{"product_id":"rethinking-the-scientific-revolution-paperback-9780521667906","title":"Rethinking the Scientific Revolution (Paperback) 9780521667906","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking the Scientific Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection reconsiders canonical figures and the formation of disciplinary boundaries during the Scientific Revolution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret J. Osler (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521667906, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 March 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.485 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the reader can find here much new information and many interpretations about the roles in the birth of modern science played by lesser known individuals...and by disciplines and topics usually seen now, but not then, as extra-scientific.\" The Review of Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book challenges the traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution, probably the single most important unifying concept in the history of science. Usually referring to the period from Copernicus to Newton (roughly 1500 to 1700), the Scientific Revolution is considered to be the central episode in the history of science, the historical moment at which that unique way of looking at the world that we call 'modern science' and its attendant institutions emerged. It has been taken as the terminus a quo of all that followed. Starting with a dialogue between Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs and Richard S. Westfall, whose understanding of the Scientific Revolution differed in important ways, the papers in this volume reconsider canonical figures, their areas of study, and the formation of disciplinary boundaries during this seminal period of European intellectual history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the canonical imperative: rethinking the scientific revolution Margaret J. Osler\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Canon in Question: 1. Newton as final cause and first mover Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs\u003cbr\u003e 2. The scientific revolution reasserted\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Canonical Disciplines Reformed: 3. The role of religion in the Lutheran response to Copernicus Peter Barker\u003cbr\u003e 4. Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivication of Sir Kenelm Digby Bruce Janacek\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vital spirits: redemption, artisanship, and the new philosophy of Early Modern Europe Pamela Smith\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'The terriblest eclipse that hath been seen in our days': Black Monday and the debate on astrology during the Interregnum William E. Burns\u003cbr\u003e 7. Arguing about nothing: Henry More and Robert Boyle on the theological implications of the void Jane E. Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Canonical Figures Reconsidered: 8. Pursuing knowledge: Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton Lawrence M. Principe\u003cbr\u003e 9. The alchemies of Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton: alternative approaches and divergent deployments\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Janus faces of science in the seventeenth century: Athanasius Kircher and Isaac Newton\u003cbr\u003e 11. The nature of Newton's 'holy alliance' between science and religion: from the scientific revolution to Newton (and back again)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Newton and Spinoza and the Bible scholarship of the day Richard H. Popkin\u003cbr\u003e 13. The fate of the date: the theology of Newton's Principia revisited\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Canon Reconstructed: 14. The truth of Newton's science and the truth of science's history: heroic science at its eighteenth-century formulation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004371161368,"sku":"9780521667906","price":42.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521667906i_d2ac682c-e578-4eb8-80e0-cad55a784920.jpg?v=1691379714","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-the-scientific-revolution-paperback-9780521667906","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}