Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
Historians of a generation ago were often shocked by the violence with which scientists rejected the history of their own subject as… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
All revolutionary advances in science may consist less of sudden and dramatic revelations than a series of transformations, of which the revolutionary… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
History without the history of science, to alter slightly an apothegm of Lord Bacon, resembles a statue of Polyphemus without his eye-that… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
The seventeenth century witnessed the birth of modern science as we know it today. This science was something new, based on a… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
Historians of a generation ago were often shocked by the violence with which scientists rejected the history of their own subject as irrelevant; they… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
All revolutionary advances in science may consist less of sudden and dramatic revelations than a series of transformations, of which the revolutionary significance may… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
History without the history of science, to alter slightly an apothegm of Lord Bacon, resembles a statue of Polyphemus without his eye-that very feature… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
The seventeenth century witnessed the birth of modern science as we know it today. This science was something new, based on a direct confrontation… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
