Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia

At first sight the history of science and technology seems one of highlights and star periods, perhaps with a focus on Enlightenment “science” or natural philosophy, or on the very new in genetics or electronics. Recent emphasis on the public understanding of science has brought out issues like technocracy and bioethics, surveillance and digital inclusion. Hamblin, a historian of science with a recent book on oceanography to his credit and experience as a lecturer in the USA, has assembled a set of entries given coherence by a well informed introduction (the new physics, the new genetics, the foundation in the...