Revolutionizing the sciences: european knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700

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. ÍNDICE: List of Figures - Preface - Introduction: Natural Philosophy and Instrumentality - 'What Was Worth Knowing' in 1500 - Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century - The Alchemist, the Craftsmanand the Scholar - Mathematics Challenges Philosophy: Galileo, Kepler, and theMathematical Practitioners - Mechanism and Corpuscles: Descartes Builds a Universe - Extra-Curricular Activities: New Homes 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

• ISBN: 978-0-230-54516-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 12/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés