| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 865 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Cambridge history of science |
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Cambridge history of science.
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| Contents |
Physics and Foundations / Daniel Garber -- Scientific Explanation from Formal Causes to Laws of Nature / Lynn S. Joy -- The Meanings of Experience / Peter Dear -- Proof and Persuasion / R.W. Serjeantson -- Part II Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge -- The Man of Science / Steven Shapin -- Women of Natural Knowledge / Londa Schiebinger -- Markets, Piazzas, and Villages / William Eamon -- Homes and Households / Alix Cooper -- Libraries and Lecture Halls / Anthony Grafton -- Courts and Academies / Bruce T. Moran -- Anatomy Theaters, Botanical Gardens, and Natural History Collections / Paula Findlen -- Laboratories / Pamela H. Smith -- Sites of Military Science and Technology / Kelly DeVries -- Coffeehouses and Print Shops / Adrian Johns -- Networks of Travel, Correspondence, and Exchange / Steven J. Harris -- Part III Dividing the Study of Nature -- Natural Philosophy / Ann Blair -- Medicine / Harold J. Cook -- Natural History / Paula Findlen -- Cosmography / Klaus A. Vogel and Alisha Rankin -- From Alchemy to "Chymistry" / William R. Newman -- Magic / Brian P. Copenhaver -- Astrology / H. Darrel Rutkin -- Astronomy / William Donahue -- Acoustics and Optics / Paolo Mancosu -- Mechanics / Domenico Bertoloni Meli -- The Mechanical Arts / Jim Bennett -- Pure Mathematics / Kirsti Andersen and Henk J.M. Bos -- Part IV Cultural Meanings of Natural Knowledge -- Religion / Rivka Feldhay -- Literature / Mary Baine Campbell -- Art / Carmen Niekrasz and Claudia Swan -- Gender / Dorinda Outram -- European Expansion and Self-Definition / Klaus A. Vogel and Alisha Rankin |
| Summary |
A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, ca.1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used. Part I frames the study of 'The New Nature' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part II surveys the 'Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge'. Part III treats the study of nature by discipline, following the classification of the sciences current in early modern Europe. Part IV takes up the implications of the new natural knowledge for religion, literature, art, gender, and European identity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Science -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
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Science -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
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Science
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Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
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Sciences - General.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Park, Katharine, 1950- editor.
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Daston, Lorraine, 1951- editor.
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Cambridge University Press, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781139054010 |
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1139054015 |
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9781139054010 |
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