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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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hellyer, Marcus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Series:Blackwell essential readings in history.
Subjects:
Science > Europe > History > 16th century.
Science > Europe > History > 17th century.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A traditional narrative of the Scientific Revolution / R. Hooykaas
  • Competing disciplines / Robert S. Westman
  • The experimental philosophy and its institutions / Steven Shapin
  • The mechanical philosophy and its appeal / Peter Dear
  • The revolution in natural history / William B. Ashworth
  • Medicine and alchemy / Allen G. Debus
  • The Newtonian achievement / I. Bernard Cohen
  • The Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution / Margaret C. Jacob
  • A dissenting view / Andrew Cunningham and Perry Williams.