Renaissance and revolution : humanists, scholars, craftsmen, and natural philosophers in early modern Europe /
Renaissance and Revolution is a collection of fifteen essays on some of the problems presently seen to be associated with the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1993
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : 1993 Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : 1993 |
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| Summary: | Renaissance and Revolution is a collection of fifteen essays on some of the problems presently seen to be associated with the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Renaissance and Revolution is a collection of fifteen essays on some of the problems presently seen to be associated with the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The topics treated include the dissemination of Greek science, medical empiricism, natural history, the relations of scholars and craftsmen from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the so-called 'mechanical philosophy' in France and England, the work of Isaac Newton, and the difficulties encountered by Newtonianism in Italy in the early eighteenth century. Figures discussed include Leonardo Fioravanti, Jan Swammerdam, Piero della Francesca, Johannes Hevelius, Jonas Moore, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Christiaan Huygens, Francesco Algarotti and Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli. There is an introduction by the editors and an afterword by A. Rupert Hall. The authorship is international, including scholars with established reputations as historians of science The authorship is international, including scholars with established reputations as historians of science The topics treated include the dissemination of Greek science, medical empiricism, natural history, the relations of scholars and craftsmen from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the so-called 'mechanical philosophy' in France and England, the work of Isaac Newton, and the difficulties encountered by Newtonianism in Italy in the early eighteenth century. Figures discussed include Leonardo Fioravanti, Jan Swammerdam, Piero della Francesca, Johannes Hevelius, Jonas Moore, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Christiaan Huygens, Francesco Algarotti and Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli. There is an introduction by the editors and an afterword by A. Rupert Hall |
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| Item Description: | Spine title: Renaissance & revolution This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 291 p xv, 291 p. : ill. ; 26 cm xv, 291 p. : ill., facsims. ; 26 cm xv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm xv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-272) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0521434270 (hardback) 0521434270 9780521434270 (hardback) 9780521434270 |