The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780141040837 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 784 str.

David Wootton

Recenzje

The seventeenth century saw the emergence of the mindset that characterizes modern science. David Wootton lucidly describes the individuals, the experiments and the controversies that marked this intellectually turbulent and transformative era. ... This fascinating and scholarly book should receive a wide readership. Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, President of the Royal Society 2005-10

O autorze

David Wootton is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. His previous books include Paolo Sarpi (1983), Bad Medicine (2006) and Galileo (2010). He has given the Raleigh Lecture at the British Academy (2008), the Carlyle Lectures at Oxford (2014) and the Benedict Lectures at Boston (2014).