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Empire of Reason: Exact Sciences in Indonesia, 1840-1940: 013 (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History): 13 - Hardcover

Pyenson, Lewis

 
9789004089846: Empire of Reason: Exact Sciences in Indonesia, 1840-1940: 013 (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History): 13
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004089845 ISBN 13: 9789004089846
Publisher: Brill, 1989

Synopsis

Analyzes pure scientific research in the Dutch East Indies during the 19th and 20th centuries in the context of imperialist and colonial ideologies. The focus is on relations between the projects undertaken on the periphery and the institutions in the home country. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Lewis Pyenson is Professor of History at Western Michigan University. He is the author of books about mathematics and physics in Germany and a trilogy about the exact sciences in the imperial experience of Germany, the Netherlands, and France during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004089845
ISBN 13 
9789004089846
Binding
Leather Bound
Number of pages
195