Discipline & experience [[electronic resource] ] : the mathematical way in the scientific revolution / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Europe - History - 17th century
Science - Europe - History - 17th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-05816-2
9786613058164 0-226-13952-2 |
Classificazione | CC 3400 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS -- 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE -- 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY -- 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS -- 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS -- 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE -- 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS -- 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE -- 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT -- CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456916403321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discipline & experience [[electronic resource] ] : the mathematical way in the scientific revolution / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Europe - History - 17th century
Science - Europe - History - 17th century |
Soggetto non controllato | science, scientific revolution, math, mathematics, modern, natural world, experience, 17th century, astronomy, optics, mechanics, philosophy, history, historical, marin mersenne, rene descartes, blaise pascal, sir isaac newton, early-modern europe, mythology, expertise, experimental, traditions, physico-mathematics, constructivist experiment |
ISBN |
1-283-05816-2
9786613058164 0-226-13952-2 |
Classificazione | CC 3400 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS -- 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE -- 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY -- 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS -- 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS -- 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE -- 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS -- 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE -- 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT -- CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781298203321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discipline & experience : the mathematical way in the scientific revolution / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Europe - History - 17th century
Science - Europe - History - 17th century |
Soggetto non controllato | science, scientific revolution, math, mathematics, modern, natural world, experience, 17th century, astronomy, optics, mechanics, philosophy, history, historical, marin mersenne, rene descartes, blaise pascal, sir isaac newton, early-modern europe, mythology, expertise, experimental, traditions, physico-mathematics, constructivist experiment |
ISBN |
1-283-05816-2
9786613058164 0-226-13952-2 |
Classificazione | CC 3400 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON CITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS -- 1. INDUCTION IN EARLYMODERN EUROPE -- 2. EXPERIENCE AND JESUIT MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: THE PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF METHODOLOGY -- 3. EXPERTISE, NOVEL CLAIMS, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVENTS -- 4. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS -- 5. THE USES OF EXPERIENCE -- 6.ART, NATURE, METAPHOR; THE GROWTH OF PHYSICOMATHEMATICS -- 7. PASCAL'S VOID, NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS, AND MATHEMATICAL EXPERIENCE -- 8. BARROW, NEWTON, AND CONSTRUCTIVIST EXPERIMENT -- CONCLUSION: A MATHEMATICAL NATURAL PHILOSOPHY? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816923703321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The intelligibility of nature [[electronic resource] ] : how science makes sense of the world / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science.culture |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology - History
Science - Philosophy - History Reasoning - History Philosophy of nature - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-95950-2
9786611959500 0-226-13950-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454138103321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The intelligibility of nature [[electronic resource] ] : how science makes sense of the world / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science.culture |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology - History
Science - Philosophy - History Reasoning - History Philosophy of nature - History |
Soggetto non controllato | natural world, science, scientist, scientific, academic, scholarly, technology, western, history, historical, authority, prestige, knowledge, galileo, newton, darwin, einstein, philosophy, philosophical, evolution, intellectual, greek, quantum theory, methodology, atoms, species, victorian, universe, origin, design, college, university, textbook |
ISBN |
1-281-95950-2
9786611959500 0-226-13950-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782526003321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The intelligibility of nature : how science makes sense of the world / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Science.culture |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology - History
Science - Philosophy - History Reasoning - History Philosophy of nature - History |
Soggetto non controllato | natural world, science, scientist, scientific, academic, scholarly, technology, western, history, historical, authority, prestige, knowledge, galileo, newton, darwin, einstein, philosophy, philosophical, evolution, intellectual, greek, quantum theory, methodology, atoms, species, victorian, universe, origin, design, college, university, textbook |
ISBN |
1-281-95950-2
9786611959500 0-226-13950-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : science as natural philosophy, science as instrumentality -- The mechanical universe from Galileo to Newton -- A place for everything : the classification of the world -- The chemical revolution thwarted by atoms -- Design and disorder : the origin of species -- Dynamical explanation : the aether and Victorian machines -- How to understand nature? : Einstein, Bohr, and the quantum universe -- Conclusion : making sense in science. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811770803321 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Revolutionizing the sciences : European knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700 / / Peter Dear |
Autore | Dear Peter <1958-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 203 p. ) : ill. ; |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Europe - History
Science - Social aspects - History Science and civilization - History Science - History - Europe Physical Sciences & Mathematics Sciences - General |
ISBN | 0-691-14206-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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? |
Altri titoli varianti | Revolutionizing the Sciences |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248182403316 |
Dear Peter <1958-> | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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