The Cambridge History of Science

Table of Contents

Introduction: the modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences Mary Jo Nye
Part I. The Public Cultures of the Physical Sciences After 1800:
1. Theories of scientific method: models for physico-mathematical sciences Nancy Cartwright, Sthathis Psillos and Hasok Chang
2. Intersections of physical sciences and western religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Frederick Gregory
3. A twisted tale: women in the physical sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Margaret W. Rossiter
4. Scientists and their publics: popularization of science in the nineteenth century David M. Knight
5. Literature and the modern physical sciences Pamela Gossin
Part II. Discipline-Building in the Sciences: Places, Instruments, Communication:
6. Mathematical schools, communities, and networks David E. Rowe
7. The industry, research, education nexus Terry Shinn
8. Remaking astronomy: instruments and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Robert W. Smith
9. Languages in science: chemistry Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
10. Imagery and representation in twentieth-century physics from Einstein to Feynman Arthur I. Miller
Part III. Chemistry and Physics: Problems through the Early 1900s:
11. The physical sciences in the life sciences Frederic L. Holmes
12. Chemical atomism and chemical classifications Hans-Werner Schutt
13. Theory and applications of the structure theory in organic chemistry A. J. Rocke
14. Theories and experiments on radiation from Thomas Young to X-rays Sungook Hong
15. Force, energy, and thermodynamics Crosbie Smith
16. Theories and practices of electrical science from Faraday to Einstein Bruce J. Hunt
Part IV. Atomic and Molecular Sciences in the Twentieth Century:
17. Quantum theory and atomic structure, 1900–1927 Olivier Darrigol
18. Radioactivity and nuclear physics Jeff Hughes
19. Quantum field theory: from QED to the standard model S. S. Schweber
20. Chemical physics and quantum chemistry in the twentieth century Ana Simoes
21. Plasmas and solid-state science Michael Eckert
22. Macromolecules, their structures and functions Yasu Furukawa
Part V. Mathematics, Astronomy and Cosmology since the Eighteenth Century:
23. The geometrical tradition: mathematics, space and reason in the nineteenth century Joan L. Richards
24. Between rigor and application: developments in the concept of function in mathematical analysis Jesper Lutzen
25. Statistics and physical theories Theodore M. Porter
26. Solar science and astrophysics Joann Eisberg
27. Cosmologies and cosmogonies of space and time Helge Kragh
28. The chemistry and physics of the earth Naomi Oreskes and Ronald E. Doel
Part VI. Problems and Promises at the End of the Twentieth Century:
29. Science, technology, and war Alex Roland
30. Science, ideology and the state: physics in the twentieth century Paul Josephson
31. Computer science and the computer revolution William Aspray
32. The physical sciences and the physicians' eye: dissolving disciplinary boundaries Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles
33. Global environmental change and the history of science James Rodger Fleming.

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