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Real, mechanical, experimental : Robert Hooke's natural philosophy / Francesco G. Sacco.
LIBRA Q143.H7 S23 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sacco, Francesco G., author.
- Series:
- Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 0066-6610 231.
- International archives of the history of ideas, 0066-6610 ; 231
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.
- Hooke, Robert.
- Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physics--History.
- Physics.
- Physics--Philosophy.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- History.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 266 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This original work contains the first detailed account of the natural philosophy of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), leading figure of the early Royal Society. From celestial mechanics to microscopy, from optics to geology and biology, Hookes contributions to the Scientific Revolution proved decisive. Focusing separately on partial aspects of Hookes works, scholars have hitherto failed to see the unifying idea of the natural philosophy underlying them. Some of his unpublished papers have passed almost unnoticed. Hooke pursued the foundation of a real, mechanical and experimental philosophy, and this book is an attempt to reconstruct it. The book includes a selection of Hooke's unpublished papers. Readers will discover a study of the new science through the works of one of the most known protagonists. Challenging the current views on the scientific life of restoration England, this book sheds new light on the circulation of Baconian ideals and the mechanical philosophy in the early Royal Society. This book is a must-read to anybody interested in Hooke, early modern science or Restoration history." -- Back cover
- Contents:
- Human understanding
- Ministrations
- Philosophical algebra
- A larger scheme
- Vibrant matters
- A new system of the world
- Matter and history
- Beyond priority
- Did Hooke have a natural philosophy?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783030444501
- 3030444503
- OCLC:
- 1142529560
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