The Construction of Modern Science: Mechanisms and Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9780521292955 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 190 str.

Richard S Westfall

Opis

The interplay between the Platonic-Pythagorean tradition and the mechanical philosophy during the 'scientific revolution'.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Celestial dynamics and terrestrial mechanics; 2. The mechanical philosophy; 3. Mechanical science; 4. Mechanical chemistry; 5. Biology and the mechanical philosophy; 6. Organization of the scientific enterprise; 7. The science of mechanics; 8. Newtonian dynamics; Index.