The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3 - Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3 - Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading…
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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3 - Katharine Park, Lorraine Daston
This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. 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. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics.
Part II surveys Part I frames the study of 'The New Nature' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.