{"product_id":"the-birth-of-modern-science-paperback-softback-9780631227113","title":"The Birth of Modern Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631227113","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Birth of Modern Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaolo Rossi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631227113, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 April 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.44 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\"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.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003ePamela O. Long, in Isis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSeries Editor's Preface by Jacques Le Goff. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Unseen World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. A New Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Galileo.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Descartes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Countless Other Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Mechanical Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Chemical Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Magnetic Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Heart and Generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Time and Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Classification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Instruments and Theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Academies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Newton.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501204304152,"sku":"9780631227113","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631227113.jpg?v=1786217027","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-birth-of-modern-science-paperback-softback-9780631227113","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}