A Companion to the History of Science

<i>The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the History of Science</i> is a single volume companion that discusses the history of science as it is done today, providing a survey of the debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, with contributions from leading international scholars.<br /> <ul> <li>Provides a single-volume overview of current scholarship in the history of science edited by one of the leading figures in the field</li> <li>Features forty essays by leading international scholars providing an overview of the key debates and developments in the history of science</li> <li>Reflects the shift towards deeper historical contextualization within the field</li> <li>Helps communicate and integrate perspectives from the history of science with other areas of historical inquiry</li> <li>Includes discussion of non-Western themes which are integrated throughout the chapters </li> <li>Divided into four sections based on key analytic categories that reflect new approaches in the field</li> </ul>