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Science and change, 1500-1700.

Title
Science and change, 1500-1700.
Author
Kearney, Hugh F., 1924-2017
Publication
New York, McGraw-Hill [1971]

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255 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.); 20 cm.
Summary
The Scientific Revolution, from Copernicus to Newton, is now generally recognised as a major turning point in world history. During the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries, new approaches in mathematics and experimental techniques caused traditional assumptions about the world of nature first to be modified and then to be overthrown. This revolution did not move along a pre-ordered path of progress as is often supposed, nor did the individuals concerned always act in a rational and scientific way. This book offers a perspective in which due weight is given to what has often been dismissed as mere magic.
Series Statement
World university library
Subject
  • Geschichte 1500-1700
  • Science > History
  • Science > history
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
139944
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library