A history of science in society: from philosophy to utility

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Introduction -- The Origins of Natural Philosophy -- The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam -- The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe -- Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers -- The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory -- The Enlightenment and Enterprise -- Science and Empire -- Entering the Atomic Age -- Science and War -- The Death of Certainty -- 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet -- Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen -- New Frontiers: Science and Choice in the New Millennium. Introduction -- The Origins of Natural Philosophy -- The Roman Era and the Rise of Islam -- The Revival of Natural Philosophy in Western Europe -- Science in the Renaissance: The Courtly Philosophers -- The Scientific Revolution: Contested Territory -- The Enlightenment and Enterprise -- Science and Empire -- Entering the Atomic Age -- Science and War -- The Death of Certainty -- 1957: The Year the World Became a Planet -- Man on the Moon, Microwave in the Kitchen -- New Frontiers: Science and Choice in the New Millennium.