This volume by Margaret C. Jacob explores the Scientific Revolution from its origins in the early sixteenth century to its widespread acceptance in Westernsocieties in the late eighteenth century. INDICE: Foreword - Preface - List of Illustrations - PART I: INTRODUCTION:THE EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION - Why Did the Scientific Revolution Happen? - Aristotle Ptolemy, and their Early Modern Defenders - Exploration and Technical Innovation - The Emergence of the Scientific Revolution - The New Science - The Mechanical Philosophy - Newtonian Science - Reconciling, Science, Religion, and Magic - Spreading the Scientific Revolution - Conclusion: The Long Road to Acceptance - PART II: THE DOCUMENTS - Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs , 1543 - Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning , 1605 - Francis Bacon, The Great Instauration , 1620 - Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger , 1610 - William Harvey, On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals , 1628 - René Descartes, Discourse on Method , 1637 - Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical , 1660 - Robert Boyle,A Free-Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature , 1686 - Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, Of the Formation of the Teeth in Several Animals; the Structure of the Human Teeth Explained , 1683 Isaac Newton, Letter to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , 1672 - Isaac Newton, Selections from Principia , 1687 - Isaac Newton, Thirty-first Query to the Opticks , 1718 - Christiaan Huygens, The Celestial Worlds Discovered , 1698 - Maria Sibylla Merian, Letter of 1702 - Maria Sibylla Merian, Butterfly, Hawk-moth, Caterpillar - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , 1713-14 - Jean Desaguliers, Physico-Mechanical Lectures , 1717 - Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity Made in Philadelphia in America , 1751 - Appendixes - A Chronology of the Scientific Revolution (1514-1752) - Questions for Consideration - Selected Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-312-46393-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 30/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés