Butterfield, Herbert,  Sir,  1900-, <br/><br/>
The origins of modern science: 1300-1800.  [print] 

 - revisedition. edition. 
 - New York,  Macmillan,  (c)1959 (c)1957. 
 - 242 pages  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Nabu Public Domain Reprints. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>57014603 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History.<br/>Science--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q125.B988.O754 1959 Q125