The Sciences in the European Periphery During the Enlightenment (Archimedes New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Volume 2)
Contributors: K. Gavroglu (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780792365631
Subjects: History of science; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; History; Social Science / Reference; Rationalism; Physics
First sentence: The high point of Portuguese science is associated with the Portuguese geographical discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.