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The Birth of Modern Science Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)

The Birth of Modern Science By Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)

The Birth of Modern Science by Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)

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* A lively introduction to the birth of modern science exploring clashes between science and tradition. * Covers the key discoveries and experiments that advanced modern science. * Discusses the ideas that accompanied scientific advances, including the effects on religion and the view of God. .

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The Birth of Modern Science by Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)

This history of the birth of modern science shatters the illusion that science is 'dry' and divorced from culture by exploring the powerful clashes between traditions and value systems that gave rise to it. The author shows how many of the characteristics that distinguish science today emerged in the midst of the wars and plagues of the seventeenth century and defines what was new about this form of knowledge.

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Rossi presents in intelligent and informative ways glimpses of the worldviews, concepts, and instruments that are at the root of modern science, and how these came to be ... The book is clearly the work of a scholar who knows his materials and understands what science is all about, making it an eminently good piece of work. Choice

The greatest strength of this work comes out of Rossi's extensive and deep knowledge of the primary sources that he analyzes throughout. His discussions of key texts and of the positions of significant figures are detailed and useful. He provides clear summaries of an impressive number of texts... The nonspecialists targeted as the readers of this work will discover early modern science to be a richly complex and fascinating subject that can be studied with an abundance of primary sources. Pamela O. Long, in Isis

About Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)

Paolo Rossi is Professor emeritus at the University of Florence and member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. In 1985 he was awarded the Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society. His previous books in English include Francis Bacon from Magic to Science (1968), Philosophy Technology and the Arts in the Early Modern Era(1970), and The Dark Abyss of Time: The History of the Earth and the History of the Nations from Hooke to Vico (1984)

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface by Jacques Le Goff.

Introduction.

1. Obstacles.

2. Secrets.

3. Engineers.

4. The Unseen World.

5. A New Universe.

6. Galileo.

7. Descartes.

8. Countless Other Worlds.

9. Mechanical Philosophy.

10. Chemical Philosophy.

11. Magnetic Philosophy.

12. The Heart and Generation.

13. Time and Nature.

14. Classification.

15. Instruments and Theories.

16. Academies.

17. Newton.

Chronology.

Bibliography.

Index.

Additional information

NLS9780631227113
9780631227113
0631227113
The Birth of Modern Science by Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)
Paolo Rossi (University of Florence)
Making of Europe
New
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2001-04-21
288
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