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| Titre : | The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800 |
| Auteurs : | Herbert Butterfield, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Mention d'édition : | Revised ed. |
| Editeur : | New York [USA] : The Free Press, 1966 |
| Format : | 255 p. |
| Note générale : | 1st ed. 1957 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | MI/F (Science et foi) |
| Résumé : |
With engaging wisdom and literary skill. Professor Butterfield illuminates the dynamic growth of science, beginning with the impetus theory of the late Middle Ages.
He shows how bold, original thinkers like Galileo, Bacon, and Copernicus ventured outside the strictures of Aristotelian physics to overcome scholastic restraints. He also traces the impact of Newton, Harvey, Boyle, and others upon the thinking of their times and their effects on other modes of thought. This brilliant examination brings the reader to the eighteenth century—and the very threshold of modern science. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction 1. The Historical Importance of a Theory of Impetus 2. The Conservatism of Copernicus 3. The Study of the Heart down to William Harvey 4. The Downfall of Aristotle and Ptolemy 5. The Experimental Method in the Seventeenth Century 6. Bacon and Descartes 7. The Effect of the Scientific Revolution on the Non-Mechanical Sciences 8. The History of the Modem Theory of Gravitation 9. The Transition to the Philosophe Movement in the Reign of Louis XIV 10. The Place of the Scientific Revolution in the History of Western Civilisation 11. The Postponed Scientific Revolution in Chemistry 12. Ideas of Progress and Ideas of Evolution - Suggestions for Further Reading - Index |
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