The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present
- ISBN-10
- 1108837085
- ISBN-13
- 9781108837088
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-05-20
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- William Beinart, Saul Dubow
Description
An innovative three hundred year exploration of the social and political contexts of science and the scientific imagination in South Africa.
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