• Introduction: the modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences Mary Jo Nye; Part I. The Public Cultures of the Physical Sciences After 1800: 1. Theories of scientific method: models for physico-mathematical sciences Nancy Cartwright, Sthathis Psillos and Hasok Chang; 2. Intersections of physical sciences and western religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Frederick Gregory; 3. A twisted tale: women in the physical sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Margaret W. Rossiter; 4. Scientists and their publics: popularization of science in the nineteenth century David M. Knight; 5. Literature and the modern physical sciences Pamela Gossin; Part II. Discipline-Building in the Sciences: Places, Instruments, Communication: 6. Mathematical schools, communities, and networks David E. Rowe; 7. The industry, research, education nexus Terry Shinn; 8. Remaking astronomy: instruments and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Robert W. Smith; 9. Languages in science: chemistry Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent; 10. Imagery and representation in twentieth-century physics from Einstein to Feynman Arthur I. Miller; Part III. Chemistry and Physics: Problems through the Early 1900s: 11. The physical sciences in the life sciences Frederic L. Holmes; 12. Chemical atomism and chemical classifications Hans-Werner Schutt; 13. Theory and applications of the structure theory in organic chemistry A. J. Rocke; 14. Theories and experiments on radiation from Thomas Young to X-rays Sungook Hong; 15. Force, energy, and thermodynamics Crosbie Smith; 16. Theories and practices of electrical science from Faraday to Einstein Bruce J. Hunt; Part IV. Atomic and Molecular Sciences in the Twentieth Century: 17. Quantum theory and atomic structure, 1900–1927 Olivier Darrigol; 18. Radioactivity and nuclear physics Jeff Hughes; 19. Quantum field theory: from QED to the standard model S. S. Schweber; 20. Chemical physics and quantum chemistry in the twentieth century Ana Simoes; 21. Plasmas and solid-state science Michael Eckert; 22. Macromolecules, their structures and functions Yasu Furukawa; Part V. Mathematics, Astronomy and Cosmology since the Eighteenth Century: 23. The geometrical tradition: mathematics, space and reason in the nineteenth century Joan L. Richards; 24. Between rigor and application: developments in the concept of function in mathematical analysis Jesper Lutzen; 25. Statistics and physical theories Theodore M. Porter; 26. Solar science and astrophysics Joann Eisberg; 27. Cosmologies and cosmogonies of space and time Helge Kragh; 28. The chemistry and physics of the earth Naomi Oreskes and Ronald E. Doel; Part VI. Problems and Promises at the End of the Twentieth Century: 29. Science, technology, and war Alex Roland; 30. Science, ideology and the state: physics in the twentieth century Paul Josephson; 31. Computer science and the computer revolution William Aspray; 32. The physical sciences and the physicians' eye: dissolving disciplinary boundaries Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles; 33. Global environmental change and the history of science James Rodger Fleming.

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