{"product_id":"solomons-child-9780804732918","title":"Solomons Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book challenges the accepted view of the early Royal Society of London that holds that its fellows did not seriously attempt to implement Francis Bacon's program for the methodological reform of the sciences. Instead, the book shows that Bacon's program shaped the society's earliest work in important, if often contradictory, ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Recommended . . . for its examination of source materials. Faculty and researchers.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Makes a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of the ideological basis of the early Royal society.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarieties of Things: Objects of Knowledge and Baconian  Method in the Early Royal Society of London  z  Text, Skill, and Experience in John Evelyn's Sylva  Similitudes and Congruities: The Mechanical Philosophy,  Practical Mechanics, and Baconian Analogy in Hooke's  Micrographia  4  A Language of Things: John Wilkins' Philosophical  Language and Operative Forms  5  Disarming Words for a Land of Experimental Knowledge:  Sprat's History of the Royal Society  6  Preserving the Subject in Peace and Plenty: John Graunt's  Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of  Mortality  Conclusion  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405529915735,"sku":"9780804732918","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804732918.jpg?v=1730492745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/solomons-child-9780804732918","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}