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THE RETURN OF POLITICAL SCIENCE: (6454 words) |
 | The history of science under Stalin and Hitler is often contrasted with that in the 'democratic' West, where science is supposedly allowed to progress unhindered by the ideological baggage of a totalitarian society. |
| If science is measured by the technologies it produces, it is hard to sustain the idea that science is unaffected by politics; microwave ovens, pocket calculators, compact disc players, and laser surgery, have all resulted from military science. |
| Science cannot be understood unless it is seen as a subject which emerges from a history of human activity, and therefore is as prone as any sphere of human activity to an analysis based on a class understanding of society. |
| 1639 in science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (101 words) |
| The year 1639 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed. |
| See also: 1638 in science, other events of 1639, 1640 in science, list of years in science. |
| November 24 - Jeremiah Horrocks, an English astronomer, observes the transit of Venus |
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