The revolution in science, 1500-1750

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The revolution in science, 1500-1750

A. Rupert Hall

Longman, 1983

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Revision of: The scientific revolution, 1500-1800. 2nd ed. 1962

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The 'revolution in science' of this book concerns the natural sciences, that is, knowledge of the external world which we now presume to exist independently of man.

Table of Contents

Preface Bibliographical note Introduction 1. The problem of cause 2. The scientific revival of the sixteenth century 3. A century of confusion 4. The new science of motion 5. The revolution in astronomy 6. Innovation in biology 7. New systems of scientific thought in the seventeenth century 8. The organization and purpose of science 9- Some technical influences 10. The progress of experimentation 11. Nature and number 12. Newton 13. The range of life 14. The legacy of Newton Index

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