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 : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (220 pages)
• Subjects: History of science; History -- Europe -- General; Science -- History; European history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350307568; 1350307564
• Related ISBNs: 9781352003253
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