1st Edition

The Revolution in Science 1500 - 1750

By A.Rupert Hall Copyright 1983
    382 Pages
    by Routledge

    382 Pages
    by Routledge

    The ‘revolution in science’ of this book concerns the natural sciences, that is, knowledge of the external world which we now presume to exist independently of man.

    Preface Bibliographical note Introduction 1. The problem of cause 2. The scientific revival of the sixteenth century 3. A century of confusion 4. The new science of motion 5. The revolution in astronomy 6. Innovation in biology 7. New systems of scientific thought in the seventeenth century 8. The organization and purpose of science 9- Some technical influences 10. The progress of experimentation 11. Nature and number 12. Newton 13. The range of life 14. The legacy of Newton Index

    Biography

    A.Rupert Hall

    'It may be recommended to everybody as the best summary of what happened in the Scientific Revolution that we have had, or are likely to have for another thirty years.'

    Bulletin of the Society for Renaissance Studies