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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Marie Boas Hall |
ISBN: | 1306357632 9781306357630 9780486144993 0486144992 |
OCLC Number: | 868966639 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE DOVER EDITION; CHAPTER I -- THE TRIUMPH OF OUR NEW AGE; CHAPTER II -- THE PLEASURE AND DELIGHT OF NATURE; CHAPTER III -- THE COPERNICAN REVOLUTION; CHAPTER IV -- THE GREAT DEBATE; CHAPTER V -- THE FRAME OF MAN AND ITS ILLS; CHAPTER VI -- RAVISHED BY MAGIC; CHAPTER VII -- THE USES OF MATHEMATICS; CHAPTER VIII -- THE ORGANISATION AND REORGANISATION OF SCIENCE; CHAPTER IX -- CIRCLES APPEAR IN PHYSIOLOGY; CHAPTER X -- CIRCLES VANISH FROM ASTRONOMY; CHAPTER XI -- DEBATE AMONG THE STARS. EPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES; INDEX; A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST. |
Abstract:
Stimulating, illuminating, and thoughtfully presented, this study explores the early stages of the scientific revolution. A noted historian of science examines the Copernican revolution, the anatomical work of Vesalius, the work of Paracelsus, Harvey's discovery of the circulatory system, the effects of Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and much more.
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