{"product_id":"revolutionizing-the-sciences-european-knowledge-in-transition-15001700-9781352003253","title":"Revolutionizing the Sciences European Knowledge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePETER DEAR is Professor of History and of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is required reading for students and teachers of science in early modern Europe. With clear prose and a strong narrative, Dear guides the reader through the methodological and metaphysical upheavals that defined early modern science. * Michael Bycroft, University of Warwick, UK *\u003cbr\u003eRevolutionizing the Sciences is a highly-engaging and readable history that both explains traditional interpretations of the Scientific Revolution and offers challenging and innovative revisions to those accounts. The book is a critical starting-point for understanding the many fascinating debates around the origins of modern science going on today. * Simon Werrett, University College London, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction: Natural Philosophy and Instrumentality  'What Was Worth Knowing' in 1500  Humanism and Ancient Wisdom: How to Learn Things in the Sixteenth Century  Paracelsus and Bacon: Philosophy as Practical Knowledge  Mathematical Practitioners and Mathematical Philosophers  Mechanism and Corpuscles: Descartes Builds a Universe  Extra-Curricular Activities: New Places for Natural Knowledge  Experiment: How to Learn Things about Nature in the Seventeenth Century  Cartesians and Newtonians  Conclusion: What Was Worth Knowing by the Eighteenth Century?  Notes and References  Documentation and Further Reading  Dramatis Personae  Glossary of Major Terms  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407564644695,"sku":"9781352003253","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolutionizing-the-sciences-european-knowledge-in-transition-15001700-9781352003253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}