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1.		The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation from University Of Chicago Press Price: $18.18 Customer Review: This should have been an fascinating important book. The life of a scientist is like an artist's: a high price must be paid to follow the muse. Too little has been written on the personal cost/benefit of choosing a scientific life or the impact on society of too many not doing so. In these times of... more info	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Leviathan and the Air-Pump from Princeton University Press Price: $35.00 Customer Review: The authors begin their review of the 17th-century Hobbes-Boyle controversy by declaring their intent to take a strongly pro-Hobbes stance, so it is not surprising that they end by concluding that "Hobbes was right". (About what, is not clear.) Their stated reason for adapting this biased... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		The Scientific Revolution (science * culture) from University Of Chicago Press Price: $7.42 Customer Review: Perhaps the best, concise review by an established scholar. Worth it for the first chapter alone, which reviews the intellectual background and the philosophy of the revolution.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) from University Of Chicago Press Price: $22.96 Customer Review: In this study, largely influenced by sociological theory, Steven Shapin explores the origins and practices of the seventeenth-century English experimental philosophy. He contends that this is "a story about the gentlemanly constitution of scientific truth . . . preexisting gentlemanly practices... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		El Leviathan y La Bomba de Vacio (Spanish Edition) from Universidad Nacional de Quilmes Price: $15.93	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		Science Incarnate: Historical Embodiments of Natural Knowledge from University Of Chicago Press Price: $35.99	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.	[no image]	La Revolucion Cientifica (Spanish Edition) from Ediciones Paidos Iberica Price: $23.21	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.	[no image]	Mad Genius Controversy: Study in the Sociology of Development (Sociological Observations) from Sage Publications, Inc	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	The Scientific Revolution from University of Chicago Press	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	A Social History of Truth Civility and Science in Seventeenth-CenturyEngland from Unknown	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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