This volume by Margaret C. Jacob explores the Scientific Revolution from its origins in the early sixteenth century to its widespread acceptance in Westernsocieties in the late eighteenth century. INDICE: Foreword Preface List of Illustrations PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: THEEVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Why Did the Scientific Revolution Happen? Aristotle Ptolemy, and their Early Modern Defenders Explorationand Technical Innovation The Emergence of the Scientific Revolution The New Science The Mechanical Philosophy Newtonian Science Reconciling, Science, Religion, and Magic Spreading the Scientific Revolution Conclusion: The Long Road to Acceptance PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolution ofthe Heavenly Orbs, 1543 Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, 1605 Francis Bacon, The Great Instauration, 1620 Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger,1610 William Harvey, On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals, 1628 René Descartes, Discourse on Method, 1637 Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, 1660 Robert Boyle, A Free-Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature, 1686 Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, Of the Formation of the Teeth in Several Animals; the Structure of the Human Teeth Explained, 1683 Isaac Newton, Letter to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1672 Isaac Newton, Selections from Principia, 1687 Isaac Newton, Thirty-first Query to the Opticks, 1718 Christiaan Huygens, The Celestial Worlds Discovered, 1698 Maria Sibylla Merian, Letter of 1702 Maria Sibylla Merian, Butterfly, Hawk-moth, Caterpillar Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1713-14 Jean Desaguliers, Physico-Mechanical Lectures, 1717 Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity Made in Philadelphia in America, 1751 Appendixes A Chronology of the Scientific Revolution (1514-1752) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index
- ISBN: 978-0-312-65349-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 17/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés