Traces the development of marine science from antiquity to the 20th century, emphasizing the period since the 17th century and the interest in tides, navigation, and the gradual emergence of oceanography.
Brilliant study of the skeptical crisis and its impact on theology, philosophy, and science; argues that modern science was in part an intellectual compromise between dogmatism and skepticism.
Standard survey of the emergence of science in America from colonial naturalists and physicians to the development of national societies and cultural nationalism.
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