The Scientific Revolution in National Context

Klappentext In this volume! leading scholars of early modern science argue the importance of specifically national contexts for understanding the transformation in natural philosophy between Copernicus and Newton. This volume forms part of a sequence of collections of essays which began with The Enlightenment in national context (1981) and has continued with Romanticism in national context (1988)! Fin de siecle and its legacy (1990)! and The Renaissance in national context (1991). Zusammenfassung The 'Scientific Revolution' of the sixteenth and seventeenth century saw the greatest ever transformation in scientific thinking. This volume of essays examines the effects of the 'Scientific Revolution' on scientific thinking and describes the effects of national and regional factors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Scientific revolution, social bricolage and etiquette Mario Biagioli; 2. The scientific revolution in France L. W. B. Brockliss; 3. The scientific revolution in the German nations William Clark; 4. The new philosophy in the low countries Harold J. Cook; 5. The scientific revolution in Poland Jerzy Dobrzycki; 6. The scientific revolution in Spain and Portugal David Goodman; 7. The scientific revolution in England John Henry; 8. The scientific revolution in Bohemia Josef Smolka; 9. Instituting science in Sweden Sven Widmalm; 10. The scientific revolution in Scotland Paul Wood; Index.

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• Autori: Roy Teich Porter
• Con la collaborazione di: Roy Porter (Editore), Mikulas Teich (Editore), Teich Mikulas (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.1992
• EAN: 9780521396998
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39699-8
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Print On Demand; Print on demand
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, C 1700 To C 1800