Revolutionizing the Sciences : European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700 /: European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Dear.
• Authors: Dear, Peter
• Contents: Preface.- Introduction: Natural Philosophy and Instrumentality.- 'What Was Worth Knowing' in 1500.- Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century.- Paracelsus and Bacon: Philosophy as Practical Knowledge.- Mathematical Practitioners and Mathematical Philosophers.- Mechanism and Corpuscles: Descartes Builds a Universe.- Extra-Curricular Activities: New Places 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?.- Notes and References.- Documentation and Further Reading.- Dramatis Personae.- Glossary of Major Terms.- Index.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: London : Red Globe Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (220 pages)
• Subjects: History; Science -- History; History of science; Europe-History; History -- Europe -- General; European history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781352003147
• Related ISBNs: 9781352003130
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