The origins of modern science: 1300-1800. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Macmillan, (c)1959 (c)1957.Edition: revisedition. editionDescription: 242 pages 25 cmContent type:
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  • Q125.B988.O754 1959
  • Q125
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Contents:
Introduction -- The historical importance of a theory of impetus -- The conservatism of Copernicus -- The study of the heart down to William Harvey -- The downfall of Aristotle and Ptolemy -- The experimental method in the seventeenth century -- Bacon and Descartes -- The effect of the scientific revolution on the non-mechanical sciences -- The history of the modern theory of gravitation -- The transition to the Philosophe movement in the reign of Louis XIV -- The place of the scientific revolution in the history of western civilization -- The postponed scientific revolution in chemistry -- Ideas of progress and ideas of evolution.
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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Non-fiction Q125.B97 1957 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 NOT FOR LOAN - INHOUSE USE ONLY 31923001666128

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Introduction -- The historical importance of a theory of impetus -- The conservatism of Copernicus -- The study of the heart down to William Harvey -- The downfall of Aristotle and Ptolemy -- The experimental method in the seventeenth century -- Bacon and Descartes -- The effect of the scientific revolution on the non-mechanical sciences -- The history of the modern theory of gravitation -- The transition to the Philosophe movement in the reign of Louis XIV -- The place of the scientific revolution in the history of western civilization -- The postponed scientific revolution in chemistry -- Ideas of progress and ideas of evolution.

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