July 2009
Intermediate to advanced
168 pages
4h 55m
English
Content preview from An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Bibliography
Asimov, Issac, Eyes on the Universe (Houghton Mifflin, 1975).
Baigrie, Brian S., Scientific Revolutions—Primary Texts in the History of Science (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004).
Boersema, David, Philosophy of Science (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008).
Butler, Alfred J., Arab Conquest of Egypt (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978).
Butterflied, H., The Origins of Modern Science, Vol. 1 (London: G. Bell Sons Ltd, 1950)
Chattopadhyaya, D. P. (ed.), “National Institute of Sciences of India”, Proceedings of the Symposium of the History of Sciences in India, Bulletin No. 21, 1963.
A Concise History of Science in India, (Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, 1971); published in Malayalam by Kerala Bhasha Institute as Sasthram Indiayil, 1984).
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.