observation‚ explanation‚ and prediction of real world phenomena by experiment. Given the dual status of science as objective knowledge and as a human construct‚ good historiography of science draws on the historical methods of both intellectual history and social history. Tracing the exact origins of modern science is possible through the many important texts which have survived from the classical world. However‚ the word scientist is relatively recent—first coined by William Whewell in the 19th century
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Mazlish‚ Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ in his book World History: Ideologies‚ Structures‚ Identities‚ mentions about three concepts of history: Ecumenical History also known as Universal History‚ World History and Global History. This paper is going to examine these concepts by comparing them and pointing out the uses and disadvantages of each one. Ecumenical History or Universal History mentions that there is only one story for all human
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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sound of the music. It’s not just a form of exercise; it is a passion‚ the feeling of expressing yourself through movement. It is art. There are several types of dance such as jazz‚ ballet‚ hip hop‚ lyrical‚ contemporary‚ African‚ along with many other genres. I will give you a general history from where dance came from‚ and then be more specific when I talk on a certain type of dance. Since the beginning of time there have been rituals of song‚ dance‚ and a story to go along with it. In a lot of
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The book The Struggle for the History of Education by Gary McCulloch‚ published from Routledge Taylor & Francis Group in 2011‚ maps out the nature of the field and seeks to highlight the sites of struggle. This book suggest that the history of education might seem sedate to the outsider but is actually all about struggle and the object of study is in continual flux. Education is‚ as book traces‚ a site for social progress‚ change and equality‚ struggles for democracy and
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Differences: chaos in the history of the sciences Michel Serres ¨ Academie Francaise‚ 23 quai de Conti‚ 75270 Paris cedex 06‚ CS 90618‚ France ° Translated by Taylor Adkins 3047 Hollywood Drive‚ Decatur‚ GA 30033‚ USA Abstract. In this paper from the book Les origines de la geometrie (The origins of geometry)‚ subtitled ¨ ¨ tiers livre des fondations (third book of foundations) (Serres‚ 1993‚ Flammarion‚ Paris)‚ I argue that the history of the sciences and‚ in particular‚ the history of mathematics cannot
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Sources of History Sources of information provide the evidence from which the historian obtains facts about the past. In writing history‚ the historian not only relies on past thoughts rather re-enacts it in the context of analysing the documents and other records left. This is an indispensable condition in the quest for historical facts. Primary sources are those that have witnessed the event that took place or have been part of the incident being studied. These include written records
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passage Why Study History written by William H. McNeill‚ the most important statement is “Historical knowledge is no more and no less than carefully and critically constructed collective memory”. McNeill believes that history can both make us wiser when we are making our public choices and more richly human in our private lives. Sterns‚ the author of our textbook- World Civilizations‚ the Global Experience‚ has the same statement in the preface of the book. He states that “world history explores the human
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“Anthropology‚ the study of humankind everywhere throughout time.” (Haviland‚ 1) Breisach‚ Ernst. Historiography: Ancient‚ Medieval‚ and Modern‚ Third Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 2007. Print. “The history of historiography has shown the role these uses of history have played.” (Breisach‚2) Iggers‚ Georg. Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press‚ 2005. Print. “In a sense the paradigm
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Nichols HIS 140 – A History of Humanity Essay 1 World History in Context‚ written by David Christian (2003)‚ questions the context of world history as well as the complexity of human history and the societies with which they live. In Christian’s article he argues that looking at world history in its global context‚ rather than one specific moment in history‚ is the way it is intended to be interpreted and allows historians to recognize reoccurring patterns and themes. World history is meant to be
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