Baber (sociology, National U. of Singapore) investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of western science in colonial India. He examines the long h
Argues that the quantification of modern science evolved from the commercial bookkeeping and reckoning practices developed by merchants in the 16th and 17th centuries, and that the mechanistic view of
Schumaker (philosophy, science and technology department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) examines how the terms of posture encompass all the major disciplines and investigates a variety of philosop
This book argues that the power of science as the most respected and authoritative world view is based on its superior material and organizational resources, not on its superior rationality. Fuchs app
