The revolution in science 1500-1750
By: A. Rupert Hall
Contributors: Hall, A. Rupert ( Alfred Rupert) 1920- The scientific revolution, 1500-1800.
Edition: 3rd ed. --
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Science -- History; Science -- Methodology; Science -- Philosophy
Description: 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.
Notes: Revision of : The scientific revolution, 1500-1800. 2nd ed. 1962. *** Includes bibliographical references and index.

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