Revolutionizing the Sciences
European Knowledge and its Ambitions, 1500-1700
2nd Edition
Published on 16. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-230-54516-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'Succinct, well-organized, and clearly written, this is an excellent account of the intellectual transformation of our understanding of the natural world between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.' - Paula Findlen, Stanford University, USA. 'This book is a clear first choice for students and teachers. Incorporating cutting edge scholarship, it matches breadth of thematic coverage with clarity of exposition and takes the reader gently but firmly through the field.' - Simon Ditchfield, University of York, UK.More details
Edition
2nd ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
216 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
305 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-54516-8 (9780230545168)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-08958-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
12/2008
2nd Edition
Red Globe Press
€97.36
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Previous edition
Book
02/2001
Palgrave Macmillan
€24.75
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Person
PETER DEAR is Professor of History and of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA.
Content
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 Craftsman and the Scholar.- Mathematics Challenges Philosophy: Galileo, Kepler, and the Mathematical 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.