best
book
Category=NHB
Category=PDX
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_science
era
forefront
fundamental
generation
history
important
innovative
known
nature
older
revolution
scholars
science
scientific
transformation
understood
work
writings
Product details
- ISBN 9780631236290
- Weight: 513g
- Dimensions: 158 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2003
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
This book introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
-
- Introduces students to the best recent writings on the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Covers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy.
- Represents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative.
- Presents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the Scientific Revolution.
Marcus Hellyer is Dibner Assistant Professor for the History of Science at Brandeis University where he teaches broadly on the history of science. He has written articles on the Scientific Revolution and is completing a book on Jesuit science in Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
