Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700

ISBN-13: 9781352003253 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str.

Peter Dear

Opis

Peter Dear creates a fascinating picture of the origins and development of scientific thought and practice in early modern Europe. The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded in the light of recent scholarship, offering greater treatment of key topics such as alchemy and medicine.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction: Natural Philosophy and Instrumentality 'What Was Worth Knowing' in 1500 Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century Paracelsus and Bacon: Philosophy as Practical Knowledge Mathematical Practitioners and Mathematical Philosophers Mechanism and Corpuscles: Descartes Builds a Universe Extra-Curricular Activities: New Places for Natural Knowledge Experiment: How to Learn Things about Nature in the Seventeenth Century Cartesians and Newtonians Conclusion: What Was Worth Knowing by the Eighteenth Century? Notes and References Documentation and Further Reading Dramatis Personae Glossary of Major Terms Index.

O autorze

PETER DEAR is Professor of History and of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA.