The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 3
Subtitle: Early Modern Science (The Cambridge History of Science)
Contributors: Katharine Park (Editor); Lorraine Daston (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 894
ISBN-13: 9780521572446
Subjects: History of science; Science/Mathematics; Science; History; Technology / General; Social sciences
First sentence: This volume of the Cambridge History of Science covers the period from roughly 1490 to 1730, which is known to anglophone historians of Europe as the "early modern" era, a term pregnant with expectations of things to come.