a series of studies the authors examine the cultural authority of science in light of the challenges posed by European, Asian, African and American developments and debates. In particular, two main ideas are examined: the ‘Lighthouse’ model, whereby science is shining into a stormy sea of ignorance and mistrust; and the ‘Bungee Jump’ model, which demonstrates how science occasionally experiences a rough ride against a backdrop of goodwill. Presenting expertise in discourse analysis, computer-assisted text analysis and largescale survey analysis, The Cultural Authority of Science will be of interest to a global audience concerned with the standing of science in society. In particular, it may appeal to scholars and students of fields such as sociology of science, science communication, science studies, scientometrics, innovation studies and social psychology.

Author : Zaheer Baber
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791429204
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Empire written by Zaheer Baber and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-05-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Cooperation of the European Union with South Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Beinart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108944817
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scientific Imagination in South Africa written by William Beinart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa provides a unique vantage point from which to examine the scientific imagination over the last three centuries, when its position on the African continent made it a staging post for Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonialism. In the eighteenth century, South African plants and animals caught the imagination of visiting Europeans. In the nineteenth century, science became central to imperial conquest, devastating wars, agricultural intensification and the exploitation of rich mineral resources. Scientific work both facilitated, and offered alternatives to, the imposition of segregation and apartheid in the twentieth century. William Beinart and Saul Dubow offer an innovative exploration of science and technology in this complex, divided society. Bridging a range of disciplines from astronomy to zoology, they demonstrate how scientific knowledge shaped South Africa's peculiar path to modernity. In so doing, they examine the work of remarkable individual scientists and institutions, as well as the contributions of leading politicians from Jan Smuts to Thabo Mbeki.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

Author : Samuel Moyn
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231534590
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Intellectual History written by Samuel Moyn and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global intellectual history," featuring essays by leading scholars on various approaches that are taking shape across the discipline. The contributors to Global Intellectual History explore the different ways in which one can think about the production, dissemination, and circulation of "global" ideas and ask whether global intellectual history can indeed produce legitimate narratives. They discuss how intellectuals and ideas fit within current conceptions of global frames and processes of globalization and proto-globalization, and they distinguish between ideas of the global and those of the transnational, identifying what each contributes to intellectual history. A crucial guide, this collection sets conceptual coordinates for readers eager to map an emerging area of study.

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Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
ISBN 13 : 149010691X
Total Pages : 1203 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 1203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Mixed Methods Research. The editors have built Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Mixed Methods Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.