The scientific revolution : the essential readings / edited by Marcus Hellyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Hellyer, Marcus.

Series:

Blackwell essential readings in history.

Blackwell essential readings in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Europe--History--16th century.

Science.

Science--Europe--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Covers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy. Represents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative. Presents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the Scientific Revolution.

Contents:

The Scientific Revolution: The Essential Readings; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction: What was the Scientific Revolution?; 1 A Traditional Narrative of the Scientific Revolution; Editor's Introduction; The Rise of Modern Science: When and Why?; 2 Competing Disciplines; Editor's Introduction; The Copernicans and the Churches; 3 The Experimental Philosophy and Its Institutions; Editor's Introduction; Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary Technology; 4 The Mechanical Philosophy and Its Appeal; Editor's Introduction

A Mechanical Microcosm: Bodily Passions, Good Manners, and Cartesian Mechanism5 The Revolution in Natural History; Editor's Introduction; Natural History and the Emblematic World View; 6 Medicine and Alchemy; Editor's Introduction; The Chemical Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution; 7 The Newtonian Achievement; Editor's Introduction; The Newtonian Revolution; 8 The Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution; Editor's Introduction; The Cultural Origins of the First Industrial Revolution; 9 A Dissenting View; Editor's Introduction

De-centring the "Big Picture": The Origins of Modern Science and the Modern Origins of ScienceGlossary; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

OCLC:

244287077