Reconfiguring the world
Subtitle: nature, god, and human understanding, from the Middle Ages to early-modern Europe
By: Margaret J. Osler.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780801896552; 9780801896569
Subjects: Science, Medieval; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Europe -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The western view of the world before 1500; title: Winds of change : searching for a new philosophy of nature; title: Observing the heavens : from Aristotelian cosmology to the uniformity of nature; title: Creating a new philosophy of nature; title: Shifting boundaries : from mixed mathematics to mathematical physics; title: Exploring the properties of matter : alchemy and chemistry; title: Studying life : plants, animals, and humans; title: Rethinking the universe : Newton on gravity and God.