Ingenius Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution by Lisa Jardine

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Ingenius Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution by Lisa Jardine

In this fascinating look at the European scientific advances of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, historian Lisa Jardine demonstrates that the pursuit of knowledge occurs not in isolation, but rather in the lively interplay and frequently cutthroat competition between creative minds.

The great thinkers of that extraordinary age, including Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, and Christopher Wren, are shown in the context in which they lived and worked. We learn of the correspondences they kept with their equally passionate colleagues and come to understand the unique collaborative climate that fostered virtuoso discoveries in the areas of medicine, astronomy, mathematics, biology, chemistry, botany, geography, and engineering. Ingenious Pursuits brilliantly chronicles the true intellectual revolution that continues to shape our very understanding of ourselves, and of the world around us.

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ISBN 13 9780385493253
ISBN 10 0385493258
Title Ingenius Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution
Author Lisa Jardine
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published 1999-11-09
Number of pages 320
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