Royal Society: Concept and Creation - Concept and Creation

Informationen zum Autor Purver, Margery Klappentext This volume investigates its underlying purpose and creation, at the same time uncovering the real nature of its debt to Francis Bacon and its role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Zusammenfassung This volume investigates its underlying purpose and creation, at the same time uncovering the real nature of its debt to Francis Bacon and its role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: 1. The Validity and Significance of Sprat’s History as a Source. 2 A New System of Natural Philosophy I Francis Bacon . 3 A New System of Natural Philosophy II The Royal Society. 4The Oxford Experimental Science Club. 5 Establishment as a Royal Foundation. 6 The Religious Policy of the Royal Society. Part Two:1. John Wallis’s Accounts of the Origin of the Royal Society. 2 The Royal Society and Gresham College. 3 The Invisible College. 4 The Royal Society and "Pansophia". Conclusion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Margery Purver, Purver Margery
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.08.2013
• EAN: 9780415853835
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85383-5
• Seiten: 278
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, SCIENCE / General, History of Science