Science in Europe, 1500-1800: A Primary Sources Reader

ISBN-13: 9780333970027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 304 str.

Malcolm Oster

Opis

This innovative introduction to the Scientific Revolution features more than 80 foundational documents that chronicle the emergence of organized science. From Copernicus to the chemical revolution, the writings explore such topics as the conceptual bases of science, religion, politics, and the structure of science in every corner of Europe. The documents include letters, speeches, and theoretical treatises works by Aristotle, Galen, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Bacon, Harvey, Boyle, and others.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Europe's Awakening.- Copernicus and his Revolution.- The Spread of Copernicanism in Northern Europe.- Crisis in Italy.- Iberian Science.- Science from the Earth in Central Europe.- French Science in the Seventeenth Century.- Science in Seventeenth-Century England.- Scientific Academies across Europe.- The Reception of Newtonianism across Europe.- Science in the Scottish Enlightenment.- Science on the Fringe of Europe: Eighteenth-Century Sweden.- Science in Orthodox Europe.- Establishing Science in Eigtheenth-Century Europe.- The Chemical Revolution.- Conclusions.

O autorze

MALCOLM OSTER is a Staff Tutor and Lecturer in History of Science at the Open University.

Blurb

The period from Copernicus to Newton witnessed a Scientific Revolution which eventually led to modern science and both built upon and sharply challenged the earlier natural philosophies of the classical world. Science in Europe, 1500-1800: A Primary Sources Readeroffers a fascinating picture of the world of the scientific revolution through the eyes of those involved. This selection of primary sources is geographically inclusive, including often-neglected areas such as Spain, Scandinavia and central-eastern Europe, and thematically wide-ranging, illustrating early modern Europe's interplay of social, cultural and intellectual traditions.
A key resource for all students and teachers of the history of science, Malcolm Oster's masterly collection offers an introduction to the conceptual and institutional foundations of modern science.
This volume can be used alongside or independently of its companion volume, Science in Europe: 1500-1800: A Secondary Sources Reader (also edited by Malcolm Oster).