The Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1210-1685
"An impressive and wide ranging book.... Gaukroger's grand beginning of an even grander five-volume narrative is an exceptional book. Its structure of scientific authority, as it were, is certain to stimulate long and lively discussions among academics of every stripe, from medievalists through historical sociologists to historians of science, religion, and the world's civilizations."--Michael H. Shank,Renaissance Quarterly"Especially useful to philosophers looking for the historical context of particular arguments. Few historians have the ambition to attempt a synoptic treatment of the entire history of Western science at anything more than an introductory level. Certainly, no one has undertaken such a project in recent years, when so much has been added to the secondary literature. Gaukroger's book is a comprehensive, narrative overview of the state of the art.The Emergence of a Scientific Cultureand its companion volumes will fill an empty niche on scholars' bookshelves."--David Marshall Miller,NotreDame Philosophical Reviews"A careful reading of this outstanding treatise by Gaukroger brings to life not only 500 crucial years that yielded the emergence of science in the west, but also the religious ferment and motivations that forwarded the new scientific culture."--T. Eastman,CHOICE"Gaukroger provides an insightful analysis...and the book's...content also reminds us of its author's accomplishments as a historian of philosophy."--Peter Dear, Nature"A project of breathtaking ambition...is an impressive performance...and synthesizes a lot of difficult material into a coherent body."--Times Literary Supplement"An impressive and wide ranging book.... Gaukroger's grand beginning of an even grander five-volume narrative is an exceptional book. Its structure of scientific authority, as it were, is certain to stimulate long and lively discussions among academics of every stripe, from medievalists through historical sociologists to historians of science, religion, and the world's civilizations."--Michael H. Shank,Renaissance Quarterly"Especially useful to philosophers looking for the historical context of particular arguments. Few historians have the ambition to attempt a synoptic treatment of the entire history of Western science at anything more than an introductory level. Certainly, no one has undertaken such a project in recent years, when so much has been added to the secondary literature. Gaukroger's book is a comprehensive, narrative overview of the state of the art.The Emergence of a Scientific Cultureand its companion volumes will fill an empty niche on scholars' bookshelves."--David Marshall Miller,NotreDame Philosophical Reviews"A careful reading of this outstanding treatise by Gaukroger brings to life not only 500 crucial years that yielded the emergence of science in the west, but also the religious ferment and motivations that forwarded the new scientific culture."--T. Eastman,CHOICE"Gaukroger provides an insightful analysis...and the book's...content also reminds us of its author's accomplishments as a historian of philosophy."--Peter Dear, Nature"A project of breathtaking ambition...is an impressive performance...and synthesizes a lot of difficult material into a coherent body."--Times Literary Supplement"Monumental, elegant." --Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences