Books by Peter Dear and Complete Book Reviews

Peter Dear, Author University of Chicago Press $27.5 (242p) ISBN 978-0-226-13948-7
Cornell historian of science Dear (Revolutionizing the Sciences) here looks at central developments in Western science since the 16th century in terms of intelligibility versus instrumentality. His distinction asks of any given theory: does its...
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Peter Dear. Princeton Univ, $35 (384p) ISBN 978-0-691-23584-4
In this mundane history, Dear (Revolutionizing the Sciences), a professor emeritus of history at Cornell University, unpacks the origins of major scientific achievements between the 17th and 20th centuries, arguing science is not a free-floating “’th
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