The Scientific Revolution: The Essential Readings

Acknowledgments. Editor's Introduction: What was the Scientific Revolution? Marcus Hellyer (Brandeis University). 1. The Traditional Narrative of The Scientific Revolution. Editor's Introduction. The Riseof Modern Science: When and Why?: R. Hooykaas (Late of University of Utrecht). 2. Competing Disciplines. Editor's Introduction. The Copernicans and the Churches: Robert S. Westman (University of California at San Diego). 3. The Experimental Philosophy and Its Institutions. Editor's Introduction. Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary Technology: Steven Shapin (University of California at San Deigo). 4. The Mechanical Philosophy and Its Appeal. Editor's Introduction. A Mechanical Microcosm: Bodily Passions, Good Manners, and Cartesian Mechanism: Peter Dear (Cornell University). 5. The Revolution in Natural History. Editor's Introduction. Natural History and the Emblematic World View: William B. Ashworth, Jr. (University of Missouri, Kansas City). 6. Medicine and Alchemy. Editor's Introduction. The Chemical Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution: Allen G. Debus (University of Chicago). 7. The Newtonian Achievement. Editor's Introduction. The Newtonian Revolution: I. Bernard Cohen (Harvard University). 8. The Scientific Revolution and The Industrial Revolution. Editor's Introduction. The Cultural Origins of the First Industrial Revolution: Margaret C. Jacob (University of California, Los Angeles). 9. A Dissenting View. Editor's Introduction. De-Centering the 'Big Picture': The Origins Of Modern Science and the Modern Origins of Science: Andrew Cunningham (University of Cambridge) and Perry Williams. Glossary. Index.