Scientific Revolution

Produktbeschreibung

Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time. From astronomy to alchemy and medicine to geology, he tells this fascinating story from the perspective of the historical characters involved. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the contents:

Introduction: science and natural philosophy;
1: New worlds and old worlds;
2: The connected world;
3: The superlunar world;
4: The sublunar world;
5: The microcosm and the living world;
6: The artificial world;
7: Building a world of science;
Conclusion 

Autoreninfo

Lawrence M. Principe's research interests focus on the history of science and technology in the late Medieval and early modern periods, with special attention to the history of alchemy/chemistry. He is the Drew Professor of the Humanities at John Hopkins University in the Department of History of Science and Technology and the Department of Chemistry. He has authored or edited ten books and published numerous papers.