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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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell essential readings in history
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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 / |