Hellyer The Scientific Revolution

The Essential Readings
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75477-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Essential Readings in History

This book introduces students to the best recent writings on theScientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
* * Introduces students to the best recent writings on theScientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenthcenturies.
* Covers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science andreligion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine andalchemy.
* Represents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to theinnovative.
* Presents work by scholars who have been at the forefront ofreinterpreting the Scientific Revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hellyer, Marcus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Editor's Introduction: What was the Scientific Revolution?Marcus Hellyer (Brandeis University).
1. The Traditional Narrative of The Scientific Revolution.
Editor's Introduction.
The Riseof Modern Science: When and Why?: R. Hooykaas (Late ofUniversity of Utrecht).
2. Competing Disciplines.
Editor's Introduction.
The Copernicans and the Churches: Robert S. Westman (Universityof California at San Diego).
3. The Experimental Philosophy and Its Institutions.
Editor's Introduction.
Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary Technology:Steven Shapin (University of California at San Deigo).
4. The Mechanical Philosophy and Its Appeal.
Editor's Introduction.
A Mechanical Microcosm: Bodily Passions, Good Manners, andCartesian Mechanism: Peter Dear (Cornell University).
5. The Revolution in Natural History.
Editor's Introduction.
Natural History and the Emblematic World View: William B.Ashworth, Jr. (University of Missouri, Kansas City).
6. Medicine and Alchemy.
Editor's Introduction.
The Chemical Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution: Allen G.Debus (University of Chicago).
7. The Newtonian Achievement.
Editor's Introduction.
The Newtonian Revolution: I. Bernard Cohen (HarvardUniversity).
8. The Scientific Revolution and The Industrial Revolution.
Editor's Introduction.
The Cultural Origins of the First Industrial Revolution:Margaret C. Jacob (University of California, Los Angeles).
9. A Dissenting View.
Editor's Introduction.
De-Centering the 'Big Picture': The Origins OfModern Science and the Modern Origins of Science: AndrewCunningham (University of Cambridge) and Perry Williams.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Marcus Hellyer is Dibner Assistant Professor for the History of Science at Brandeis University where he teaches broadly on the history of science. He has written articles on the Scientific Revolution and is completing a book on Jesuit science in Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.