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Autore |
Dear Peter <1958-> |
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Titolo |
Revolutionizing the sciences : European knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700 / / Peter Dear |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 203 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Europe - History |
Science - Social aspects - History |
Science and civilization - History |
Science - History - Europe |
Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
Sciences - General |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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Introduction: Natural philosophy and instrumentality -- "What was worth knowing" in 1500 -- Humanism and ancient wisdom: how to learn things in the sixteenth century -- The alchemist, the craftsman, and the scholar -- Mathematics challenges philosophy: Galileo, Kepler, and the mathematical practitioners -- Mechanism and corpuscles : Descartes builds a universe -- Extra-curricular activities: new homes for natural knowledge -- Experiment: how to learn things about nature in the seventeenth century -- Cartesians and Newtonians -- Conclusion: what was worth knowing by the eighteenth century? |
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