Book Review

摘要

The history of science, as Bemal had observed, is mostly taught and understood as a narration of various discoveries in sequence of time whereas it should really be studied and understood as history of relationship between science and society. This scholarly book does this. It avoids chronological narration, it discusses, with references to mineral sciences and applied chemistry, how and why particular issues need to be examined and how findings were used to shape society and vice-versa.