Read: Science since Babylon
Derek J da Solla Price - science since babylon
It's short. It's history. It's....so good I couldn't put it down despite needing desperately to sleep. It had exactly what I was looking for, a foundation upon which to build further research. A solid one, if it can be trusted. I'll leave the 'trusted' part on that count to others. Written in the 50s-60s intellectual style that I'm starting to become accustomed to reading, it's a Cosmos-style guided tour through the history of science. In fact, it reminds me most of Ray Kurzweil and his works (complete with exponential graphs of everything!).
I have taken quite a few notes, but they will appear later, in my essay(due way too soon :/). For now I need some food before I pass out(I did that yesterday! I need to work so I can pay for food!)
edit I just skimmed "little science, big science"(same author), and, true to his kurzweillian nature, it's nothing but exponential graphs. And looks like it's in the same order, as if it's just fleshing out the political consequences of this book. I could be in err here, and he might go into more discussion on what I'm looking for but alas, I am out of time.
It's short. It's history. It's....so good I couldn't put it down despite needing desperately to sleep. It had exactly what I was looking for, a foundation upon which to build further research. A solid one, if it can be trusted. I'll leave the 'trusted' part on that count to others. Written in the 50s-60s intellectual style that I'm starting to become accustomed to reading, it's a Cosmos-style guided tour through the history of science. In fact, it reminds me most of Ray Kurzweil and his works (complete with exponential graphs of everything!).
I have taken quite a few notes, but they will appear later, in my essay(due way too soon :/). For now I need some food before I pass out(I did that yesterday! I need to work so I can pay for food!)
edit I just skimmed "little science, big science"(same author), and, true to his kurzweillian nature, it's nothing but exponential graphs. And looks like it's in the same order, as if it's just fleshing out the political consequences of this book. I could be in err here, and he might go into more discussion on what I'm looking for but alas, I am out of time.