The scientific revolution
Subtitle: a brief history with documents
By: Margaret C. Jacob
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture; Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780312463939; 9780312653491
Subjects: Science; History
Description: This volume explores the Scientific Revolution from its origins in the early sixteenth century to its widespread acceptance in Western societies in the late eighteenth century. Jacob's introduction outlines the trajectory of the Scientific Revolution and argues that the revival of ancient texts in the Renaissance and the upheaval of the Protestant Reformation paved the way for science. The collected documents include writings of well-known scientists and philosophers, such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton, as well as primary sources documenting innovations in medicine and engineering, advances in scientific investigations, and the popularization of the scientific revolution through academies and their journals. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, and a selected bibliography support students' study of the Scientific Revolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Evolution and Impact of the Scientific Revolution; title: The Documents; title: Appendixes.