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|title=Science Since Babylon | |title=Science Since Babylon | ||
|image=[[File:Science Since Babylon Cover.jpg|150px]] | |image=[[File:Science Since Babylon Cover.jpg|150px]] | ||
|author=[ | |author=[[Derek J. de Solla Price]] | ||
|language=English | |language=English | ||
|genre=History of Science<br>Philosophy of Science | |genre=History of Science<br>Philosophy of Science | ||
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|publicationdate=1961<br>1975 (Enlarged Edition) | |publicationdate=1961<br>1975 (Enlarged Edition) | ||
|pages=240 | |pages=240 | ||
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''Science Since Babylon'' was written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_J._de_Solla_Price Derek J. de Solla Price] based on a series of five lectures he delivered at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library in October and November 1959 on the history of science. In 1961 it was published in London and New Haven by Yale University Press, and sold as a Yale Paperbound (paperback) in 1962. It is notable due to Price's observation of the exponential trajectory of scientific growth, and his subsequent prediction of that growth leveling off due to saturation. The 1975 enlarged edition expanded on the original material and also included new material, some of which were previously published essays or sections of previously published books. The book is often cited by [[Eric Weinstein]] for its observations about growth. Weinstein also notes that it is odd how few people know about this book given the implications of its predictions for science and research. | |||
'''An Open Access PDF of the book is available [http://derekdesollaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Science-Since-Babylon-opt.pdf here].''' | '''An Open Access PDF of the book is available [http://derekdesollaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Science-Since-Babylon-opt.pdf here].''' | ||
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== 3. Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy == | == 3. Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy == | ||
===Summary=== | ===Summary=== | ||
1. Our ability to create machines and automata did not lead us to theories of astronomy and biology, rather it was the other way around. | |||
1. Theories of planetary motions led to their instantiation as models, which in turn led to the skills required to crate automata | |||
2. The development of astronomical simulacra and biological simulacra go hand in hand, feeding off each other. | |||
===Further Reading=== | ===Further Reading=== | ||
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* [http://derekdesollaprice.org/derek-de-solla-price-lectures/ Recordings of the full “Neolithic to Now” lectures by Derek de Solla Price, Yale 1976] | * [http://derekdesollaprice.org/derek-de-solla-price-lectures/ Recordings of the full “Neolithic to Now” lectures by Derek de Solla Price, Yale 1976] | ||
* [[Science, The Endless Frontier]] | * [[Science, The Endless Frontier]] | ||
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