02536nam 2200601 a 450 99624818240331620221108043256.00-691-14206-82027/heb09104(CKB)3400000000085096(dli)HEB09104(SSID)ssj0000682028(PQKBManifestationID)12310622(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000682028(PQKBWorkID)10663859(PQKB)11501288(MiU)MIU01000000000000011499281(EXLCZ)99340000000008509620090507d2009 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrRevolutionizing the sciences European knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700 /Peter Dear2nd ed.Princeton, NJ Princeton University Pressc20091 online resource (viii, 203 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographIncludes bibliographical references and index.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?ACLS Humanities E-Book.Revolutionizing the SciencesScienceEuropeHistoryScienceSocial aspectsHistoryScience and civilizationHistoryScienceHistoryEuropePhysical Sciences & MathematicsHILCCSciences - GeneralHILCCScienceHistory.ScienceSocial aspectsHistory.Science and civilizationHistory.ScienceHistoryPhysical Sciences & MathematicsSciences - GeneralDear Peter1958-887026American Council of Learned Societies.NyNyACLNyNyACLBOOK996248182403316Revolutionizing the sciences2300838UNISA