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Titolo |
The scientific revolution : the essential readings / / edited by Marcus Hellyer |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell essential readings in history |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Europe - History - 16th century |
Science - Europe - History - 17th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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