Title: The revolution in science, 1500-1750 /
Authors: Hall, A. Rupert 1920-2009.; Hall, A. Rupert 1920-2009.; Hall, A. Rupert 1920-2009.
Publisher: Longman,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Science History; Science Philosophy; Science Methodology; Science history; Science methods
Abstract: The origins and evolution of modern science are problems of perennial fascination. In the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries the West witnessed a fundamental and decisive change in man's attitude to the world about him, which led him to abandon his ancient intellectual traditions in quest of a new philosophy of Nature. The intellectual ferment of the period yielded a sharper spirit of enquiry, and from it, painfully but triumphantly, emerged modern science and the modern scientific mind. This revolution, and the rapid growth of scientific knowledge that came as a consequence, are the subjects of this book. -- Book cover.
Contents: Problem of cause -- The scientific revival of the sixteenth century -- A century of confusion -- The new science of motion -- The revolution in astronomy -- Innovation in biology -- New systems of scientific thought in the seventeenth century -- The organization and purpose of science -- Some technical influences -- The progress of experimentation -- Nature and number -- Newton -- The range of life -- The legacy of Newton.