... of the concept today. Historiographical consensus is that the modern notion of culture was constructed in the nineteenth century in opposition to the sciences. In contrast, this chapter studies a key moment in the late sixteenth century, when the meaning of culture was expanded from "agricultural...

... science itself as scientific knowledge and practice; the political and cultural context in which mass science took place; and the general question of what this case study may tell us about the opportunities and pitfalls in studying science in a non-Western society. ...

... ro pean thinkers in phi- losophy, the social sciences, and the relatively new field of science studies who also see no necessary contradiction between science and religion. Some of these are atheists or agnostics, but others are more or less overtly religious, such as the French Catholics diverse...

...FOUBOHMFE CFH JOOJOHT QBSU J This page intentionally left blank i n t r o d u c t i o n The Science and Ethics of Mattering Matter and meaning are not separate elements. They are inextricably fused together, and no event, no matter how energetic, can tear them asunder. Even atoms, whose very name...