The scientific revolution the essential readings /

This book introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Hellyer, Marcus
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Blackwell essential readings in history
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470755730
Summary: This book introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: viii, 264 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470755730
0470755733
9780470754771 (electronic bk.)
047075477X (electronic bk.)
Index Number: Q125
CLC: N095
Contents: A traditional narrative of the Scientific Revolution /
Competing disciplines /
The experimental philosophy and its institutions /
The mechanical philosophy and its appeal /
The revolution in natural history /
Medicine and alchemy /
The Newtonian achievement /
The Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution /
A dissenting view /