Just how much good has medicine done over the years? And how much damage does it continue to do? The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates in the fifth century BC. Yet until the invention of antibiotics in the 1930s doctors, in general, did their patients more harm than good. In this fascinating new look at the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that for more than 2300 years doctors have relied on their patients' misplaced faith in their ability to cure. Over and over again major discoveries which could save lives were met with professional resistance. And this is not...
Just how much good has medicine done over the years? And how much damage does it continue to do? The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates i...
Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. A hero of modern science and key to its birth, he was also a deeply divided man: a scholar committed to the establishment of scientific truth yet forced to concede the importance of faith, and a brilliant analyst of the elegantly mathematical workings of nature yet bungling and insensitive with his own family.
Tackling Galileo as astronomer, engineer, and author, David Wootton places him at the center of Renaissance culture. He traces Galileo through his early rebellious years; the...
Galileo (1564-1642) is one of the most important and controversial figures in the history of science. A hero of modern science and key to its birth...
The second edition of David Wootton's "Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche" offers a new unit on modern constitutionalism with selections from Hume, Montesquieu, the Federalist, and Constant. In addition to a new essay by Wootton, this unit features his new translation of Constant's 1819 essay "On Ancient and Modern Liberty." Other changes include expanded selections from Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy" and a new Hegel selection, all of which strengthen an already excellent anthology.
The second edition of David Wootton's "Modern Political Thought: Readings from Machiavelli to Nietzsche" offers a new unit on modern constitutional...
