Revolutionizing the sciences European knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700 /: European knowledge and its ambitions, 1500-1700. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Dear.
• Other Names: Dear, Peter, 1958-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction: Natural Philosophy and Instrumentality; 1 "What Was Worth Knowing" in 1500; 2 Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century; 3 The Alchemist, the Craftsman, and the Scholar; 4 Mathematics Challenges Philosophy: Galileo, Kepler, and the Mathematical Practitioners; 5 Mechanism and Corpuscles: Descartes Builds a Universe; 6 Extra-Curricular Activities: New Homes for Natural Knowledge; 7 Experiment: How to Learn Things about Nature in the Seventeenth Century; 8 Cartesians and Newtonians Conclusion: What Was Worth Knowing by the Eighteenth Century?Notes and References; Documentation and Further Reading; Dramatis Personae; Glossary of Major Terms; A; C; E; G; H; I; J; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 203 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 509; History; Intellectual life; Science; SCIENCE / History; Social & cultural history; European history; Science -- History; Science -- history; History, 15th Century; History, 16th Century; History, 17th Century; Europe -- Intellectual life; Europe; Europe; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137089588
• Related ISBNs: 113708958X; 9780230545151; 0230545157; 9780230545168; 0230545165
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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