Situating The History Of Science: Dialogues With Joseph Needham

Contributed Articles Presented At A Seminar At New Delhi In Sept. 1996. 1. Introduction / Dhruv Raina -- 2. History Of Science And The Oikoumene / Romila Thapar -- 3. Science(s), Civilization(s), Historie(s): A Continuing Dialogue With Joseph Needham / Gregory Blue. 4. Revisiting The 'needham Paradox' / Aant Elzinga -- 5. Prolegomena To A World History Of Science / Steve Fuller -- 6. Needham, Anglo-french Civilities And Ecumenical Science / Patrick Petitjean. 7. The Strange Quest Of Joseph Needham / Shiv Visvanathan -- 8. The Rivers And The Sea: Analysing Needham's Metaphor For The World History Of Science / Karine Chemla. 9. Modernization Of Science And Its History Outside Europe: Egyptian Projects In The Nineteenth Century / Pascal Crozet -- 10. Joseph Needham And The Historiography Of Chinese Mathematics / Catherine Jami. 11. The Missing Picture: The Non-emergence Of A Needhamian History Of Sciences In India / Dhruv Raina And S. Irfan Habib -- 12. Universality Of Science: Historical Validation Of A Philosophical Idea / Michel Paty. 13. Inscriptions, Facts And Blackboxes: Is Modern Science Radically Different? / K. Subramaniam. Edited By S. Irfan Habib And Dhruv Raina. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.