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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3, Early Modern Science

An account of European knowledge of the natural world, c.1500–1700.

Katharine Park (Edited by), Lorraine Daston (Edited by)

9780521572446, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 July 2006

894 pages
23.2 x 16.3 x 6 cm, 1.34 kg

'Undoubtedly this hefty volume is a necessary addition to the libraries of early modern scholars and to the bibliography of any course covering science in the early modern period.' British Journal for the History of Science

This book provides a comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500–1700. Often referred to as the Scientific Revolution, this period saw major transformations in fields as diverse as anatomy and astronomy, natural history and mathematics. Articles by leading specialists describe in clear, accessible prose supplemented by extensive bibliographies, how new ideas, discoveries, and institutions shaped the ways in which nature came to be studied, understood, and used. Part I frames the study of 'The New Nature' in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Part II surveys the 'Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge'. Part III treats the study of nature by discipline, following the classification of the sciences current in early modern Europe. Part IV takes up the implications of the new natural knowledge for religion, literature, art, gender, and European identity.

List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
General editors' preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: the age of the new Katharine Park and Lorraine Daston
Part I. The New Nature: 2. Physics and foundations Daniel Garber
3. Scientific explanation Lynn S. Joy
4. The meanings of experience Peter Dear
5. Proof and persuasion Richard W. Serjeantson
Part II. Personae and Sites of Natural Knowledge: 6. The man of science Steven Shapin
7. Women of natural knowledge Londa Schiebinger
8. Markets, piazzas, and villages William Eamon
9. Homes and households Alix Cooper
10. Libraries and lecture halls Anthony Grafton
11. Courts and academies Bruce T. Moran
12. Anatomy theaters, botanical gardens, and natural history collections Paula Findlen
13. Laboratories Pamela H. Smith
14. Sites of military science and technology Kelly DeVries
15. Coffeehouses and print shops Adrian Johns
16. Networks of travel, correspondence, and exchange Steven J. Harris
Part III. Dividing the Study of Nature: 17. Natural philosophy Ann Blair
18. Medicine Harold J. Cook
19. Natural history Paula Findlen
20. Cosmography Klaus A. Vogel (translated by Alisha Rankin)
21. From alchemy to 'chymistry' William R. Newman
22. Magic Brian P. Copenhaver
23. Astrology H. Darrel Rutkin
24. Astronomy William Donahue
25. Acoustics and optics Paolo Mancosu
26. Mechanics Domenico Beroloni Meli
27. The mechanical arts Jim Bennett
28. Pure mathematics Kirsti Andersen and Henk J. M. Bos
Part IV. Cultural Meanings of Natural Knowledge: 29. Religion Rivka Feldhay
30. Literature Mary Baine Campbell
31. Art Carmen Niekrasz and Claudia Swan
32. Gender Dorinda Outram
33. European expansion and self-definition Klaus A. Vogel (translated by Alisha Rankin)
Index.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], General & world history [HBG]

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