The emergence of a scientific culture : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685 /
'The Emergence of a Scientific Culture' shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, this work argues that science in the 17th century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects dri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Science and the Shaping of Modernity.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'The Emergence of a Scientific Culture' shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, this work argues that science in the 17th century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects driven by it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 563 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435622975 1435622979 9780191563911 0191563919 9780191711985 0191711985 0199550018 9780199550012 1280756349 9781280756344 9786610756346 6610756341 0191537896 9780191537899 |